1916
The Class has been saddened by the news of the sudden death of Reg Chutter which occurred at the George Washington Hospital on July 26. His obituary appears elsewhere in this or a subsequent issue.
Reg was probably one of the busiest and hardest working men in the Class and his country owes him a deep debt of gratitude for his untiring service. To mention just one of his many faceted activities, his interest in foreign students. This was evidenced by his serving as president of International House while he was located in Philadelphia, and later by his founding of International House in Taipei, Formosa, in the same pattern.
In college Reg was a member of Sigma Chi and Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternities, an assistant business manager of the Jack-O' Lantern and captain of the varsity soccer team (or association football team, as it was known in those days) in his junior and senior years. Association football found its place among the sports at Dartmouth in the fall of 1914, when a few undergraduates brought the need of such a game to the attention of the Athletic Council. Reg, Ev Parker, Glenn Gould, the late Joe Carleton and the late Jess Fenno were on the squad.
The Class and the College express their deepest sympathy to Reg's wife, Adriana, their daughter, Harriet and Reg's sister, Mildred.
I am sure that pretty much before this the Class has learned of the brilliant achievement of Jim Shanahan and his trusty lieutenants in the 1963 Alumni Fund campaign. A grand total of $1,348,946 was received in 20,972 gifts by the College. Our Class had a greater percentage of gifts and contributed a larger amount than ever before in its history, our Participation Index being 111 per cent and our Dollar Objective being 118 per cent, i.e., 220 contributors and $17,107.54 in gifts. In the Green Derby Group II (1913-1919) we ranked fourth in seven classes. Last year we finished at the bottom with only 71 per cent of our dollar objective. To show what a fast league we are in, all the classes in our group had over 100 per cent participation (the lowest 104 - the highest 128) and over 100 per cent in Dollar Objective (the lowest 110 and the highest 134). In another measure 'l6 excelled, we had a greater dollar increase this year as compared with last than any of the classes in our group. So three cheers and a tiger (not a Princeton tiger) for Jim Shanahan. who master-minded the campaign for the Class, and for his tireless efforts over the past years, which have finally paid off so handsomely.
Ed (Hugo) Gumbart is retiring from Washington to Cincinnati and finds he cannot serve longer on the Executive Committee of the Class. Jim Colton of Sutton, Mass. (near Worcester) has been chosen in his place.
My sister-in-law, Catharene and I had a pleasant trip to the West in June and July. We visited her daughter and son-in-law, Nick Turkevich '40 outside of Chicago, then drove with them and two daughters to Estes Park, Colo., to visit more of the family. Then south to the Mesa Verde National Park, and the famous homes of the cliffdwellers. Then north to Salt Lake City, the Jackson Hole region, and the Tetons. Much of the country was new to me. We stopped off in Denver for a short visit with DaveMiller and his wife, Ellen, in their very attractive home. Dave is retired, at any rate pretty much so, is looking hale and hearty. A fuller account of our visit will appear in an early Newsletter. I am sorry to have missed out on seeing Tommy Ryan, who lives quite nearby. We three were in the same Phi Gam delegation. I must plead guilty to a serious mental lapse while in Salt Lake City, forgetting completely that Frank Cowan lived there. I would like very much to have seen Frank and his good wife, Charlotte, for one thing, to tell them that I think Salt Lake City is one of the most attractive cities in the country and that the Hotel Utah is "a little bit of all-right."
We are home now as I write this; as soon as I get caught up on some correspondence, get these notes written and get a few weeds pulled in the garden we shall head for Bar Harbor. Unfortunately we have missed the eclipse from the top of Mount Cadillac. And speaking of the eclipse, Cleveland Amory, the columnist, was writing of it and of the past glories of Bar Harbor, which resort, in its heyday ranked second to none the country over, in his opinion. He related that at Bar Harbor a proper Bostonian grandame was in mourning and was therefore advised not to go to a certain party. The lady thought little of the idea and in one sentence delivered what may well stand as the keynote of the spirit of Bar Harbor Society. "I shall go," she said, "but I shan't mingle." In the early days of the resort the summer visitors were known as rusticators; now the visitors are mostly tourists. I suppose that I am a native, though long since removed. At any rate I shall go to Bar Harbor, but I shawn't mingle.
As I close these notes just after mid-August word comes that Stirling Wilson has vetoed the operation he was to have had at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Bethesda and has returned to his home at Ormond Beach. His story of the ill fated trip he and Betty took to Ireland is recounted in the most recent Newsletter. Best wishes to our valiant Classmate.
Dr. Eugene P. Chase '16 (r), who retired in June as Fred Morgan Kirby Professor ofCivil Rights at Lafayette College, receives from President Roald Bergethom (I) asilver bowl in recognition of his 37 years of faculty service. Also shown is Dr. E.L.McMillen of the Lafayette faculty.
Secretary, 7 Swarthmore PI. Swarthmore, Pa.
Treasurer, 684 Burr St., Fairfield, Conn.
