1920
I am writing this on November 5, the day after the Yale game, and even though I know we can't win them all, I was stunned at the final score. It rained during the tailgating hours but cleared away come game time - but the Yale Jinx must have been hovering around because Dartmouth's signals couldn't seem to click and Yale couldn't seem to err.
A class meeting was scheduled in Leverone Field House before the Penn Game on October 14 but Chief McGoughran, not being able to attend because of the illness of his wife, the business was tabled until Charlie could answer the roll in person.
Pat and Nancy Holbrook opened their lovely home to the '20 Class and their friends after the Penn game. Many found their way up to Downing Road on the ridge and even though it rained terrifically it was a grand party.
What a game at Harvard, 23-21, but hard on those having weak hearts. Bud Collins in his article about the tailgating before the game was intrigued by the 1920 banner and wrote "George Macomber from Moultonboro drove into the field with a giant 'Dartmouth '20' sign atop his car." He went on to say that few parties were integrated but one raised the flags of both schools and had a mixed gang of Harvards and Dartmouths. We were pleased to see Dot Harvey at the game with one of her grandsons. Also HalBernkopf, whom we haven't seen for some time, was there with his grandson.
It is with regret that I have to report that Jim Robertson's number came up last month, which will be a shock to those who saw him as recently as August at the summer reunion of 1920-21 at New Ipswich, N. H. Elizabeth wrote that he was not feeling too well at the time but he was very anxious to go to the picnic to see all of his '20 friends who meant so much to him. Soon after that he consulted a doctor learning that he had a fast growing cancer and he slipped away quickly, spending part of the time at home but died in the hospital on October 18. An In Memoriam notice will appear in this or a subsequent issue and the Class and Jim's many friends send deep sympathy to Elizabeth and the other surviving members of Jim's family.
Also the sympathy of the Class goes to John MacAlaster, whose wife, Helene, died last month after a long illness which kept her hospitalized for over ten months.
Bud Weymouth reported that Boots andJean Le Boutillier from Englewood, Fla., stopped in at the Hanover information booth during the summer, and also that Sig andBetty Sigler had been around checking up on the new Hanover. A note from Henryand Julie Hayes tells that in addition to their interest in music and wine making, Henry is making a viola under the supervision of a very fine violin maker, and hopes to have it finished by the end of the year. He mentions also they recently saw Dorothy (Wilson) Campbell with whom they have kept in touch over the years. She was the sister of our classmate Mickey Wilson who died in 1936.
Bill Carter has accepted an assignment at Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich. The Stephen B. Monroe Chair of Money and Banking has been established there by a sizable gift from the Monroe (calculator and banking) family. Bill is the first holder of the chair but due to previous commitments will not be able to join the Kalamazoo faculty till January 1, 1968. This college is the oldest liberal arts college in Michigan. It is co-educational and operates on the term system which was copied from Dartmouth's term plan. It has an exceptionally fine educational program and a topgrade student body. It has two recent building acquisitions, a $2,000,000 Upjohn Library and the Light Fine Arts building which is smaller than, but similar to, Hopkins Center.
Paul Kay spent May and June in the British Isles. He covered most of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He then went to the Pocono Mountains for a month and another month in New Hampshire playing golf, and got over to Loon Mountain to see Sherm Adams and his ski project.
Henry Dearborn followed their path of the early prospectors taking a 26-day tour of Alaska, flying out of Portland, Ore., then traveling by bus over the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks, then by rail to Mt. McKinley National Park and Anchorage on to Nome, Kotzebue, above the Arctic Circle, then by bus to Portage Glacier, through the Matamuska Valley to Whitehorse, Yukon territory, then by narrow gauge R.R. down to Skagway where he took the ferry down the inland passage via Juneau, etc., to Kelsy Bay. The only thing he forgot to do on his trip was to look up Warrie Gault. The Dearborns have moved; their Maine address now is 64 Fletcher Street, Kennebunk, but they are probably by this time at Daytona Beach for the winter.
Hank Spero is still on the job which requires much traveling, both in this country and abroad, and he has occasion to spend much time in the Scandanavian countries.
Wes Jones gets in plenty of swimming and golf in West Palm Beach, Fla. They have an active Dartmouth Club there, organized originally by Joe McDonald '31 with about forty turning out for their various meetings.
Jim and Grace Parkes have moved from the home they built in 1939 to 145 Bingham Avenue in Rumson, N. J.
Rus Jones after retiring as an advertising agency executive in 1962, worked with Jack Handy for a while "head hunting," did a little consulting, and then moved to his weekend place on a high hill in North Salem, N. Y. He has cooked on many yachts, and with Kim Norton, wrote in 1948 "The Cruising Cookbook" said to be the most accepted galley cookbook. Three years ago he started teaching the art of cooking. He has three courses at different levels. With his work in the kitchen, in the fields, and gardens, and at his typewriter he keeps plenty busy.
Howard and Helen Pullen's current news is that of their daughter, Capt. Mary Ann Pullen, and her wedding in Japan. Since they could not be at the wedding in Japan their local Episcopal rector conducted a service in the presence of the bride's immediate family in the family home in Battle Creek, Mich., at the same time that the service was being performed in the Post Chapel at Kuma Station, Chitose, Kokaido.
Charlie Sargent had a nice .cruise on the "Victoria" in April to the interesting islands of St. Thomas, Barbados, Martinique, San Juan, etc., and in September attended a Masonic Convention in Toronto. From there he continued on to Expo '67.
Paul Sample is back in Norwich after having been painting all summer at his summer studio. Leo Dowling hasn't traveled far this year, but he takes the summer off from his law work to relax at the shore and in the country. Rabbit Yuill has been retired for two years but he tried to play enough golf to keep in condition looking forward to the big 50th reunion in 1970.
Don and Ruth MacKay left in October for a trip to London and Edinburgh. Ed and Vera Curtis are wending their way through the Great Smoky Mountains on their way to Florida. Along with his investment work Ed is quite a horticulturist and has a successful garden in the summer in Kankakee. A granddaughter, Kathy Ross, has just started teaching second grade in Mill Valley, Calif.
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Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 Treasurer,
Bequest Chairman,
