1916
John Lockhart Gile '75, son of Amos Webster Gile '51, is the fourth of his family in direct descent to enter Dartmouth. His grandfather was John Fowler Gile '16 and his great grandfather was John Martin Gile '87. This John is the winner of an American Field Service scholarship. Good job. John.
May Tucker, widow of Ken Tucker '16, is flying on a "747" to San Francisco. After a brief stay at the Hilton she will fly with friends to Hawaii where she will enjoy a vacation at the Royal Hawaiian. May reads the Alumni Magazine "from cover to cover."
Hi McCellan and Laura have enjoyed a cruise on the Gripsholm with stops in Iceland, at the North Cape to glimpse the midnight sun, and a leisurely trip down the coast of Norway, ending with visits to ports in the Baltic Sea.
John Ames has been visiting various spots in Maine this past summer. PaulGoward and Gay on the other hand have been in Winter Park to test out the hot weather. Shorty Hitchcock, in an effort to escape the heat, has had a "nice trip by plane, ship, and train" to Banff, Alberta. Dave Shumway sends a cheery word from Baysville, Ontario. So it goes.
Al Lawton, Superintendent of the Chittenden Central School District in Essex, Vt., for 22 years, was honored this summer by having the Intermediate School named for him. In his formal dedication the speaker said, "All his life his goal was service to the young. So all you have to do to have a school named after you is give sixty years of your life to youth."
Jack Little, an ardent angler, has been fishing for "wild trout" on the Cache la Poudre and speaks of a "highly structured brown trout" which eludes his casts with a Rio Grande King. Should he try a Royal Coachman? lack wants to know. You tell him.
Parker Hayden recently had lunch in Boston with Ev Parker and his daughter Betsy (Mrs. George Powell), then drove out to Norwood to visit Ollie and MarionBarr whom they found "youthful in appearance."
Herb Lord has attended all eight sessions of Alumni College. He describes his experience as "two hard-working weeks with two lectures every day except Sunday, followed by seminars for discussion of the lectures. Afternoons one studied the computer and in the evening a live play or an exceptional movie." Herb then cites the impressive bibliography of required reading.
Burt Lowe reports as our Head Agent for the Alumni Fund that "this year our Class did its full share. With some unexpected late gifts and some trust fund income we made a total of $17,878.73-$848 above quota and $667 better than last year."
Peggy Hitchcock Green, widow of ChanGreen and first cousin of Shorty Hitch-cock '16 and Dave Hitchcock '15 was glad to receive the program of the 1916 Memorial Service from Parker Hayden and the list of those present at our Fifty-Fifth Reunion. "Chan would have been delighted," she says, "to hear that you are following Charlie Brundagre as president."
The loyal widow of a loyal 'l6'er has supplied a picture taken in 1920 on the occasion of her "first visit to Hanover." It shows a freshman, clad in newspapers, kneeling on the steps of the Inn and proposing to her at the insistence of a group of grinning sophomores. Such was Delta Alpha then. I have another picture showing the Commencement procession in 1916. Chick (Chester A.) Pudrith is the marshall and Dick Parkhurst is carrying the American flag. To the best of my knowledge this was the first Dartmouth Commencement at which the flag was at the head of the procession. It you have other pictures relating to Dartmouth in our day, please send them in for permanent preservation in the archives of the College.
If you have no pictures within easy reach, just write me a letter. I have trouble getting letters out of classmates. Reminds me of old Walter Fowler. His dory upset four miles off Pemaquid Point. Walt straddled a passing dolphin. When he hove to dockside somebody asked how he liked the trip. "Fine and dandy," replied Walt, "but I had trouble keeping my hat on."
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