1904
When you read these notes in June, they will be the last class notes until October in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. This doesn't mean Beck is taking a vacation. You will be hearing from him — especially if you are kind enough to write him. This business of building friendship and keeping classmates informed of each other has to be a two-way proposition. You do your part and write your Secretary and he will do his part too.
Another fellow you want to work with - and for - is our Class Agent, Squid Lampee. He is trying to make our quota for the Alumni Fund. Open up boys. Our sisters are doing a wonderful job in contributing to the Fund - Bless you, dear girls.
Many classmates will recall Edward Homer Egbert - who passed away in 1939; his widow, Elizabeth Egbert Allen, passed away at Christmas time according to a letter from their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Egbert Black, of St. Simons Island, Ga. If you will refer to my 50th Reunion Class Book you will find "Eggs," as he was known to us, had a very colorful career. "Eggs" left Dartmouth at the end of his freshman year and attended the Baltimore Medical School, a part of the University of Maryland, and graduated in 1905. Practiced medicine in New York and New Jersey until World War I when he joined an American Red Cross detachment and went to Russia. He became the commanding officer of an 800-bed hospital in Kiev, Russia. For his work he was given the rank of Brigadier General in the Russian Army, the title of Excellency, and was awarded the decoration of the Cross of St. Stanislaus 11. Upon his return to America, having become interested in the Russian people, he lectured for a year as co-lecturer with Mme. Breshkorsky, telling the American public about Russia and her people. One wonders what "Eggs'" thoughts might be today about Russia. Your Secretary has expressed to Mrs. Black the respects and sympathy of the Class for the loss of her mother.
Recently, Jack Childs '09 sent the Secretary a copy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer of April 9. It was an extensive write-up about our Johnny Watson who passed away September, 1962, leaving $7,200,000. Few people knew "Wattie" or that he was a multimillionaire. He retained throughout his life the New England reticence of his native Vermont. Brief, often silent, hard to understand, but could be friendly; we found him so, as classmates. His gift to Dartmouth of $1,250,000 is magnificent evidence of his love for his college. He left a like amount to Harvard Law School and $2,500,000 to St. Johnsbury Academy, his prep school. Also left behind was the mystery of the silent, slight man from Vermont, who amassed a giant fortune. He never married.
If you have imagined in the past that the management of business of government and industry rested in the leadership of men from Harvard, Yale and Princeton, just read in the class notes in your ALUMNI MAGAZINE by the Class Secretaries, the progress and importance of Dartmouth men in the fields of banking, teaching, church, law, medicine, engineering, insurance, railroads, N. Y. Stock Exchange, foreign affairs, Peace Corps, aircraft, space operations, Army - Navy - Air Force, governors, mayors of our states and cities. To read the records and importance of Dartmouth men in these various fields is an inspiration. Take the time to read these class notes - you will be proud of Dartmouth men.
Here is hoping many 1904 men show up for the 59th round-up at the Tomb of Eleazar Wheelock, in June. Remember, Beck has promised a quart of New England rum for every man in attendance. 194 years old, guaranteed to cure asthma, arthritis, heart troubles, any and every physical disability known to men of 80 and over.
Cheerio! Write your Secretary.
Secretary, 1766 42nd Ave., Vero Beach, Fla. Telephone Jo 7-2046
Class Agent, 9 Foxcroft Rd., Winchester, Mass.
