1914

March Lads

They say that March comes roaring in — like a lion; Slips out with gentle mewing — like a lamb; That March-born lads are gentle, strong And through their years can do no wrong Salaam!

Theophilus Thaw E. Pitchfork, N. H.

Congratulations to: Spore, Cranston, Woodies, Gilbert, Little, Hall, Tilton, Sheldon, and Woodman.

Wag Green, whose roots are in Dallas, Texas, manages to take off for various and attractive places - Honolulu for a couple of months this winter and then to Southampton, Long Island, for his long hard-working summer on the golf links. An enviable situation.

Professor Forrest C. Blood, out in Lincoln, Neb., "Forry" to you - brings a smile worth transmitting to you. Forry has had much more English Composition than most of us, so let him tell it in his own words. "One day in class a student made a statement and I said, 'Where did you find that? What is your authority?' He grinned from ear to ear and, after the proper pause to set the stage, he said, 'It is in a Dept. of Commerce Bulletin.' I said, calling up my choicest sarcasm, 'It sounds like it.' "

"That damned grin should have warned me that I was about to get socked on the chin. Controlling himself as best he could, that student said clearly, so that all would hear: 'You ought to know. You wrote it.' Yeah, I had written a couple of Dept. of Commerce Bulletins."

String Howe - the Great Grandpappy in Bridgeville, Pa. - has a son Lyman who is a sales engineer for the Link Company in Binghamton, N. Y.; makers of the famous Link Trainer. The younger Howe lives in Big Flat, N. Y., and, if you ask him where Big Flat is, he will tell you that it's half way between Horseheads and Painted Post. That ought to locate it for you.

Johnny Palmer has a granddaughter at Bryn Mawr and a grandson, Edward Baker Jr., who graduated from Trinity and is now a helicopter instructor right in the middle of the Vietnam business.

C. C. Hills '05, in a conversation at the Inn, gave me one that is worth repeating. Two classmates, after a long, long separation, met at the Inn and, after a spirited discussion of many topics, one said to the other, "Joe, I didn't show you the pictures of my grandchildren." "No," was the reply, "and I appreciate it."

Last summer at Lay Little's beautiful place in Cornish, N. H., we had a very interesting discussion on who would be elected now as 1914's three most distinguished sons. We think this would produce some very interesting comments, so won't you let me have your selections on the basis of: distinction in business and finance; civic service; adventure; literary achievement, and dedication to Dartmouth. Your vote will be kept strictly confidential.

Ray Trott always responds quickly and briefly when we ask for news, and if you're voting for the most modest man in the class, you might do well to consider Ray's most successful career. He says he is clinging, perhaps pathetically, to his business interests. He retired as chairman of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, is now chairman of the Gorham Company and has, to quote Ray, "several other business interests." This is certainly one of the year's understatements.

Jesse Stillman, long retired from the research staff of Dupont, has succumbed to the lure of woodworking. Among other things, he has built a pedestal-desk for his grandson and is now finishing a miniature reproduction f an antique chest. Jesse is also a horticultural enthusiast and raises a multitude of blooms in his own greenhouse. He says he disappoints his friends by not going in for exotic plants, but prefers to raise the more usual flowers. This is probably a reflection of the good sense born into this native of the smallest state in the Union.

Pen and Reinette Aborn have enjoyed an exhilarating trip to Europe where they had a heartwarming reunion with the English youngsters the Aborns took into their home during the Second World War - a move quite characteristic of these kindly folks from Weston, Mass.

A delightful letter from Mrs. Horace Borden from Longmeadow, Mass. Her hospitable home entertains many foreigners from time to time who made friends with our "Bordy" when he was a lieutenantcolonel in the Air Force stationed in Italy and Germany. We can understand it. The Bordens' daughter Mary Margaret has enjoyed two summers studying Italian at Middlebury's School of Languages. This fluency will be useful when Mary Margaret and Margaret go to Europe in the coming summer.

Eddie Elkins is a "quiet man of good works." One of his helpful actions was to give his local Good Will Industry a couple of his company's construction trucks for an important construction work on their new quarters. As a result of this — and other benefactions - Eddie was given the Good Will Service Award at a recent annual meeting of that organization.

Bob Blackman's secret disclosed! "Say, coach, I heard up in the press box that you keep a chaplain on the bench to pray for your team during the games. Would you mind introducing me to him?" "Glad to, Ace. Did you want to meet the offensive chaplain or the defensive chaplain?"

A note from Lay Little, Class Chairman.

I think that no class chairman is more fortunate than I in his executive committee and officers; and I express, on behalf of 1914, our special appreciation to "Theophilus Thaw of E. Pitchfork, N. H.," our Secretary; to our long-serving and long-suffering Treasurer; to the "Squire of White River," our Class Letter and Bequest Chairman; and to the peerless and tireless chairman of our 50th reunion, who is now Head Class Agent.

When I get the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, I turn first to the 1914 class news and then read the news of contemporary classes. It would be gratifying if we could see the name of every classmate (and every widow) at least once a year in our class news - and I know that this is the ideal which our secretary has set for himself.

But even the best class secretary can't make bricks without straw, and it is up to the rest of us to help provide tie straw. I hope that Robbie's appeals for news will bring a wide response, especially from friends not recently heard from. His address is at the head of this column. As Al Richmond's father urged so rightly at his 50th Reunion at Dartmouth: "Stand closer together, men!" Will you help with a note today? Thank you. Best regards to all in the "Friendly Class of 1914"!

Now for the Dartmouth Quiz.

1. Were you old enough to vote when you were a student at Hanover? For whom did you vote in the national election?

2. How far is it to Leb and how far back - and under what circumstances?

3. Where was America's first X-ray medical unit installed and by whom?

4. Was Hanover ever the scene of a murder?

So long! ROBBIE.

Secretary, Farwell Lane, New London, N. H.

Treasurer, 17715 Gulf Blvd. Box 326, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33708

Bequest Chairman,