1916
Our ranks have been sadly decimated by the death of three of our Classmates, Stanley Caldwell Reynolds on April 14 of last year, Charles West Manzer on July 2 and Roswell Foster Magill on December 17. Their obituaries will appear in this or a later issue of the MAGAZINE.
Unfortunately there was no close relationship of Stanley and Charles with the Class and your Secretary is not able to tell you much about them in their later years.
In the death of Ros Magill the Class loses one of its most loyal and most distinguished members. To list his many accomplishments and the numberless honors that have come to him would be an almost impossible task. They have added greatly to the fame and prestige of our Class, and his passing leaves a void that will never be filled. Perhaps one of his Kappa Sig or C&G brothers will write a tribute that will do justice to Ros' memory, - your Secretary feels entirely unequal to this. The funeral services were held at the Church of the Resurrection in New York on Thursday, December 19. RogEvans writes me that the little church in 74th Street, holding out against towering new apartments, was filled with about three hundred of Ros' friends, including an impressive group of some 35 of his former partners and colleagues at law; also many judges and other civic leaders. 1916 was represented by Charlie Brundage, FreddieSmith, John and Dorothy Butler and Rogand Edna Evans, who sat together, and byRay DeVoe and Justus Doenecke, who came a bit later and sat farther back. Larry Doyle phoned that morning that he would try to get up from Sea Girt, so he may have been there, too, but Rog did not see him. The Class sent pink roses to Ros' wife, Katherine.
The Class expresses its deepest sympathy to the families of these our deceased Classmates
A signal honor, one so richly deserved, was done our Classmate, Stirling Wilson, late in November. Our Class President, Dick Parkhurst, flew down to Stirling's home at Ormond Beach to present him, in behalf of the Class, with a Wentworth Bowl. The inscription, besides that which is on every Wentworth Bowl, reads: "STIRLING WILSON, Dartmouth, 1916, with the affection' and appreciation of his classmates, for his tireless devotion over the years. November 24, 1963."
The gift (the idea for which was KenHenderson's) came as a complete surprise to Stirling and Betty, and in Dick Parkhurst's words, "seemed to mean everything to them, and obviously brought something very special into the lives of two devoted and courageous people." Stirling, in writing Dick on his return home, said, in part: "I was so stunned when you gave the Bowl to me that I fear my thanks were inadequately expressed, but what can one say that can fit such an honor? The exhilaration I have experienced at having this beautiful bowl, and the sentiments of my Classmates are only a part of the pleasure it gives me. My wife and my children will experience a vicarious sense of being honored, too, and this will be a treasured heirloom which I know will be honored by my descendants."
As I write the class notes or help Stirling with the Newsletters from time to time, hardly a month passes that I do not receive at least one tribute to Stirling from some Classmate, class wife, class widow, or a member of some other class who is eternally grateful for all this Dartmouth son has done for others. One and all, Stirling, we salute you.
Hiram John McLellan of Tyler, Texas, apologizes to Ed Craver for being such a poor correspondent, adding, "after doing a little yard work in the morning, playing some golf in the afternoon, and writing to my relatives, I don't seem to have much time left." He expected Hugo and VirginiaGumbart would stop off to see them right after Christmas on their way to spend a month in San Miguel, Mexico. He and Laura planned to drive to Florida in February and take a 14-day Caribbean cruise, leaving Port Everglades, February 19. They hoped to drive by to see Les and EthelCampbell at Geneva, Fla., and Stirling and Betty Wilson at Ormond Beach.
The New York '16ers met on November 22 for dinner at the Dartmouth Club in the Commodore, with the attendance much smaller than was anticipated because of the tragic event in the afternoon of that day. Although the Princeton game, scheduled for the next day, was postponed it was too late to change the date of the dinner. Johnny Pell, Freddie St. G. Smith, Mil Streeter, Art Conley, Charlie Cressy, Doc Pettengill, Burt Lowe, and Dutch Doenecke were there, but Wilby Sully, George Dock, and Jib Dingwall, who were expected, had to change their plans.
Cliff Bean, stout fella that he is, has accepted the chairmanship of the Reunion Committee, our Fiftieth - which will be upon us before you can say Jacques Robinski. John Stearns and Alec Jardine will also serve on the Committee. Dick Parkhurst and the rest of the Executive Committee hope soon to complete the group.
Let me remind you again of the Dart- mouth Day at the New York World's Fair, May 23, 1964. Some of the details of this fine day should soon be forthcoming.
Secretary, 7 Swarthmore P1. Swarthmore, Pa.
Treasurer, 684 Burr St., Fairfield, Conn.
