1923

Michael R. Draznik '74 who held the Class of 1923 scholarship in '73 and '74 finished his undergraduate work with a 3.1 (B+ ) cumulative grade point average. Bud Freeman, 1923 Scholarship Chairman has received several sophomore replacement nominations from the College and is now reviewing their qualifications with the class executive committee.

Charlie Zimmerman was in Milwaukee in early November to address the local Dartmouth Association and was introduced to the group by Bud. Charlie reports that Bud is still very active in Wisconsm affairs as well as those of 1923 - in particular our scholarship program.

During the Princeton weekend we saw Joan Haubrich and found she was a candidate for the New Hampshire State Legislature. We called her a few days ago to see how she made out and were most unhappy to learn she had lost by 14 votes. Having enjoyed a, similar experience, we both agreed that the $200 per year New Hampshire pays its legislators hardly compensates for the long, almost daily, mid-winter trek to Concord and let it go at that.

Joan is very active in Claremont, N.H., community affairs, still plays tennis, sponsors the local Welcome Wagon, is going to Europe this summer with her college roommate, and is a very young and lovely person. Her oldest son Rocky has a University of Massachusetts grant in experimental psychology and is studying for his Ph.D. Jeffrey is a member of the Border Patrol in Chula Vista, Calif., and Bernard Jr. is manager of the Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey, N.H.

I have a somewhat mysterious communication in the form of the front page of a recent edition of the Lebanon, N. H. Valley News. Tucked off in a corner and hardly legible is a New Jersey address that I can only associate with Bob Pike '25 - he of long and fond Smalley Eating Club memories. The lead stories of this particular edition concern first our locally admired congressman, Jim Cleveland, whom I think Bob has confused with Ma Smalley's Tom Cleveland '21 and second that erstwhile two-gun hero Charlie Starrett '26 who also graced the Smalley A.C. The Durango Kid, as Charlie will be remembered, made over 100 western films.

Incidentally, Bob Pike has a very titilating letter to the editor in the November Magazine titled All Naked. Look it up if you missed it.

The Alumni Fund Committee is in the process of distributing its annual list of men who have been remembered by gifts to the fund. The 1923 list includes 57 men memorialized by 64 gifts to the College.

I am delighted to have the following from Paul McKown re the true arrival of the 20th century. I'm sure too that Kit Carson will appreciate this illustrious support of his position in the matter. Paul writes:

"I see by your column in the October AlumniMagazine that the issue about which year the 20th century actually began apparently has been settled to your satisfaction by Kit Carson. At the time you first brought up the matter I was tempted to write to you about an experience I had that might throw some interesting light on the question. For whatever it's worth I'll add it now.

"In 1940 my wife and I sailed for Honolulu on the old Matson Liner "Monterey." The ship was going to extend its normal route all the way to Shanghai to pick up British refugees fleeing China. The late Noel Coward was aboard serving the British government in some capacity and he kindly joined us and another couple for cocktails one evening.

"As you may remember, Coward was the playwrite for the popular stage production Cavalcade, which later became a top-rated movie. In the course of the plot Coward included a scene showing a wild celebration in London on New Year's Eve 1899, in observance of the turn of the century.

"After a couple of rounds someone asked Coward how he happened to have his character celebrate the arrival of the new century in 1900 instead of 1901, when January 1st of 1901 was actually the beginning of the 20th century - not 12 months earlier.

"Coward's answer: "Because it was the beginning of the year 1900 when the people in England did truly celebrate the turn of the century.' That ended the argument."

Pete and Louise Howe were married on September 20, 1924 at Grace Church, New Bedford, Mass. On the 50th anniversary of that date they were the guests at the Garden City, N.Y. Country Club of their three children, Wallis Howe 3rd of New York City, Mrs. Rudi Scharfman of Los Angeles, and Mrs. John S. Shannon of Roanoke, Va. Louise wore her 50-year-old wedding gown which required no alterations. She is still chairman of the volunteer group that runs the Nassau Hospital Coffee Shop and Pete is the editor of the Garden City leader.

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