1925
From The Dartmouth for May of 1925 . . . Contract let for building a new home for President Hopkins between Tuck Drive and Webster Avenue, made possible by gift from Edward Tuck '62 ... The baseball team won from Cornell 12-3, with Eddie Edwards allowing only six hits . . . The Great Gatsby ($2) by F. Scott Fitzgerald was praised in a Bookstall review . . . Fourteen fraternities united to hold seven tea dances Saturday afternoon of spring house party weekend. . . . The baseball team beat Penn when starting pitcher Charlie Comerford stole home in the 13th inning to break a 4-4 tie . . . Von Hindenburg inaugurated as president of Germany . . . The Inn Stables Garage on Allen Street was destroyed by fire, the estimated $40,000 loss including a number of cars and trucks
. . . Captain Frank Osgood and his teammate K. M. Boyd won the New England college tennis doubles title, Frank losing in the singles final to Russell of M.I.T. . . . Wet Down is scheduled for the first Saturday in June, the program including the interclass hum, presentation of the Senior Fence to the junior class, running of the gauntlet and the naming of the 1925 Barrett Cup man, who was Larry Leavitt.
And returning to 1975, did you note all the '25 contributions to the February issue of this magazine? The cover was a replica of TedGeisel's painting "The Rape of the Sabine Woman," Carl Bridenbaugh's new book on the 17th century in Rhode Island was reviewed, Dr.Rad Tanzer's many accomplishments were listed in connection with a book of which he is co-author and a two page article on "The Great Rip-off - What to do about it" covers various reactions to Bob Weinig's anti-inflation fight as described in the November issue.
George and Fran Zahm hosted a gala 49½ mini-reunion at their home in Delray Beach on March 11. Bob and Naomi Borwell docked their magnificent "Misty" at the Delray Yacht Club for a few days before they took off for Chubb Bay and just missed the gathering. The Boies and Conrads were near but didn't make it.
Also in Florida, at a Sarasota Dartmouth luncheon in February Bob Hardy, Ken Nugent,Mott Garlock, Don Hunt, and Ed Burns got together.
Ken and Patty Sullivan are going to miss the 50th because they left their home in West Hartford, Conn., about March 1 for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on a project for the International Executive Service Corps. This project is to help the government set up their procedures for handling their Social Security program. It is the Sullivans' fourth project for the IESC, the others having been in Bolivia and El Salvador.
Pete Blodgett has been as busy as usual this year - visiting Scandinavian countries and Russia, salmon fishing in Norway and Quebec, training his dogs and hunting with them in Canada and New England, and then to Georgia.
Ellen Manning, sending in a contribution to our 50th Reunion gift, writes that Bernie had been looking forward to the occasion and would surely have attended if he were alive and well. She adds "The Mannings have another college graduation this year. Margaret will have her BS-RN from Boston University. Our youngest son is in the Air Force, and there are three girls still at home, two in high school and one in elementary school. Who knows, we might have another Dartmouth grad in the house, now that the school is coed!"
Ted Geisel gave a sum of money and 37 of the many children's books he has written to the Norwich, Vt., library to honor the memory of Mrs. Donald Bartlett who died earlier this year. She was the wife of Professor Don Bartlett '24 and they and Ted were long time friends.
Mrs. Berkeley Fairfax Jones of LaJolla, Calif, has been the principal donor of the Jones Microtext Center in Baker Library, which has been recently completed. The gift is in memory of Buck who died in 1957.
'24s found warmth at the Green Valley, Ariz., home of Harry and Frances Holmlund.From l, Jimmie and Helen Reid, Dick and Dolores Morin, Ed and Jean Streater, Winand Dot Nazros, John and Hazel Woodbridge, and their host and hostess.
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