1930
Thirtymen in the New York area: watch for word from Red Gould of plans for a class dinner later this month, probably on Friday, May 22, the evening before Dartmouth Day at the New York World's Fair. We hope you will try to make this dinner, even though there never is much of anything to look forward to in the menus we are served, for Red always has something of interest to present, and surely you will want to see your old friends among the faithful who have shown up for these dinners so many years. Any classmates from the hinterlands who might happen to be attending the college affair at the Fair are urged to dine with the New York group on the Friday evening - either leave your name at the New York Dartmouth Club, or call Red's home, 39 Hobson Street, Stamford (348-9892, area code 203).
Last Sunday we watched the Dartmouth Alumni Fun team, of which Pat Weaver was one third, lose the final match to Wisconsin. This event is reported in the general pages of this issue and need not be detailed here, beyond saying it seemed unfortunate that our men didn't do better in answering the questions Clifton Fadiman threw at them: on the other hand, it is nevertheless a grand thing to have won for the Alumni Fund the second prize of $10,000 donated by Amer- ican Cyanamid. This leads us to wonder if AI Clow, vice president of Cyanamid and Tuck '31, well known to those of us who took the second year at Tuck School, had anything to do with setting up this program on TV.
There has come our way a review of Pat's entry, or as he terms it, his "quantum jump," into subscription television. "Feevee" would seem to be a big gamble and to present a terrific challenge to the Great Innovator of TV's early days; if anyone can mastermind it to success, we would bet on Pat. As a starter, rights to all games of both Dodgers and Giants have been acquired, hence the project will commence on the Coast - goals: 20,000 homes hooked up by July 1, a quarter of a million within two years. On leaving New York Pat is reported to have leased his apartment to Dave Susskind, who, curiously enough, was one of his adversaries of the Wisconsin Alumni Fun team.
Otherwise, news for the month can be characterized by its dearth, sparseness, paucity, and lack. You must be sick and tired of my complaining about no news - the answer to that is to drop me a picture postal card on your next trip to Acapulco, Calcutta, or Boston with the word on what's new with your grandchildren.
It seems that bankers are always getting promotions, and some who aren't bankers by profession are being elected to boards of directors; this month it is a pleasure to record that Lee Chilcote of the Brewer-Chilcote Paper Company, and well known to all Thirtymen for his great interest in all things Dartmouth, has been elected to the Board of the Capital Bank in Cleveland. And that Horace Weston has been named an assistant vice president of the Plymouth-Home National Bank in the town of the landing of the Pilgrims. Horace formerly was associated with the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank as vice president and he continues as a member of its board of investment.
Judy Morley writes that husband Buzz became president of Morley Brothers, in Saginaw, back in February. Congratulations to these three men, and to Buzz — greetings also from my two sons who have always remembered an impromptu visit to that large establishment of yours one hot summer day about ten years ago.
Fred Schmidt's son, Fred Jr., is swimming for Indiana University - not much news from Bloomington trickles back east, but when he came to New Haven to swim in the NCAA championships, he set a new record of 1:53.5 in the 200-yard butterfly, and thereby helped Indiana greatly toward winning the meet.
Ellie French has agreed to run as Democratic nominee for Congress from the 17th (silk stocking) District in New York City. Always interested in political matters, she is presently serving as New York City's Commissioner to the United Nations. Many of you will remember her participation in the political symposium at our 30th reunion and the vigorous repartee she and Fred Scribner engaged in from the platform.
Seen at the Glee Club concert in White Plains: Red Holme, Alfie McGrath, Averyand Jule Gould, Jack and Lola Keating.
In three weeks we will be driving to Hanover again for the spring meeting of class officers, it will be a chance to listen to EdButterworth's plans for our informal reunion next October 10, and there may be some additional worthwhile news or gossip for next month's scrivening.
Lacking any details beyond the just-received report of Brud Crosier's death, an in memoriam notice will not appear until next month. The sympathy of the Class has been expressed to Marjorie and their children.
Secretary, 30 Boxwood Dr., Stamford, Conn.
Class Agent, New York Life Ins. Co., 51 Madison Ave. New York 10, N. Y.
