1920
Al Frey, our perennial young distinguished professor at San Francisco State University, turned 80 on August 10. At their farm in Dresden, Me., his wife Hope staged a rousing birthday party for the young man on Saturday, August 12. Al and Helen Cate were there to represent 1920, driving over from their summer home at nearby Ocean Point. To him I am indebted for these details about the party, which was attended by 18 adults and six children, including Maggie Owens from Framingham, Mass., Al's first grandchild. (He has concealed the fact of being a member of our Grandpappies Club for two years.) Janet, 1920's class baby, you may recall, flew up from Texas with her husband, Ed Harte '45 and their son Will Harte and his wife Cassie were also there from Texas. Little Maggie's mother Bidde and her father came up from Framingham, while Al's sister Marcia Haynes drove up from Yarmouth. Her son, Rollin Haynes '52, and his wife and family came down from Bangor. Marcia's other son David, his wife, and three children were also there. Representing Al's distinguished career days in the Pittsburgh area where he was a dean at the University of Pittsburgh were Hank and Betty Nagle. My correspondent, Al Cate, ended his letter with this line, "Food and drink were 'graciously served and the happy occasion was climaxed when two-year-old Maggie blew out the last candle on the birthday cake."
As the above news was being prepared in late August, our subject, Al, was doubtless preparing to fly to San Francisco for another round of teaching at the State University, which suggests that well-worn saying, "One is only as old or as young as one feels."
My warmest thanks to Professor Harry Lendall Davis '59 for his reply to my letter concerning the passing of his father, Lendall EvansDavis, whose obituary appears elsewhere.
In the old days, when there were occasional pee-rades to Boston, the expression "I'll meet yau at the Adams House" was often used. Today, however, one must be more careful. You may be making a commitment to meet at the new summit house atop Mr. Washington! At the July 8 ground-breaking ceremonies on the mountain top, Governor Meldrim Thomson magnanimously proclaimed at the close of the dedication ceremonies that the new summit house would be named after Sherman Adams, who was the master of ceremonies at this historic event. Congratulations, governors, for the honor bestowed and the honor received.
Forgive your secretary for a few lines of a personal nature. In late May Laura and I flew to Kalamazoo, Mich., as honored guests of Kalamazoo College. The occasion was the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Stephen B. Monroe Chair of Money and Banking through a generous endowment from Charles J. Monroe, Kalamazoo banker and son of the noted midwest industrialist. Since I was the first holder of the chair and occupied it for two years, the College thought it would be nice to have me participate. Lou Rukeyser, well known for his PBS Wall Street program, was the featured speaker whom we listen to every Friday night. A fine young man of excellent presence and keen mind, he gave an outstanding talk in the College chapel to a capacity crowd. At our closing dinner Kalamazoo President George Rainsford presented me with a chair of a permanent nature - not unlike the Dartmouth chairs advertised in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. It is now a cherished possession in the Carter living room. The Kalamazoo visit was most pleasant. The college is thriving. It was good to see so many former colleagues and visit with the chair donors, Charles and Nell Monroe, at their lovely home on Gull Lake in nearby Richland.
A card from Hanover with a message from Harriet Miller informs me of her attendance at Alumni College with daughter Dee Dee and two grandchildren. The older grandchild was enrolled in the junior program while the younger one was under daycare supervision. Harriet reported also that she had a most pleasant meeting with Bud Weymbuth, our newly appointed editor of "Twenty."
Buy Weymouth reports on the Al Foley Memorial Fund: as of early August, $735. Additionally, he says, Al left to the College $3,000. The memorial fund and the personal gift will be used for the purchase of books for Baker Library.
Congratulations to Nate Whiteside and his team, particularly Hazel Newcomer and Harriet Miller, for the success of 1920 in the Alumni Fund campaign. The spirit of Dartmouth grows with each succeeding year!
Attending the 1920-1921 July 14 picnic at Bob and Martha Burroughs' farm in Canterbury, N.H., were many 19205: Sherm andRachel Adams, Dal and Marguerite Dalrymple,Clayt and Ethel Wallace, Charlie and ElseCrathern, and Ted Marden. If there are any omissions of 1920 attendees on our list, they will be reported later. The occasion was saddened by the death a few days earlier of Harry Garland '21, a prime organizer of this gala occasion. It is reported that all hands left the farm with full baskets of luscious red raspberries.
Adios, amigos. Will continue in November.
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