1918
GOLDEN ROUND-UP June 14, 15, 16
A great grief will descend on our Class as it learns of the demise of our beloved Stan B. Jones on March 1. He has done so much for our Class and Dartmouth College both in his undergraduate days and since his graduation that it is hard to know how we can get along without his wise counsel, his delightful humor and brilliantly written articles about members of our Class and important events of the College. Our Class parties will miss his happy humor.
His record as an underclassman is very impressive. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Andover Academy. His freshman year he was freshman and college tennis champion. The "Green Book" that year published the fact that it was the first time a freshman had ever won the college tennis championship. He was captain of the freshman tennis team. He was on the freshman hockey team; secretary of our Class all three years he was in college. He was on the Jacko-Lantern" board for his sophomore and junior years; on the varsity tennis team his sophomore year; a member of the Bema board his junior year year, and Editor-in-Chief of the 1918 Aegis. He belonged to the Psi Upsilon fraternity and was a member of the Casque and Gauntlet senior society, an undergraduate accomplishment unequaled by any other member of our Class.
Stan left college in the spring of his junior year to join the Ambulance Corps of the American Field Service, servicing the French Army. Later he enlisted in the American Army where he became a lieutenant still serving in the Ambulance Corps. More details will be In Memoriam in this or a subsequent issue.
A glowing tribute by Bob Fish: "Many things made Stan's company — in person or by correspondence — so precious. I was one of the many recipients of his gift for being interested in others. Behind his magnificent manipulation of words, it was easy to detect clear and independent thinking, for it is that and not a mastery of rules that produces good writing. Moreover, he had a sharp, uncharitable eye for stupidity, particularly when accompanied by pomp, pretense and bluff; on these his sharp wit was always zeroed-in and trigger-ready. Above all, companionship with Stan was companionship with a happy person, one who had vitality of mind and body, zest and curiosity, and the priceless gift of gaiety in all circumstances. He was always 'the life of the party' because he contributed so much to it - and that party was his life."
The Class will be grieved to learn that Daniel F. Shea passed away on March 2 in a hospital at Miami Beach. More details will be published in the May issue.
We are sorry to report that James M.Salisbury passed away on January 25, 1968 after a long illness. Jim was born in 1894 at Catskill, N. Y. He first matriculated at Wesleyan but transferred to Dartmouth for his sophomore year. The following year he missed college as a result of a bout with typhoid. In September 1916 he was back in Hanover for his junior year. Drafted in August 1917 he was soon overseas. He was awarded his diploma as a member of our Class. Later he entered the employ of the Scholl Manufacturing Co. Inc., at their New York office, where he made rapid progress in the Sales Department. After a number of years he resigned to join the staff of the Ethicon, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, where he ultimately became sales manager. He retired about five years ago and traveled extensively, mostly in Europe and South America. He never married and is survived only by his sister, Mrs. Nelly Lodewick of Portland, Ore.
We have only one more issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to call to your attention that we hope you are coming to the Golden Round-Up in June. On February 25, 66 couples and six stags had already sent in their checks and asked for reservations through Ted Hazen. This is a good start, but nowhere near the number of Classmates whom we expect to come. All indications up to now have been that we would make a new college record for attendance at our Reunion. Every letter that we have received in the last year has mentioned that the sender was planning to be back for our Reunion.
If you are now definitely sure you cannot come, or if you have not decided yet, cannot decide for a while, and have not done so, please let Dwight Sargent know of your status. His address is 72 Euena Vista Drive, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 10522. If you are planning to come please take a few minutes right after you have read this and send in your check to Ted Hazen so that we can definitely plan on you. The College at this early date is asking for preliminary reservations. By the time you read this the College will be asking that our Reunion Committee give them quite definite estimates on the number who are coming. Thus it is important that you advise us right now.
George Stoddard writes that he has been unable to carry through the plans for redecorating Eleazar Wheelock's grave as a class effort. The Historical Society in Hanover was against doing what he planned to make the grave site more attractive. George is quite disappointed as he has been working on this project for the last four years.
Tom Bryant has already sent me a copy of the letter going out to our Class Agents around March 15. By the time you read this the Alumni Fund Drive will have already started. It is the hope of our class officers that our Classmates will substantially pass the $32,881.00 given to the Alumni Fund by the Class last year. As we indicated earlier, the Class is not making a commitment to the College of any unusual amount this year, as many of the fifty-year classes out of the college have done in the past. The main reason for adopting this policy was not to conflict with a Capital Gift Program which will ask every Dartmouth College alumnus to give generously. Please back up Tom Bryant and his loyal class agents group by giving more than you did last year.
Hal Day and his wife Betty have recently made a trip to visit their daughter who lives in El Paso. Her husband is a major in Viet Nam. Hal has prepared three very thrilling sermons, of which I am sure he would be glad to send you copies upon request. They are "A Continuous Advance into Uncertainty," "The Sin of Being Equal," and "If the Prophet Had Bid Thee Do Something Great." They are so inspiring that you would do well to ask him for copies.
Ed Garvey writes from Chapala, Mexico, that he expects to be back to our Golden Round-Up with his wife and two of his stepchildren. He informs us it will be a dry "Golden" because he has been off the terrible stuff since April 25, 1965.
Paul Miner writes he recently drove over to see Bill Brewster and had a very happy visit talking about undergraduate days and even prep school days. Bill went to Kimball Union and Paul to Vermont Academy. The rivalry between the two was really great. Bill told Paul that he and his wife are planning to come back to our Golden Round-Up.
We have just learned that Charles F. Weston passed away on February 22 at Guadalaja Jalisio, Mexico, after a brief illness. He lived at 202 Oakwood Ave., Hopewell, Va., and was 71 years old. He is survived by his widow, Marion, his daughter, Mrs. Carl R. Hughes, and a son, Charles F. Jr. Fuller information will be found in this or a subsequent issue.
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