1933
'33 UP! It's now or never if you want to make the Thirtieth Reunion. As if you didn't know, it's Monday through Wednesday, June 17 through 19. As you read this, you'll have just a few days to make up your minds if you haven't already decided. So grab Maw or Grand Maw, as the case may be, plus any young ones available and head for Hanover. Don't worry about the color or amount of your hair or the state of your figure (male or female). We're all of the same vintage and who cares anyway. Just COME. But, do let Bill Dewey and the Bursar know.
Hank Smith is now a full-fledged judge. We have pictorial proof of his being sworn in in the presence of Helen and the girls, all beaming with pride. Congratulations again. If you have to speed en route to Hanover, we suggest that you do it around North Tonawanda since we suspect His Honor will waive the fines in favor of the 1933 Alumni Fund which is one third of the way towards our goal. We still need the rest of you, so, if you haven't given yet, why not pay a "fine" to the Fund for the number of times you haven't been caught speeding. It'll do both the College and your conscience goodjim
Doherty has continued his steady climb since joining Western Electric in 1946 and merits our plaudits for his recent election to the position of vice president. Until the War, Jim had been in welfare work for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 1946 he enlisted in the Army and rose to the grade of lieutenant colonel, serving in the European Theatre where he was awarded the Silver Star. Jim entered Dartmouth from Brockton, Mass., majored in economics, made Phi Beta Kappa and graduated cum laude. In 1950, sandwiched in between increasingly important assignments with Western Electric in New York City, Atlanta, Omaha and Oklahoma City, where he was most recently- as plant manager, Jim earned his M.B.A. at N. Y. U. His new assignment takes him to Newark and nearby Short Hills, N. J., where he and Ethel Mae have taken up residence with their daughter, Deborah, a junior at Manhattanville College.
Lyle Spencer recently attended the Chief Executives Forum, a group of charter members of the Young Presidents Organization, in San Marcos, Ariz. Lyle, a national figure in education, is president of Science Research Association, Inc. in Chicago. He started the firm in 1938 "to provide for the practical application of psychological research." His firm markets a number of educational aids nationally and tests some 700,000 high school students in the National Merit Rating Scholarship testing program, which "provides a voluntary census of the future talent of our nation." The American Public College Testing program, somewhat akin to College Board exams, and given in 700 schools annually, is another development of Lyle's organization as well as learning and teaching systems designed for both pupils and teachers in the lower grades. The student drop-out program is a major concern of Lyle's and he hopes that the application of his methods will curtail sharply in future years the high drop-out rates we are experiencing currently. Our incomplete records on him show that: he received his A.M. from the University of Washington in 1935; was a Fellow at University of Chicago and editor of Vocational Trends before starting his present organization in 1938. During the War he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and was awarded the Bronze Star. In 1940, he had been chosen by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as one of the "Ten Young Men of the Year." In addition, he has written for many publications and is on the boards of several educational organizations.
The George Theriaults very kindly sent us a picture of the Champs-Elysee illuminated at night and comment, "night life in Paris" (ye scribe - guess it is time for our Thirtieth) "we've seen plenty of rain and traffic but none of the dancing girls." (Proof positive that George is slipping.) Much of their time has been spent with the children and grandsons. They did considerable skiing in France, Austria, and Switzerland and were off to England and Scotland before sailing for home on June 20. They are on sabbatical as you know and are making every minute count although they regret not being able to make Reunion.
Johnny Monagan was one of 21 Congressmen voting against the granting of United States citizenship to Sir Winston Churchill. It isn't that Johnny doesn't recognize Churchill as a great man, but, as a matter of principle, he feels that the United States has had many great friends from other lands, since the Declaration of Independence, who have not been recognized this way and this current action is setting a precedent that is not good for history or tradition.
We have just returned from an Army Reserve stint at the Pentagon and had the good fortune to have lunch with Bob Hagan who is assistant to the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. He's changed very little as you'll see on the 17th when he plans to return with son, Stephen, for a good look at Hanover where his other son, Tim, is a junior.
Carlton Burrill has just been re-elected to the board of the Mass. Federation of Taxpayers Associations. He is a trustee of the investment counsel firm of A. B. Conant with whom he has served since graduation. A veteran of WW II, Carl is town moderator of Whitman; has served as president of both the Brockton University Club and of the Whitman Kiwanis Club; was civil defense director for Whitman for 6½ years; a director and treasurer of both the Berwick Boys Club and the local Red Cross and a trustee of the Whitman Savings Bank.
Jim McFarland, vice president and board member of General Mills, has just been placed in charge of the company's western operations. The Boston Alumni Fund kickoff dinner found Bob Fox, Ed Knapp from Hartford, Archie Lade and Byron McCoy from Rutland, Vt., in attendance.
It hardly seems possible that we are completing five years as your scribe. It has been a privilege to serve you and to get to know so many of you better. In this job, one gets to see the class as a whole and for a socalled "depression class" we haven't done as badly as we were prone to think might be the case in those dole days of 1933. In fact, a review of the positions occupied by our classmates and the roles played by our members in contributing to our society, aside from their professional and business pursuits, leads easily to the conclusion that Dean Bill and his associates picked an exceptionally capable, as well as amiable, bunch of guys. We'll see you at Reunion.
Address changes: Robert E. Burns, 321 So. Almont Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.; Robert C. Goodell, 510 — 6th St., S.E., Washington, D. C.; James A. Petrie Jr., 62-72 Chiltern St., London W 1, England (Kellogg International Corp.).
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