1914
Well, here we go again — on another round of reporting each month what we learn has happened and is happening to our classmates. And the first order of business is to salute appropriately all the 1914 youngsters whose birthdays occurred as follows: In June: Cook, Fahey, Fairfield, French, Morse, H. H. Smith, Snow, and R. C. Woodman.
In July: Blood, Bowman, Buck, Campion, Drake, Estep, C. K. Fuller, Hawley, Jones, Larmon, Lawrence, G. P. Little, Loveland, Newmark, Parker, Perkins, Quarles, Warner.
In August: Farwell, Floyd, Boggs, Corliss, Adams, Lyons, Jones, McLean, Reardon, Aborn, Flynn, Symonds.
In September: Applin, Batchelder, Bean, Daley, Forbes, Fraser, Harvey, Haywood, Jenkins, Kingman, Kingsley, Learoyd, Lowell, Piane, Sisson, R. C. Smith, Weed.
It's appropriate that we all stand in gladsome celebration and drink a toast of MartRemsen's famous recipe for an Old Fashioned: Equal parts of generosity, loyalty, 4,768 of liquid voltage, water: 3¼ drops. All standing now - Skoal!
Several of our correspondents have sent me clippings from the "Wellesley Townsman" of which Herb Austin is Editor. In the center of the group photograph is our friend Herb, the honored recipient of many tributes by members of the Wellesley Kiwanis Club of which Herb has been secretary for 35 years. More power and more years to you, Herb!
We got the notice too late fol inclusion in the last ALUMNI MAGAZINE, but hear ye all now of the 1914 class luncheon held at the University Club in New York last May. It was, of course, a distinctly unsolemn occasion with these illustrious '14ers in attendance: Buck, Cook, Crandall, Daley, Davidson, Holly, Kingsley, Larmon, LeCount, L. K. Little, Voorhees, and Weed. The only disappointment I have heard about was from one of the participants who wasn't permitted to pick up the tab for the whole wing-ding. And he meant it!
This Davidson clan is a potent one! Freddie Davidson's son, Freddie Ir., a member of the New York City Board of Education, has been made deputy commissioner and general manager of the Public Works System in New York City. Young Freddie has been president and general manager of the Chesebro-Whitman Company and vicepresident of the Patent Scaffolding Company for the past ten years.
Gordon Sleeper's son, Drew '52, is a recent recipient of the Air Medal awarded for "outstanding airmanship" as a B-52 Stratofortress Commander in Vietnam. Drew has several distinctions including a very beauteous wife.
Ellsworth Buck has responded beautifully to my requests for funny or slightly funny occurrences during our long ago undergraduate years. Here is Ellie's welcome contribution. "In the spring of 1913 I was treasurer of my fraternity. On leaving class one morning at 11:00 and walking up Main Street toward my fraternity house two things occurred which, taken together, startled me. The village fire-alarm was sounding and I could see smoke up the street near the location at. which the house stood. I suddenly remembered the unpaid insurance invoice covering the furniture. It had lain on my desk for weeks awaiting a convenient time for drawing the fraternity's cheque. Alarmed, and not waiting for definite confirmation of the fire's location, I reversed myself and ran down the street to the insurance agent's. Rushing breathless into the office I told the agent, between gasps, 'I have come to pay the insurance premium on the furniture in my fraternity house.' Looking at me calmly and unhurriedly he said, 'Young man, is there any connection between your breath-lessness and the fact that the fire alarm is still sounding?' He refused further comment or the money I offered and walked away. The insurance had expired."
We have had some very interesting comments on the origin of nicknames of which we wrote in a recent issue of the MAGAZINE. We are saving them and we hope that out of your memory you'll be good enough to contribute your ideas of how some of these men got the very interesting appellations.
Here's a quote which I have long cherished, "The fly sat upon the axle of the chariot and exclaimed, 'What a dust I do raise'!" - Carlyle
Just as we went to press we received the sad word that our Clyde Buckley has gone. He was a loyal, faithful son of a Dartmouth graduate of 1887 and the father of Bill Buckley '39. An obituary notice will appear in a subsequent ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
And a final paragraph before we sign off. We sit up here on our hillside praying you'll keep us informed on what has happened or what is happening to you and your family. So, will you help us by just sending along a few lines now to help keep these class notes going? Sometimes we have to scrape pretty near the bottom of our news barrel, and we hopefully solicit just a brief note from you on any subject that occurs. Will you do it? Thank you.
Secretary, Farwell Lane New London, N. H. 03257
Treasurer, Palmer National Bank, Palmer, Mass. 01069
Bequest Chairman,
