1946

This year’s Dartmouth Night preceding the Cornell game must have set all kinds of attendance and performance records. It was a beautiful night, the first in about 40 days, and there had to be 10,000 extra souls in Hanover to witness the event. There was a big parade, four or five bands, floats, etc., and all massed on the green to witness a huge bonfire and to spur the Big Green on to victory the next day. It was a huge success dimmed only by the fact that so few ’46ers showed up. I didn’t cross paths with one classmate but my spies tell me that a few stalwarts made it. George and Andy Carr were up from Connecticut to see their son Nick now in the freshman class. Jean and Gordon Daisley, a pediatrician from D.C., were up to join forces with son Gordon 111 ’79. Bill and Janet Spoor came out from Minneapolis and I later learned they spent the whole Week in town. Bill, who is chairman and chief executive officer of Pillsbury, was taking part in the Tuck School’s Executive in Residence program. This calls for a full week of class attendance, lecturing, and ac- tive exchanges with the students on all facets of business life. I understand they kept Bill on the run and that his visit was a “smash hit” with all involved. This is a great contribution to the school and I suspect Bill had a fine time doing it.

I received word recently that Bill Riley was back in the news for his hockey exploits. This time Bill received the ultimate accolade with his induction into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame at Eveleth, Minn. Most of Bill’s records es- tablished at Dartmouth still stand. In four years of varsity action he amassed 118 goals and 110 assists, leading the team to an incredible record of 68 wins against 11 losses and two ties.

You may recall my mentioning in my last column that Dave Weld had struck off on his own in the business world. Dave also moves around and recently passed on some news re- garding classmates he has crossed paths with during the last year. He says: “Have run into Fred Calder several times in Montclair. He’s holding forth in one of the more prominent men’s haberdasheries in the area. 1 know that his golf is still in the range of 74-77. Bob Norris can be seen locally running the finest hardware store in North Jersey. I played golf with the well known Andys of the class Murtha and Gruninger. We all won a prize but I’ll leave the details of the circumstances unmentioned. Both of them are pretty much on the go with Mr. M. travelling the country in his television space business and Mr, G. commuting to New Brunswick as the financial wizard for a steel company.

“I enjoyed a couple of bombs at the local country club with Jim Wyckoff in Geneva, N.Y., a few weeks ago. He looks fine; his boys are scattered all over at various places of higher education from Vermont, to the Carolinas, to Ohio. Smiley Jack Underhill and Sue held court at Glover’s estate in Hanover for the Princeton game. He’s trim and mean from his three out of every four weeks in the air visiting and man- aging three textile mills along the Eastern Sea- board. They live in Norwich, N.Y., and are con- sidering condominium life in Hilton Head and Barneveld, N.Y., Sue’s home town.

“Have run into Bill Wheeler at Choate meetings. He’s got that apple crop in good shape in Berlin, Mass. Did you happen to see that prominent flick Deep? Stan Waterman did one fine job in that one. Please don’t confuse this ef- fort with the one that has one more word and is banned in Thetford. Ran into John Steele and frau at Little Dix Bay a couple of years ago. Never saw such perpetual motion in all my life; they ate it up, ran it out, fished, boated like 18- year-olds, and for the price of admission there, it’s the only way to go! Fortunately for me, the day we were supposed to play tennis, it rained. Quote John: ‘This is the first year that I cannot beat my son, who happens to be playing on the Rollins tennis team as a freshman.’

“Ran into Bert and Ardis Schwarz at Dorado Beach. Bert’s forte is expertise in the field of fly- ing saucers. He has lectured in several foreign countries and U.S. on the subject and happens to be known as one of the top five experts in the world. Maybe we’ll sample this one at the next reunion. At the same watering hole, Jack andSally Careter were seen bicycling mit the family around the Rockerfeller links. As a matter of fact, they looked kind of stylish with both the clubs and racquets.”

A few more classmates like Dave would make writing this monthly column a cinch let’s hear from you!

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