1933

First of all — I appreciate your confidence in electing me Class Secretary - I follow in a most distinguished and able line - Monagan (10 years), Theriault (10 years). HankSmith (5 years), Seattle (5 years). For a guy who had all he could do to pass English I to be in this position is, to say the least, frightening.

Wes has turned over to me a wonderful set of records, the cumulative efforts of the before-mentioned secretaries. We do feel, however, that the time is ripe to bring these records up-to-date; and in an effort to do so, I have already started to mail questionnaires at some sort of a regular rate - perhaps 50 a month. So within a year you all should have received a letter and questionnaire from me and if you will return the latter promptly, I shall make your record current.

Some of you have not been mentioned in this column for many years - not because my predecessors didn't want to let your classmates know what you were doing but because you probably never told them. Hope you will tell me and I will pass the news along.

Incidentally, of the first three questionnaires returned, two came back from overseas — Norm Crabtree's from England and Fred Awalt's from Libya.

Before getting on with the news, the following statistics may be of interest in case you have forgotten. 633 bright young men entered Dartmouth in September, 1929 as the Class of 1933. 469 graduated and 164 did not for one reason or another (remember the Depression?). Of the 469 graduates 430 are living. Fifty of the original 633 have died. They were honored (as Wes told you in the July issue) in an impressive service conducted by Ro Burbank in the White Church during reunion. Those who have left us: Charlie Allen, Barnes, Blaikie, Wil Bradford, Catron, Barney Davis, Eckels, Red Ellis, Feakins, Ferris, Fowler, Geddes, Goell, Earl Gordon, Harris, Graham Hatch, Heidler, Hyman, Kiger, Leavenworth, Lochmiller, Lovejoy, Ford Marden, Metzger, Meyer, Mondell, Morrell, Mudge, Muller, Newton, Bill Norton, O'Leary, Payne, Peterson, Purple, Sayre, Schmidt, Stephenson, Stone, Sumner, Tozier, Charlie Wagner, Waldsmith, Stirl Wheeler, Cal White, Woodard, Bob Wright, Zebrowski, Ziemen.

Further notes on reunion:

The Faegres, Hobbs, Farrands, and Piersons had extended stays in Hanover, Chuck Faegre and Dave Hobbs graduated with the Class of '63 and Pete Hager (the Farrand's son-in-law), and our son, Jay, graduated from second year Tuck. So we all arrived either Friday or Saturday and stayed through reunion. John and Jean Meek invited 1933 sons who were graduating along with their parents to a cocktail party Saturday afternoon and this gave us an opportunity to see some '33's who were in attendance for graduation but, because of business, could not stay through reunion. We saw Bill Bates (son Bill Jr.), Whit Kimball (son Whit Jr.), and Bill King (son Billy) and were sorry they had to leave right after graduation Sunday.

Other 1933 sons who graduated with the Class of '63 were John S. Black III (Sam), Lawrence Chapman (Jarv), Bruce Coffee (Keating), Greg Gates (George), Gordon F. Hull III (Ferrie), but we didn't see any of their proud parents.

Dr. Bill Teahan drove up from Holyoke to spend a couple of hours renewing acquaintances Monday afternoon of Reunion. He couldn't stay because he and Marcella and two of their children were to leave Wednesday for one of their many European junkets. He reported that their daughter, Mary Eileen, a Mt. Holyoke graduate, is in Washington, D.C., and son, Billy, will graduate with Dartmouth '64. In addition to these four, they have a little one - the light of their lives who "keeps them young!"

Jim Woods, combining business with pleasure, arrived at the tent Tuesday night after working his way toward Hanover Monday and Tuesday. Sorry I didn't get a chance to talk with him long enough to get any news for this column.

A plug here for Sue Dewey's fabric shop - a grand assortment of wonderful woolens (made by Bill and others) in an old barn next to their Quechee Gorge Shop. If you want an unusual gift, stop by. George Rideout and Wes Beattie (wives not in attendance) had a ball shopping for them.

Wes reported Bill Muller's death in the July column. Florence has written that they had all intentions to come to reunion. Bill had not been ill, but after a wonderful family get-together on Memorial Day, Bill and Florence retired and an hour later Bill died from a burst aorta. Their daughter, Sue, will be a senior at Skidmore where Bill attended Happy Pappy's weekend in March. Their son, Peter, is a senior at Garden City High. Bill will be missed.

The Class' congratulations go to PageWorthington elected President of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He has been a member of the Council since 1959. This is a well deserved honor for Page, a loyal Dartmouth alumnus who has been chairman of the Enrollment and Admissions Committee of the Council, 1933 Class Agent, Member of our Executive Committee, Secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Washington, and on National Committee for the Dartmouth Med. School's 1960 Fund Raising Fund.

Also to be congratulated is Sid Stoneman who starts a three-year term on the Council and will serve on the Alumni Fund Committee of the Council. Sid has been our Head Class Agent since 1957 and you know what a great job he has done and he surely deserves this honor.

The Bill Hoffmans have moved to Westfield, N.J. — what a smart fellow! - but we haven't gotten together with them because Bill has been painting like mad.

Be sure to stop by your nearest book store and pick up a copy of "The Weird World of Wes Beattie" by John Norman Harris. Quoting an ad in the New York Times book section "Beattie arrested for the murder of his uncle is obviously paranoid, he claims it's all a conspiracy against him ... by them. But novice attorney Sidney Grant starts looking into Beattie's weird world and uncovers evidence that They may well exist." And all this for $3.95. Wes gets around!

I'll get into some of the information turned up in the questionnaires in the November column and this can be as interesting as you will help me make it by your expanded comments.

Secretary, 303 Roanoke Rd., Westfield, N.J.

Treasurer, Young & Rubicam, Inc. 285 Madison Ave., New York 17, N.Y.