1932

The Class's biggest splashes in the public press since this column adjourned in the spring - Bob Ryan's New York hit performance in "The Front Page" and PingFerry's parting of the ways with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara - have been reported in Mark Short's summer letter. We have no late bulletins relative to Ping's intention to "invent a future that will allow me to continue my activity in the fields that have preoccupied me for the past 20 years." His home and working address: 1709 Overlook Lane, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93103. Of Bob it is no surprise to read in a syndicated interview that he "is aging magnificently like only a selected few from the golden age of movies have done." The piece also reported that a Robert Ryan Film Festival was currently an art theater event in Paris. During the summer Bob came through with another acclaimed film role in "The Wild Bunch."

Just past the June column's deadline came a letter from Bill Sauer in Glenview, Ill. His spring had been "a series of frustrations," he and wife Loretta having to forego a planned trip abroad when Bill went to the hospital for three days of tests that extended to four weeks and a prostate operation, "which I guess is a sign of maturity." He was back at work on a half-time basis, and the holiday was to be in California instead of the Dalmatian Coast. During his hospital stay Bill enjoyed Carlos Baker's Hemingway book (on the New York Times' best seller list for the 18th straight week as we write this). His son graduated from the Tuck Thayer program a year ago, his daughter from Wisconsin in June. When they came on to Hanover last year, the Sauers spent a day with Dick and Pat Merrill at Greenfield, N. H., and somewhere along the line there was a visit with George and Fran Hill.

Wilber Mack of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., was named president of American Natural Gas Company. Jim North of Wilton, Conn., who resigned in April as a vice president of General Foods, joined Communication and Education for Industry (CEI) at Greenwich, Conn., as executive vice president and member of the board of directors. CEI is a sales and management training organization. Jim has also taken on a Connecticut area chairmanship for the Third Century Fund. Bo Wentworth of Short Hills, N. J. shifted from vice chairman to president of the Continental Corporation, parent company of the Continental Insurance Companies. The F. and M. Schaefer Brewing Company elected vice president for marketing John Morris of New York City to the board of directors.

John Sheldon postcards from Highland Park, Ill.:

"Lots of things happening in my life. My daughter Barbara will be married Aug. 2 to John Frapwell (if the spelling is wrong, it's due to the ambiguity of John S.'s handwriting) a young man she met while attending Valparaiso University. Son Ted is an ensign in the Navy, presently aboard a ship in the Mediterranean. Hope to take a trip with good wife Midge to Europe this fall. Have been working hard for Dartmouth as chairman of the Chicago division of the Third Century Fund, and have just completed sale of Chas. A. Stevens & Co. to Hart Schaffner and Marx. I plan to stay on for at least seven more years.

Ade Nitschelm's son Fred was married to Linda Jean Britton of Norwich, Vt., on September 6. Ellie Noye's son Jim was engaged to Margaret Mary Manning of Worcester, Mass., and a September wedding was planned. And one August morning our pageturning of the Times was arrested by a picture of a pretty girl, who turned out to be Carroll Boynton's daughter Sarah of Pottersville, N. J., engaged to Perrin Cothran of New York.

The summer was brightened by a letter from trusty correspondent Whip Walser, who writes: "I thought you might get a kick in knowing that my daughter Lisa (just 15) is winning prizes writing plays about things that are funny (at least to her) that her old man does!" Indeed we do, having read the newspaper story Whip sent along. Lisa's prize-winning school play was entitled "I Remember Father" and had four scenes based on true-life situations. A most attractive young lady, Lisa played the role of her father, even wearing his clothes. The entire performance was a complete surprise to Whip, who thoroughly enjoyed his Father's Day present. He and Adeline and Lisa were about to take off on a trip to Europe and Africa. Son Eric '68 is in the Army, stationed at the Pentagon, Whip hoping he will return to the family enterprise when he gets out. Whip had had a good reunion with Bill Brister, who is with U. S. AID in La Paz, Bolivia, and still wields a mean golf club and tennis racket.

One mid-June evening a group of us were pleased to be pressed into service by head class agent Bob Ackerberg, who came on from Chicago to head up a '32 contingent at New York Tel's offices in a telephone effort to bring in Alumni Fund contributions. Thus having license to call classmates all over the country was good fun, and helped substantially to bring up the Class's fund total in the final ten days of the campaign. That total was $37,104, down about $500 from last year - about in line with the slight decline for the over-all alumni body. Despite the really splendid efforts of Bob and his agent corps, '32 again finished at the bottom of its Green Derby group (the classes of 1927 through 1932). The Class was 42nd out of 70 in participation (up from 59th among 72 last year), and 55th out of 59 in percent of dollar objective achieved.

Something that mystifies us greatly: The Class has one of the best records among all classes in percentage paying their class dues, yet has been consistently way down in the standing in percentage participating in the Alumni Fund. Any theories from you economists, statisticians, sociologists, and plain bull session philosophers?

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