1921
All members of the Class who were in attendance at the Fiftieth Reunion are recipients of a bound volume of New England Sonnets by Bill Fowler, which he had written and published over the past 30 years. It has aroused nostalgic memories of those who have known and loved our mountains and seacoast.
Simultaneously we received a 1970 publication by courtesy of E. GrosvenorPlowman of Dartmouth Drawings by his father, George T. Plowman who, although not a Dartmouth man, loved the Hanover Plain. He reproduced in etching form such classic scenes as Dartmouth Row, Rollins Chapel, Bartlett Tower, Webster Hall and Tuck Drive. All of the George T. Plowman originals have been presented by his son to Baker Library. Although "Grove" is officially recognized as in the Class of 1920, he spent most of his undergraduate years with 1921, and has many close friends in our glorious group.
Hugh McKay reports a torrid and humid trip to Florida during the summer, where he and Betty disposed of their residential property at Deerfield Beach, and bought an apartment which they will occupy around November 15.
Many of our re-uners of last June may recall the "head student assistant" at Massachusetts Hall—Franklin "Bud' Lynch. This fall you may have spotted Bud as one of the fine defensive tackles on the Varsity Football Squad.
The Ray Mallary family is in the news. Ray has been associated with the famous Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Mass. for many years as President. He has now relinquished this active post, but still remains on the scene as Honorary President. Son Richard D' 49 has gone into politics in a big way. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives for seven years, House Speaker from 1966 to 1968, Senate member from 1969 to 1971, and during the past year has been Commissioner of Department Administra- tion. Due to the recent demise of U. S. Senator Prouty, his place has been tem- porarily taken by Vermont's lone sentative Robert Stafford, who will proba- bly be elected officially in a special election soon to come up. Mallary is being mentioned prominently as the most likely candidate to fill the representative's empty seat in the Congress.
We attended the first home football game against Holy Cross on October 2. which was a cliff-hanger through the first half. It was a hot afternoon, and shirt sleeves were in order. Only a scattering of 21'ers were spotted, but Dave Bowen was probably able to take an accurate census, so that the Fall edition of the SMOKER will carry the complete roster.
We hope it may be pardoned if we fill out our news quota by mention of the doings of our daughters' husbands. Both of them are career naval officers. The older of the two, Capt. L. Stanford Smith, has been in the submarine service since leaving the Naval Academy. His first major assignment was co-skipper of the nuclear sub "Daniel Webster." Later he was in charge of the Submarine Training Base at Charleston, S. C. For the past several years he has been commandant of the Pacific Submarine Fleet, stationed in Honolulu. The younger son-in-law, Capt. Alexander G. B. Grosvenor, has had an interesting tour of duty, exclusively in naval aviation. As Aide to the Admiral of the Mediterranean Fleet he met up with then-Ambassador Ellis Briggs in Greece. The next assignment was to the Patuxent Naval Base in Maryland, where he specialized in the testing and evaluation of flight instrumentation. The next move was to the San Diego Naval Base and the Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk, on which he promptly went out on combat duty in the Bay of Tonkin as squadron commander. His final assignment on the Hawk was as second in command. His last and probably final move before retirement is to Washington, D. C., working in the Pentagon graveyard on special phases of design in new airplane construction.
The bill for Class Dues has just been mailed out by Tom Staley, and it is hoped that the classmates will go along with the $10 assessment. A study of dues of near-by classes brought out the fact that this rate is about par for the course, and the returns should keep 1921 solvent for the years ahead.
We report, with deep regret the death of Evelyn R. McMackin, wife of CarletonMcMackin in Safford, Ariz, on August 29. She was a native of Newbury, Vt., and funeral services were held there on September 4.
Joe Lane, from his vantage point on Lookout Mountain, Tenn., says that the paths of the Lanes "always lie in quiet and uneventful places," and that he and Tave enjoy their roles as spectators. They prefer to leave the performances on stage to a flock of small grandchildren that they are unlikely to try to change. So, instead of supplying us with some "bread" for the Notes, all he is presently offering us is a "stone."
The Class of 1921 has, since graducation, had 11 class presidents, all of whom were at the 50th reunion in June. Pictured on the steps on Dartmouth Hall are ten of the class presidents and two other '21s who have served as Alumni Council president. From left are Rog Wilde, Ellwòd Fisher Ort Hicks, Guy Wallick, Tom Cleveland, Bill Embree, Jack Hubbell, Reg Miner, Hugh McKay, Ellis Briggs, Paul Sanderson, and Dan Ruggles. Fisher and Cleveland were Council President. Wilde, Hicks, and Embree served in both positions.
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