1924

Nothing could give me more personal pleasure, and I'm sure this is shared by the class at large and its officers in particular, than to make this announcement: Doug Craig has agreed to take up the mantle Phil Van Huyck laid aside; he is now our chief Class Agent, with responsibility for the annual Alumni Fund program. I've only had time to "talk" with a very few classmates since I heard the news, but know how delighted all are or will be. For any who wish to write Doug of their pleasure, he can be reached at 5 Deerhill Drive, Ho-ho-kus, N. J. (07423). Our own private Wah-hoo-wah for you, Doug.

This is being written Monday after the Columbia game. You should have been there to spend a delightful day outdoors (about 50°) watching a very exciting game. You've read about it, but so far as I know the only out-of-towners who saw it (other than Margaret and myself) were Lois and Brad Hersey, Genesis Turner, Grace and Am George, Aletha and Larry Stone, Margaret and Solly Thurstone, and Norma and Red Maloney. (We were delighted to have helped Norma and Red celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary - appropriately and very pleasantly. And in the course of our chatter, we gleaned this very nice tidbit: Gerald S. Maloney Jr. and Mary Minturn Raymond, of South Dartmouth, Mass., were married on May 23, 1964, at St. Mary's the Virgin Episcopal Church, in San Francisco, Calif. - where they are now residing. So cheers to all concerned.)

The late lamented (??) election is past, and we hope hurts are mending. Differences of opinion make elections, horse-racing, course elections, - and almost anything else you want to name. That includes our project of the Class Book. This is not the place to detail such differences, but it seems to me important and very proper to report that positive responses far outweighed the few negatives. It must be admitted that the negatives were expressed with firmness - much like the "nayes" at Town Meeting when a vote is clearly affirmative by a very large majority. I've already expressed my own strong pleasure in having the book and my thanks to Kay and Spud Spaulding for their heroic labors against the multiple obstacles of time-energy costs, lack of adequate information on many of us, etc. One printing error escaped proof-reading, and no one likes to be the subject of any kind of error; but the wonder is that there weren't others. Finally, I'd like to report on the fact that my copy gets a lot of use from Margaret and myself - but also from visitors who know some of you. The Class Book will become more valuable as the years go by. If anyone who would like to have a copy has failed to receive one or (why not?) has changed his mind and now wants what he refused (and some did) earlier - let it be sure his copy is waiting for him and will be gladly sent by Spud.

More controversial notes: Certainly Lew Hawes has been involved in a major one by obtaining a new trial for "a penniless Negro ...whose defense he undertook 15 years ago, when Johnson was accused of causing a train wreck in which two lives were lost." Johnson was convicted, Les appealed on the grounds of an unfair trial; the case "has been shuttled back and forth from one court to another" — at Les's costs and time over these 15 years. Les has received high praise from Judge Higginbotham (US District Court), in briefest summary: "... the type of dedication you have given ... is equal to the highest dedication any lawyer has rendered at the American bar ... which makes all of us very, very proud...." (Quoted from editorial, Oct. 8, 1964, from the Main Line Chronicle, Ardmore, Pa.) New trial granted!

One pleasant dividend, among others, from the reading the Class Book gets is to hear from several of you. One very good surprise was to hear from Leon Salter; he has been retired six years and a widower (after his wife's many years as an invalid) two years; they had no children. In addition to his present traveling, many know of his interest in modern art. lie sends photos (very much appreciated) of himself surrounded by paintings of Soute and sculptures by Henry Moore. Leon raises a question others have asked: Why was there no mention of Wendell Ross in the Class Book. Many of us remember him (and his brass horn) very well. Wendell graduated with the Class of '26 with which class he apparently prefers to be identified.

Here's another: Peirce Knott, a doctor out in Sioux City, lowa. He writes very pleasantly of Dartmouth and Hanover, where he spent only two years, and with appreciation for the Class Book where he is brought up to 1945. He left the service for his practice of pediatrics in 1947. Has two children and three grandchildren. He has been active, but had to cancel a business-pleasure cruise this fall when he developed infectious jaundice; so neither Greece nor Australia saw him this time. He mentions seeing only a few classmates in his area, but I know these he mentions will want to know of his thoughts: Helen, widow of Stew Shimoneck, who died last year and whom Peirce occasionally saw; Henry Hudson, from who he has recently heard; and his close friend, Dick Morin.

Idle chatter department: But dealing with very un-idle people. Stephen Cross, vice-president of Stanley Power Tools, moves from the Stanley Works to be international coordinator for power tools. After Tuck School, in 1925, he moved up to be secretary of the American Supply and Machinery Association, and was chairman of the executive committee of the Electric Tool Institute. ... John Dregge is Director of Community Relations for the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington; recently spoke to the Mohawk Airlines Management Club, in Utica, N. Y., which is appropriate for the man who since 1956 has been Chief of the Routes Division, CAB.... Thanks to HankHartshorn (and one other whose name I forget) for tear-sheets from "Forbes," October 1 issue, where Earl Daum (vice-president and general manager of G.M. Overseas Operations division) is the focus of an analysis of "General Motors: Tomorrow the World?" I'm sure many others have read this article with interest.... The reason why the DeLong Monahan's were not at the Princeton game and reunion, as they had planned, is that he and Barbara were out west, including an inspection-visit of CharlieFrench's retirement community (which got superlatives); they thought they'd make the Penn game in their "backyard" ... but a family wedding has to get priority ... report that Marge and Fred Shanaman are on an around-the-world trip, including the Tokyo Olympics; would that we, too, were somewhere in these wanderings. One more travel note: Barbara and Stan Chittick found some new spots on their latest jaunt - Spain, Portugal, Austria, Italy, and France. We hear a rumor that the trains (sic) in Venice confused Stan; much preferred Florence, after he managed to get there.... Up this-a-way: Putty Blodgett hunts and fishes, and eats what he gets; squirrel pie is more familiar to southerners, but Chi cooked one for them (as a bow-and-arrow-hunter, who dropped in can testify). Woodchuck liver is frozen for another day; I never ate that but I have eaten woodchuck ... with the right wine it is better than some "regular" meats I've had to endure.... All for now; drop by next month.

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