1912
It is a bit difficult to realize that in the course of one year the pen of our talented Newsletter Editor has become forever silent. Words cannot express what Lyme Armes has meant to the Class of 1912, especially during the past two or three decades. His smile was contagious, his pen was untiring, and behind both was a love for his College which generated a boundless loyalty. To have known Lyme was not only a joy but an inspiration, for his friendship was genuine. Many will miss his thoughtful card or letter bearing his trademark, the green ink, and these recipients of his messages were not limited by class boundaries but extended to a host of Dartmouth friends of all ages. There come to mind those clarion words of Lyme in his Sachem Oration at the 1912 Commencement which he exemplified in his own daily life: "Now, O my people, bear in mind that you are brothers."
Our distinguished Class President, BasilO'Connor, was the recipient of a tribute on his 75th birthday, comprising remarks delivered a month previously at a conference of volunteer leaders of The National Foundation-March of Dimes in New York. A handsome volume bound in green with gold lettering bespeaks the handiwork of Dr. Morris Fishbein and Hon. James Roosevelt. Inside the covers are photographs of and remarks by James M. Connolly, Morris Fishbein, James Roosevelt, Ernest L. Stebbins, Melvin A. Glasser, Jonas E. Salk, Joseph F. Nee, and Doc himself. Also there is portrayed the presentation of the Pasteur Manuscript to Doc with a translation of the same. The list of honored guests is included and also is to be found a tabulation of decorations and honors which Doc O'Connor has received.
By the time this reaches you the winner of the Ivy League football title will be a matter of record. The early games brought out a few '12ers. Connie and KatherineSnow smiled on us at the Holy Cross and Harvard games and at the former were the Bugbees, Roy Lewis, Boss Geller and Guy Swenson. We saw Roy and Nonnie Lewis, Jim and Carola Steen, Ken and Alyce Kimball, Eddie Luitwieler, Fletcher Clark, and Alvah Holway's son Dick and wife Jeanne at that exhausting encounter in the Harvard stadium. Jimmie Steen wants the Boston dinners prior to the Harvard game revived and believes that a good secretary could arrange it. If you are of the same mind, speak up. By the way, Al Eiseman passed up the Harvard game for a Hallowe'en party at which he entertained the audience with three songs, He, doubtless, had more voice left at the end than did those of us who witnessed the Green's 23-21 victory.
We have a few active classmates still earning a day's pay. Take note that Joe Doe continues to be employed by American Airlines and is at the National Airport in Washington, and Otto Bresky shifts from president to chairman of Seaboard Allied Milling Corporation, continuing as chief executive officer. Bresky's company has three joint ventures in overseas flour milling in Peru, Guyana, and Ecuador, and operations of its own in Sierra Leone. Hap Wanner is distinguishing himself on the golf courses of Virginia and West Virginia, giving no thought to his 78 years, just driving them down the middle and sinking those - foot putts.
Helen Lena passed away on November 5, 1967, after an illness of several months during which she had frequent periods of hospitalization. Funeral was held in New London on November 7. George Gregory '17 kindly sent in a negative of a picture of Randy Burns taken at George's home in Sarasota where Randy was an occasional visitor. On October 4, 1967 the Class lost by death Henry D. Allen of La Grange, Ill. A letter of sympathy was sent to the widow, together with a notice of a Memorial Book to be added to Baker Library. Obituary will appear in a later issue of the MAGAZINE pending further detailed information relative to his last illness.
Your Secretary has been the recipient of several copies of the 1912 Aegis from Connie Snow. If you would like one, put in your order.
May you have a rewarding Christmas with your loved ones and a New Year full of the joy of living!
Secretary, 15 Gloucester Lane West Hartford, Conn. 06107
Treasure, 4 Bank Building, Middleboro, Mass. 20346
Bequest Chairman,
