1935

Recognizing there is nothing more inane than adults larding their conversation with teen-talk (and almost always getting the nuance a little cock-eyed) I will resist the temptation to report to you this month in the argot of Hanover plain. I have just returned from there, and you will recognize that at this season of the year the student population is split between those engaged in "power booking" as exams approach, and those out for a few "bennies"* as they amble across the campus or sprawl on observatory hill. I can report that the p.b. influence seems to be winning, with the "bennies" putting up a splendid rear guard action. Now that Vassar has outlawed "power norgling"** maybe the "benny" lovers will get new support. (* Short for "beneficial rays of the sun." ** heavy necking.)

Meanwhile, however, we shall have to deal with the matter of Mr. Donald T. Spaulding who was Wah Hoo Wah'd on page 14 of the May issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE as a stalwart member of '35 just elected President of the Federal Systems Division of IBM Corporation. This was Charlie Benton's old job you may remember. Charlie has been appointed executive assistant to Orland M. Scott, IBM vice president and group executive for the com- pany's Data Processing and Federal Syst ems divisions. We cannot claim any credit for Mr. Spaulding, however. Some gremlin hung '35 after his name. Nice guy, I guess, but he graduated from Harvard.

Our own Wah Hoo Wah is reserved for a genuine Thirty-fiver, George Goodman, who this month will see the completion of his first campaign as Class Agent. Class organization in this area was knocked a little edgewise by the College efforts on the Capital Funds drive. George has done a magnificent job in getting the class behind the Alumni Fund effort once again. His hard work deserves your support. To paraphrase the election advice: contribute early and often.

Just to keep his hand in, George has also taken on the job of chairman of the special gifts committee of the Lawrence (Mass.) Boys' Club building fund campaign. As announced in a long article in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune recently, George "has given liberal shares of his efforts to the major factors of human existence in his community." For example, he originated and chaired the "Career" planning committee for young people in Greater Lawrence, a project which was launched under the auspices of the Temple Emmanuel Brothehood in co-operation with the principals of the community schools. He is a former member of the advisory committee of the Central Catholic High School and the advisory board of Merrimack College. He served on the executive committee of the Pike School building campaign, is president of the Dads' Council of Kimball Union Academy, Merrimack Valley Chairman of the "Friends of Brewster" at Brewster Academy, active in the development program of Brandeis University, director of the United Fund, vice president of the Bon Secours Hospital Guild. Also, along with Rotary, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, and various religious organizations, he finds time to be director of the Indian Ridge Country Club and trustee of the Community Savings Bank. Whew! He is also Head Agent for the Class of 1935, in which activity he can use your immediate assistance....

Skipping from Lawrence to Eastchester, N. Y., there is news of another public spirited citizen, Al Sherwood, whose wife, Jean, dispatched a clipping from the Eastchester Record on Al's appointment as chairman of the Community Fund Budget Committee. Besides his principal duties as a partner in the C.P.A. firm of Morris, Sherwood and May, Al is a member and secretary of the Eastchester School Board, former chairman of the United Civic Organizations of Eastchester, a founder and first president of the Town Hall Community Theatre. Thanks, Jean. Contributions from other wives gratefully received.

Bill Lionett has been appointed assistant treasurer of the Norton Company in Worcester. Bill has been with Norton since 1948, serving in the treasurer's department and as assistant to the director of personnel and, most recently, as wage administrator. Bill with wife Pauline and son David live at 127 Lovell Road in Holden, Mass.

Seems to me I wrote about Stan Britten's job with the Union Wadding Company a while ago since so few people realize the importance of wadding materials in the packaging business - particularly the packaging of jewelry. Anyway, forget wadding. Stan has a new job as sales vice president of Swift Homes, Inc. and its subsidiaries. In this capacity Stan will coordinate the marketing and sales activities for all Swift divisions manufacturing pre-cut and prefab homes in the company's 21-state trading area. Headquarters are in Elizabeth, Pa.

Now if you buy one of Stan's houses, the chances are you will put a Shuttleworth carpet on the floor. Herb's giant Mohasco Industries Inc. is the largest carpet company in the world. His business profile, entitled "A Man at Ease on the Carpet," which appeared in the Sunday issue of The New York Times recently, documents his extraordinary grasp of the det ails of his business. At a congressional hearing one time he demolished the arguments of an importers' group by identifying without error a whole array of carpet samples he was not even permitted to examine closely. As a businessman he was able to merge his original company, Mohawk Carpet Mills, with Alexander Smith, taking over a company "that had lost $33,000,000 and was operating at losses of $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 a year and integ rate it into our company on a profitable basis We did it with just plain hard work." The Times article continues, quoting one of Herb's assistants: "It's somewhat unnerving to walk into the office at ten minutes after eight and be greeted with a 'good afternoon' from your boss."

One facet of the Shuttleworth interests I was unfamiliar with was Herb's presidency for some years of a New York Yankee farm club in Amsterdam, N. Y. Chicago papers please copy for Art Allyn.

This being the last column of the academic year there are a few ODDS BODKINS: Cam Duncan, with sons at Dartmouth ('64), Taft and Eaglebrook, finds the twenty below zero bite of Hanover weather last February sharper than 25 years ago. Harry Reynolds, that well-known Boston attorney, gave the Lincoln Oration at the annual Lincoln Dinner of the Worcester County Republican Club. Representa- tive Lindsay (R-N.Y.), Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Gov. John Volpe, and assorted members of the Republican National Comm ittee also attended. TV actress Elinor Donahue gave birth to a six pound boy on April 23. Miss Donahue is perhaps best known as a teen-ager in "Father Knows Best." Father knew best all right. Father is Harry Ackerman. "Variety" has an article on Harry's other activities in the TV field. On the other side is a squib about Harold Kennedy. He will support Gloria Swanson in his own play, "The Inkwell, which opened in March for a pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago. Bob Hage, Director of the Dartmouth Office of Financial Aid, has been appointed a member of College Entrance Exam Board's Committee on College Scholarship Service. Don Rogers, formerly with the Atkinson Milling Company, has just joined Tennant and Hoyt Co. in Lake City, Mich., as vice-president. Don was married on April 7 to Mrs. Phyllis Lowrie of Detroit. Bill Blakeslee has been made a v.p. of the Chrysler Corporation in missile defense development. Have a pleasant summer.

1936's president, Munroe Fitzherbert,welcomes Coach Bob Blackman (l) andHanover Inn Manager Jim McFate (r)into honorary class membership.

Secretary, Hog Hill Road Chappaqua, N. Y.

Class Agent, Box 94, Salem Depot, N. H.