1938
Immediately following the Penn Game here in Hanover a semi-executive session was held in Hopkins Center with the following present: Dawkins, Barrett, Urion, Tanis,Scotford, and your secretary. The topics under discussion were those of creating more class interest, raising our sights on the Alumni Fund, and doing some advance planning on the 30th Reunion in 1969, which coincides, obviously, with the College's 200th Anniversary.
As has been thoroughly covered in a letter from Dawkins to the leading givers to the Alumni Fund each year, 1938 is not pulling its weight in annual giving, especially as far as total monetary figures are concerned. Admittedly we have few really wealthy members who can carry the Class as happens in some other classes, but the number who give over $100 is dismally small, and those who can afford more and do not is dismally large.
Part of th.'s, we felt, was due to a lack of class activities between reunions. These must, of course, be accomplished primarily at the local level through informal get-togethers of one sort or another leading up to the 30th, which will, obviously, be coordinated with 1939 and 1940.
Because of the factor of time-lapse between the sth of the month when these notes are submitted until the sth of the next month, when the MAGAZINE is distributed, I doubt very much if it is profitable to list the names of those attending football gatherings. I am hoping that we can have this sort of thing publicized in the Pacesetter, which can come out whenever it wants to. Accordingly, I have sent the list of those at the Penn gathering to Dan Marshall; Gil Tanis has sent the roster from Cambridge; and I have asked Bob Deery to do the same for Yale.
The very great success of these affairs with its consequent effect on class morale is due to the efforts of those who have set up the facilities at the different spots, - GilTanis here in Hanover; Charley Hitchcock,Morgan Marshall, and Royce Randlett at Harvard: and Bob Deery and Bob Hallock for the Yale Game. It is certainly hoped that these affairs will become traditional and even grow as the years go on.
The Norfolk County Trust Company (Mass.) has announced the election of John F. Graham, senior vice president of the bank, to the bank's trust committee. John graduated, after Dartmouth, from the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance, Stonier Graduate School of Banking and is a Certified Public Accountant. He joined the staff of the bank in 1947, was elected an officer in 1948, and for several years was in charge of the bank's commercial loan department. He is a past president of the New England Chapter of the Robert Morris Associates and a director of a number of companies in the area.
Named as a vice-president of the SEC is H. Thonas McGrath, vice-president of Avon Products, Inc. Vice President McGrath will be in charge of employment, reception, and the house and special events committee.
Very brief information, which I hope will be supplemented in the very near future, reports that Arthur Wheat of Hanson, Mass., is affiliated with the Quinn Freight Lines; Dr. Eric Davidson is an anesthesiologist at the Baptist Hospital in Miami, Fla. (according to a friend of mine in the business, the anesthesiologist is not the guy who puts you to sleep; he's the guy who wakes you up again; anyone can put you to sleep); Bill Griffin of Albany, Ga., is a free lance writer. More, hopefully, about all of these later.
Just to fill in the missing details, Fran Reilly's new title with Ling-Temco-Vought in Dallas is as assistant treasurer; he was formerly treasurer of Wilson Company in Chicago. He reports, incidentally, having received a brief visit from Dan Marshall and expects to see him again at the State Fair.
Doubleday & Company has announced the election of Ray Ammarell to the position of senior vice president. Ray had been general manager of Sports Illustrated before joining Doubleday in 1963. He was elected a vice president in 1964. His present responsibilities include supervision of a number of subsidiaries: Laidlaw Brothers Division, the J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Doubleday Canada Ltd., and the Educational Systems Division. Ray and Bobbie live in Chappaqua.
Very tragic news indeed comes from George Nichols of Pelham Manor, N. Y. On August 15, his middle son, Tom, died very suddenly as a result of an accident at the waterfront there in Pelham. "He was just four days short of his 17th birthday. Dartmouth was far and above Tom's first choice as a college, and we were hoping that he would be admitted to enter after he finished this year at Pelham Memorial High School."
George is a manufacturer's representative in the fastener field and has two other sons, - Douglas, Dartmouth '69; and Lawrence, 13, and headed for Dartmouth. The Class will be saddened by news of the tragedy in his family.
If someone could come up with a good idea for a Winter Reunion of some sort, perhaps we could put the bleak season to some good use after all. Doesn't anyone own an Inn where he could offer free room and board for a ski weekend?
Secretary, 12 Summer St. Hanover, N. H. 03755
Treasurer, Hunter Lane, Rye, N. Y. 10580
Bequest Chairman,
