1923
Thanks to Fletcher Clark, 1912 Class Treasurer, for a full report on the December 9 memorial to Luke Callan. Luke, at the time of his death in 1962, was Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Plymouth County. In addition to his extensive law practice and judicial duties he had found time to be a bank director, member of the Middleboro School Committee, president of Kiwanis and president of the Plymouth County Bar Association. Superior Court Justice Allan M. Hale delivered the memorial address which he closed with these words of tribute: "Judge Callan was a people's judge. He was loved and respected by all who knew him. We here today do our small part in perpetuating the memory of a great and good judge, a memory which will not fade from the minds of those men who knew him."
Bob McMillan, who spent the month of December at home recuperating from his second cataract operation, provided us with unique and much appreciated holiday greetings in the form of a news report on the doings of the McMillan family. Natalie is still busy with her duties as chairman of the Tau Beta Beta Scholarship Committee. Faith, who with her cousin contributed much youthful charm to our June reunion, is at Temple Buell College in Denver. She is one of eighteen juniors who are spending a year in Europe under the auspices of the college's Foreign Study Program. In the "Wellesley, Mass., Townsman," Faith writes enthusiastically and extremely well of the Swiss portion of her trip. We are looking forward to further accounts of her travels as the study tour progresses. Which again reminds us how fortunate these young people are! In the twenties a quickie to France or Germany on a cattle boat was the acme of our travel ambitions.
Having long been a collector of old clocks, I had something more than a layman's pleasure in receiving a Christmas present of Brooks Palmer's new book, "A Treasury of American Clocks." Brooks' previous volume "The Book of American Clocks," first published in 1950, has been reprinted many times and has become established as a definitive authority on the subject. This new publication has over 550 excellent photographs and descriptions, not only of the clocks you will find in museums, but of those you remember and may still be cherishing in your own home.
There are those of us who not only preserve their copies of the National Geographic but also of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Ted Caswell is one of the latter. Thanks to Ted I now have a complete file going back to 1923. As does Joe Millar's file of the "Dartmouths" of our era, these old magazines make interesting reading not only as they chronicle our own class doings but as they record the evolution and growth of the College over the years.
I am also indebted to Jim Broe for 1921 and 1924 copies of the Aegis. This, with my other previously acquired reference data, is a great help in my research activities.
A cheerful and optimistic Christmas greeting came from Bill Blake's Dorothy. Dorothy came home just before the holidays after a nine weeks' hospital session and reports that all is well.
On November 10 Boston English High School paid tribute to Joe Malone on the occasion of his tenth anniversary as Headmaster of Boston's English High School. Joe was presented with a Revere bowl and a citation which reads as follows: "Thank you, Joseph L. Malone, a warm-hearted human being, a gentleman and a fine teacher and administrator, whose outstanding ability and sincere dedication has dignified the office of headmaster at Boston English High School this past decade." Given by the Class of 1968 in behalf of the School community. The school gathering which honored Joe was featured by Dartmouth banners and songs.
Joe has not only become a distinguished and beloved educator over the years. He has also taken more than a small part in Boston's community affairs. In 1942 at the then Mayor Tobin's request he was loaned to the Division of Public Safety to help organize civilian defense and was responsible for the training of some 6000 air raid wardens. In 1950 he became director of the city's civilian defense organization.
When I talked with Joe he had just come in from a session with his snow thrower and was planning a trip to Pittsburgh to visit his daughter. He reports he has no immediate plans to retire and is looking forward to the pleasing prospect of a new Boston school building complex housing 5000 students, of which Boston English will be the focal center.
Sorry I couldn't accept Francis Donovan's invitation to attend a meeting of the Cheshire County (N. H.) Alumni Association in Keene. Francis reports an extremely interesting talk by Donald Kreider about the mysteries of the Kiewit Computation Center. I had particularly wanted to attend in the hope of contacting Chick Burke. Francis also reports, rather wistfully I thought, that 1923 was the oldest class represented at the gathering.
Art Little admits to being derelict in reporting his progeny once removed to ChetBixby's Linda Gates. Just to keep the record straight Art wants it known that he has eleven grandchildren, the eldest of whom, Peter K. is now visiting the Littles on leave from the Army. Art adds: "That makes me feel real old!"
An item from the "Lynn, Mass., Item" names Henry Moore as guest speaker at the Old North Congregational Church Men's Club dinner. Henry spoke on water pollution and game conservation.
A shocked Babe Miner admits the accuracy of a statement in the Chicago Tribune to the effect that Rolls Royce has called back a series of cars to check their brake installations.
Our new directory has a very complete section on the geographical distribution of the class. Very little could be added to this portion of the directory. I would however like to summarize for you how this state by state listing breaks down sectionally. Of our total membership 41% lives in New England and an additional 27% in northeastern states other than New England. 15% is in the central state area, 9% in the west, 7% in the south and 1% in foreign countries. Florida as you may expect is growing in 1923 popularity. These geographical distributions don't mean much to me except as a reminder that you in the central, western, southern and foreign areas find rela- tively little delineation in these notes. With your help I would like very much to cor- rect this imbalance.
Birthday Surprise: Highlight of a large Hanover Inn dinner for Prof. Herb West'22 on his 70th birthday, January 6, was the surprise arrival of Herb West Jr.'56 and wife Patricia from the University of Georgia.
Larry Leavitt '25 (left), former headmaster of Vermont Academy, at the school topresent the Edward Kimball Hall (Dartmouth '92) Award at the annual fall sportsdinner, meets with Bill Nickum, son of George Nickum '31 and captain-elect of football, and Headmaster Michael Choukas Jr. '51.
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