1929
Always wear your "pea green" bonnet, The confession of humility. Alas your head with nothing on it Bespeaks its sad puerility.
Substitute "senility" at the end and '28's Rule will still apply to some of us.
Forty years ago this fall Dartmouth sent its largest delegation to Harvard Law School's entering class placing Dartmouth in 3rd place for total enrollment at the school - a position we maintained for three years — an all-time high, I believe. There were losses as some were lured away by a distant drum.
First to go was Red Hein, the Bridgeport tackle, who went north on an October hunting weekend and never returned. We almost lost a president while John Dickey was weighing an attractive September offer from a Wall Street brokerage house against a law school education. Shortly after his decision came the crash and its sequel is his- tory.
A letter from Dan Marx - husband of the charming Jeanne - reports that '29 was well represented at Alumni College by President Duke and Horty Barto, Al andSally Fisher, Jack and Emily Irving, Jerryand Marjorie Swope; and Connie Enders, Harry's widow. How well I remember the shock of seeing his picture in The Times opposite the editorial page during a stopover at Kennedy between Washington and Worcester. Dan also reported that Dick andKathryn Black, now living in Hanover, had intended to attend but were unable to do so because of Dick's knee operation and its hampering crutches. Ed and Polly Chinlund were in Hanover but not enrolled. JanetWoodbridge attended some of the sessions and was a special guest at Dartmouth film prepared by Paul.
Rusty Ayers reports his son Ist Lt. Neilson is back from Vietnam with Bronze Star earned as forward observer for artillery. He says, No Dartmouth for him; wants a coed school. Tell him, Rusty, Dartmouth is coed and his Dad's classmates are proud of him. John Laffey reports running into Dick Barrett at local supermarket. The last time I saw him Dick was at N. E. Tax Institute Conference in Boston where he appeared on stage in a pink jacket with a flowing beard talking of going to Switzerland to open a bank account. Herm Richardson reports he and Margaret had a three weeks' tour of British Isles in July following our spring footsteps.
Ossian Brainerd writes from Tucson that he was married on August 30, 1969 to Mrs. Orth, mother of Paul Orth, Dartmouth '5l - Congratulations and felicitations to you both. Charlie Goldsmith writes from West Palm Beach's enjoyable sunshine "trying like Hell to break that magic 80 on golf course." Son Henry '62 still in London with English bride and doing OK with marketing enterprise he set up there. Second son Jim '65 is in Los Angeles as junior agent with William Morris Agency.
Chan and Anna Bete and Jeff and Virginia Stearns are planning to be at fall reunion October 11; Harlan Taylor writes from Houston how wonderful it was to get back to reunion, the hot summer, and his hopes of getting back to New Hampshire soon. Dick Brown writes of "a great reunion afterglow with the Crowleys and Eberlines on Cape Cod." Says it does not look as though they can make the fall reunion. Larry Lougee reports his daughter Ellen Christine is entering Centenary College, Hackettstown, N. J. He has one year more at Shawmut before retirement after which he expects to remove to Maine and reenter private law practice. What other '29er can match his bar memberships: Massachusetts, Maine, New York, U. S. Supreme and New York Southern District Court and his J.A.G. affiliations?
A letter from the distaff side of CharliePrichard's family in Nashua, N. H., brings the news that their three daughters are married and all living in Massachusetts. There are eight grandchildren; six boys and two girls to keep the grandparents on the qui vive and narrow the generation gap between 69 and 29. Their summer cottage in Nantucket provides recreation and communication and if the power goes off it's Charlie's fault he is the head of the company.
Your secretary has been busy helping to launch a Draft Information Center in Worcester sponsored by Council of Churches, Diocese of Worcester, and Jewish Council to provide free counselling for registrants and their families - a former service long since abandoned and neglected by the Selective Service System. We also wish to announce the arrival of our eighth grandchild, Susan's son - Jonathan Edward Pickhardt in Abington, Pa. - his father, Charles F. is a trust officer in Central Penn National Bank in Philadelphia.
A letter from Phil Mayher arriving while the notes were being typed expresses their disappointment at missing reunion. Sons John and Billy are both married, the former living in Saddle River, N. J., an assistant professor at N. Y. U. studying for his Ph.D. in English; and the latter living and teaching at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N. Y. Phil is still with Spring Mills looking forward to retirement two years hence.
Dr. Bruce Sutherland '29, who has retiredas Professor of Literature at Penn State,is shown among the Moody Collection ofAustralian Art and Literature, establishedlargely because of his special interest.With retirement he continues work on abibliography of Australian titles in thePenn State library, many of which hecollected abroad.
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