1915
To concoct a column during the interval between Christmas and New Year's, for edible reading in February, presents somewhat of a challenge. But, fortunately, the influx of Holiday cards and missives does provide items from Classmates that fill the void - let the chips fall where they may.
The Duze Lounsberrys, visiting with Peggy Hill up in Exeter, N. H., promised to "heist at least one our way" on Christmas Day. To which we reacted similarly!
The Eben Cloughs, of Ipswich fame, typically recalled "Ole Daze, Ole Times, and Ole Friends." Regretfully, we cannot quote a "home-made" poem Eben reproduced.
The Doc Daisys, up in Greenwich, N. Y., were unable to take in any football games last fall and were just as glad "not to have been at New Haven for that game"!
Joe Pitman, from Chambersburg, Pa., reports he retired from Wilson College (Building and Grounds) upon graduation last June - after nine years on the job.
The Sid Crawfords have a budding footballer grandson who "if he could grow a couple of inches and put on some pounds" might end up in Hanover. Sid reports that Max Wilcox, presently in Daytona Beach for the winter, has sold his home in Kennebunk and hopes to get into a high-rise apartment building now being erected in Portland, Me.
The Jack Fergusons, referring to their stop-over at the Interim Get-together, are hoping that the "Mish-Mash" Hanover Inn will be fully renovated by the time of their next visit there. Eben Clough says we'll be proud of the whole thing when done!
The Leo Burts express best wishes from West Hartford, Conn., for a "newsy" New Year - to which we say "Amen"!
Walt Kennedy, up in Yonkers, hands out a "Bonne Année" to the "best of Secretaries" - which we accept with due modesty!
Dick Merrill sends greetings from Cleveland with appreciation of aforementioned service to 1915.
The Marv Fredericks entertained the Bags Wanamakers in early November when Bags gave a very interesting program, showing pictures of their African safari to the Tower League of the Riverside Church, of which Marv is president.
The Gus Brauns, out in Leisure Village, N. J., offered "a cup of cheer with us" — which this scribe only hopes we can take advantage of in due course.
The Herb Potters, down in El Paso, entertained daughter and husband Bill Quill who flew down from Holbrook, Mass., for the Holidays. Julie was much disappointed at not getting to Kike Richardson's pre-Harvard game party back in November.
The Shorty Grays, although well-wedded to San Diego, did take a "fairly short sashay around Hawaii and another to visit their wild-west grandchildren in Wyoming," reporting a fine comfortable healthy year all told.
The Bud Does, wintering down on Jekyll Island, Ga., were expecting their sons and daughters and families to join them as vacations popped up. Bud reports he can still drink and eat - "so things might be worse"!
The Howard Fullers were scheduled to sail on the cruise-ship "Kungsholm" in early January for an extensive tour that would land them back in New York in early April. Their itinerary indicates considerable coverage of this world of ours.
A phone from Bob Fredericks in mid-December revealed he was recuperating in a New York hospital from an eight-and-one- half-hour operation, the details of which were too complicated for this scribe to assimilate. However, he was his same bouncy self, indicating he was recovering. A card later from Bob said he was home for Christmas — "in one piece, with a little duron or nylon thrown in"!
Some wag has asked this scribe to come up with a list of classmates who hibernate to Florida. Huh! - I have all I can do to keep up with regular lists!
George Martin was sorry he couldn't make the Interim in September — it came at "apple-picking time" which is the busiest season at his Boston store.
Ralph Brown, referring to the Cornell game at Hanover, likens it to the "ball with which it's played - it doesn't always bounce right." How true! The Browns drove to Fredericksburg, Va., for Thanksgiving and later to Williamsburg, which they last saw in 1935) and marveled at the changes. They expected to go to Tucson for the balance of the winter for a visit with their daughter and husband, but hadn't decided whether to fly or drive. Either way, it's quite a jaunt from North Brooklin, Me.
Kent Smith's major gift for endowment of the Albert W. Smith Professorship of Chemistry is a fine tribute in honor of his father, a founder of the Dow Chemical Co. Kent, who founded The Lubrizol Corp. with his two Dartmouth brothers, passed the million dollar mark in Dartmouth contributions and added considerably to 1915's donations to the College - now well over six million dollars. Kent's honorary doctorates include Case, Western Reserve, Oberlin, and John Carroll, as well as from Dartmouth. Now president of The Council on Foundations, Kent will become chairman of the board effective March 1, and has announced that the Council next year would increase its services to family sponsored, community and company foundations administering charitable funds for public purposes.
We wind up with a quote which seems apropos of the times: "An irate father, tired of his teenage daughter's appearance, cut off her hair, washed her face, and lo and behold, it wasn't his daughter!"
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