1927
"We are going to need all the help we can get," says Sam Wormser as he surveys our prospects for the Alumni Fund this year. Deaths and retirements keep reducing the potentials so the rest of us who are lucky enough to be alive will have to make up the difference.
Emphasis this year will be to encourage all who have been giving less than one hundred dollars to join the Century Club. "Try it, you'll like it."
Regional agents who are helping Sam include Larry Scammon, Mike Ketz, Curt Wright, Doc Milliken, Chuck Baker, Ken Anderson, Bo Head, Bruce McKennon, Sam Martin, and Bud Wesselmann.
Wilfred Shaw and Betty while in Florida stopped at Vero Beach to visit with Al Chabot who was recovering from a bout with pneumonia. Wil retired two years ago from Bowne & Co., the nation's oldest and largest financial printing company. The Shaws are planning on attending the 50th.
Al Mac Donald is not going to write his memoirs about the F.B.I. with which he served. He thinks the news media has already speculated too much on what has happened. Al reports that he visited with Charlie Townsend, Eugene Sullivan, Ora and Larry Scammon, and Helen and Paul Revere O'Connell at a Dartmouth club meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Charles Gibson is enjoying his retirement in Greenville, S.C. He is so busy he doesn't see how he ever had time to work and make a living. He hopes we both stick around for many more birthday cards.
Curt Wright is pulling our leg again. He sends a newspaper clipping about the Philadelphia Masters Track Club Indoor Championship in which it is reported that in the class for age 70 or over Curt, competing for the first time in nearly 50 years, took firsts in the 50-yard run, 440, shot and long jump. We agree that he can put the shot and is ready for the long jump, but we have appointed Don McCall to check up on Curt's ability to run even 50 yards, let alone 440.
Don Burnham has found one solution to the problem of retirement. He signed up for a "come when you please" job in a local woodworking plant and makes drawing boards and easels when he isn't escaping to his Vermont retreat. He recently sold one of his Vermont places to a Painesville family, so we expect to received more detailed report on Don in the future.
We are sorry to report the death of FredThompson on February 19 and Carlton H. Gilbert on March 14.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Third student expense survey undertaken by college. The first study made in 1905-06 indicated average annual expenditures were $566.50. Of the 656 students then at Dartmouth, 270, or 41%, were employed at least part-time. One man earned $400 and four others over $200.
Interfraternity tennis doubles tournament listed the following sophomores as participants: Chi Phi, W. Burgert; Phi Delta Theta, A. M. Welty; Phi Sigma Kappa, H. E. Baker and R. P. Braman; Phi Gamma Delta, R. L. Long; and Sigma Alpha, A. Buschmann, Jr., and R. F. French.
Fifteen members of the Canoe Club left on annual trip down the Connecticut River to the sea. 1927's taking part were F. C. Fellingham, W. C. Glenn, and S. D. Mills. Thirteen completed the 200-mile paddle in 86 hours.
Non-athletic Council elects seven sophomores assistant managers. They will become managers in their senior year: Musical Clubs, Leroy H. Dreher; Players, Carleton G Broer; Band, Ira Gordon Colby Jr.; Forensic Union, Robert L. Long; Head Usher, George W Provost Jr.; Stage Manager of the Players, W. C. King Jr.; Property Manager of the Players, Stuart W. Cleaveland.
With two out and two strikes on the batter, in the bottom of the 13th inning, Comerford, the Dartmouth pitcher, stole home to win the game from Penn 5 to 4 and keep Dartmouth in first place in the Quadrangle League.
Fire completely destroyed the Inn Stables Garage with 14 cars and considerable second hand furniture. Gas tanks of nearby automobiles exploded. Chinese laundry scorched. Sparks carried to the roofs of Musgrave Building, Howe Library, and Casque & Gauntlet House. Prompt action by fire departments from neighboring towns prevented destruction of a large portion of the western section of town. (P.S. Prof. George Frost sat astride the ridgepole of Howe Library using a garden hose to extinguish the sparks as he gave an oral French exam to the writer).
E. D. Ripley and D. B. Bonsai undertook 160-mile canoe trip north from Burlington, Vt., through Lake Champlain and the Richlieu River to the St. Lawrence.
Forty 1927 men were chosen members of Green Key. They were: G. D. Arnold, K. C. Ballantyne, B. Barde, C. W. Bartlett, C. W. Bellaire, J. F. Carey, F. E. Carver, A. Cohen, R. J. Covert, W. C. Cusack, J. A. Davis, H. S. Dey, H. L. Dwyer, W. P. Elliott, W. B. Fryberger, R.D. Funkhouser, J. H. Fuqua, C. L. Hardy, R. C. Hermann, L. J. Heydt, J. H. Holleran, N. M. Horton, A. O. Legacy, W. L. Macaulay, D. F. McCall, R. J. Michelini, R. C. Mix, S. J. Morand, F. M. Owl, W. M. Pepper, J. E. Picken, W. S. Prescott, C. A. Randall, T. Rose, R. H. Slater, R. N. Stevens, J. D. Thees, P. B. Thompson, J. L. Tracy, B. Williams.
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