1925

From The Daily Dartmouth of November 1924 ... On the first day of the month the undefeated Dartmouth football team kept its record intact by beating Brown in Hanover 10-3 before 12,000 spectators ... Coolidge was elected President of the United States with a wide lead over Davis and La Follette following "a novel and dramatic conclusion of the campaign when an audience of millions listened on radio in their own homes to election eve addresses by two of the nominees" ... Raccoon coats were offered by Gunther of Fifth Avenue for $l85 upwards ... W. B. Sleigh, W. A.Thompson, and F. B. Wallis composed the Dartmouth debating team which met Smith in Northampton and Wellesley in Springfield on successive nights, contesting the romantic resolution "That capital punishment should be abolished in the U.S." They lost to Smith and won from Wellesley ... Dartmouth, 38-B.U., 0 in the last home game of the season ... Dartmouth, 27-Cornell, 14 at the Polo Grounds in New York to conclude an undefeated year for the Green. Captain Hank Bjorkman and Fullback Larry Leavitt were the 1925 starting regulars, both ending brilliant three-year varsity careers ... Special 25? show at the Nugget - Manhandled with Gloria Swanson ... The Musical Clubs left Hanover on their annual Thanksgiving tour with Ralph Gaskill leader of the Glee Club. George Zahm of the Mandolin Club and Paul Hexter of the Barbary Coast Orchestra.

Returning to 1974. Bob Borwell (he was listed among the First Basses in that Glee Club) and Naomi took their yacht to the America's Cup races off Newport in September and had as guests for some of the races the Pete Haffenreffers, the Bill Jenkins, the Charlie Moores, and the Frank Wallises.

Harry Scott was with us only a part of the way through college, leaving to study dentistry at Pitt, but like some others who started with us and graduated elsewhere he has always had a warm feeling in his heart for Dartmouth and he and his wife Jane have returned to Hanover for visits as often as possible. They live in Coatesville, Pa., and Harry has achieved eminence in two carrers - dentistry and as organizer of the National Football Clinic, the largest thing in its field in America established at Coatesville in 1948. Due to rapid growth, it was moved to Atlantic City in 1952. As a result of this activity he has received many trophies and citations, two of the latter being in the Congressional Record, and earlier this year was the recipient of the Honor Certificate Award at the 25th annual National Awards program of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. In the field of dentistry Harry has been recognized by being elected a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists.

A letter last spring from Mollie Bates, widow of Bucky, reveals that she is vice president and general manager of Mary Curtis, Inc. in Concord, Mass., and for recreation participates in the state women's golf team tournaments. Son Benjamin will have his Fifth Reunion in Hanover in June alongside our 50th.

Rad Oxley retired momentarily in 1970 after having taught languages at Choate, Andover, and in the Ashland, Mass., school system for over 40 years. At that time he was department head and coordinator of languages in the Ashland schools. Two years ago he joined the faculty of the New Preparatory School, a private school for boys in Cambridge where Scoof Newton also teaches.

Hap Hefler, another language teacher whose retirement from the faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy was reported here a year ago, also taught sailing at Annapolis and with a colleague was honored at a surprise testimonial dinner there last spring. He and his wife Lib whem he married in January, 1973 plan to be in Europe this fall but expect to attend the Fiftieth next spring.

Bud Reber of Dunkirk, N.Y., was this year appointed District Deputy Grand Master for Chautauqua District by the Grand Master of Masons for the State of New York. He retired in 1965 after 37 years in the Dunkirk public schools and has worked in recent years as a guidance director in the Neighborhood Youth Corps. He has also served as a director of the Dunkirk Board of Education and the Chamber of Commerce. The present position will keep him traveling almost constantly from this fall until next June.

Two more events involving Ted Geisel have occurred in recent months. President Kemeny announced during the summer that English Professor Peter A. Bien, scholar of modern Greek literature and language, has been named the first Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities at the College. And last spring the Los Angeles Library Association paid Ted its highest honor at the sixth annual Tribute Lunch-attended by some 450 persons at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Hap Hefler '25 and bride Lib appear to beready for a gala night on the town.

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