1913

The Class of 1913 has reached the stage when most of its members have received that one-way ticket that Charon demands of those destined to cross the river Styx. Over 300 landed at Wilder station in September 1909, crossed the covered bridge, and climbed the hill to present their credentials to Dean Emerson, and when this was done Dartmouth College had a new freshman class. Today less than 40 of that number are able to answer the roll call, and many of those are complaining of a variety of ailments. As Bill Gumbart wrote, "It's hell to be old," to which our secretary Stub Stoughton will subscribe. The doctors have ordered him to give up all work, and daughter Nancy Hyde writes, "He has not yet begun to regain his strength since coming home from the hospital. We are hopeful that a change of medication will restore his appetite, and start him on the road to recovery." We are all hopeful.

Since the 1913 class notes must appear in the MAGAZINE, Bill Terry has asked me to fill in until Stub can again take over. The mail brought this news item: Jane Loraine Koehn is betrothed to David Tysen Nutt Jr. '74, the son of David T. Nutt '44 and grandson of Henry N.Nutt. David regrets that his father di.d not live to see his grandson graduate in 1974, with distinction, "A Beta, a member of Dragon, and president of the Players. Now two of my brother's daughters are at Dartmouth, making 12 from the Nutt family over four generations." David Sr. goes on to say, "Ty is the oldest of my five children; of the others, one went to Mt. Holyoke, another to Smith, and I hope the youngest, Katy, will make Dartmouth."

The Vineyard Gazette of Edgartown, Mass., carried this headline. "The State cheers David Morey at 89." This is the same David Morey who came to Dartmouth in 1909 from Maiden High School to be elected captain of his class football team and later become twice All- American halfback. The article said that he also had a distinguished career in baseball, as proof of which, he was a pitcher on Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. But the bulk of his career was as a football coach, first as assistant to Frank Cavanaugh as assistant coach at his alma mater, later as head coach at Middlebury, Fordham, Alabama, Lowell Tech, and finally at Wilberham Academy and Maiden High School. Dave is now retired from his real estate business so that he can spend more time with his wife, who is a patient at Martha's Vineyard Hospital.

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