1921

Even with the help of a combined January-February issue of the MAGAZINE, we are still almost desperately short of 1921 news items. Anyway, that will give us a chance to concentrate on a few thoughtful and interesting contributions that have come recently.

Another member of the 1921 grandchildren's Dartmouth Club at Denison University: Norman Carver's grandson Steve, a freshman there, joins the list with Ort Hicks' and CharlesGilson's grands. Aren't there some more whom we have not yet heard of?

And, while we are speaking of Norm, we have learned that his son Jim has become a national personality in the amateur theater field. He recently represented the United States at an international convention in Bulgaria.

Jack Hubbell, as with most of us of 1921, reached the age of 80 recently. He wrote: "I felt real good when I had my recent annual physical everything was going well when my doc tor said, 'You are in great shape, as sound as a dollar!' I haven't felt good since!" Jack also added a bit which is such a perfect example of Hubbellistic humor. We quote, verbatim: "Life begins at 40? The first 80 years are the hardest then things take a turn for the better. Life really begins at 80, and we octogenarians can hold our heads high. On the subway in New York recently, I was flabbergasted when a pretty, young girl got up and insisted that I take her seat. (If I didn't sit down fast it would be grabbed. So I sat down fast.) If you carry a letter in your coat for a week, people understand. Some people offer to help with your baggage. If you spell words wrong, people don't care. Nearly everybody expects a softening of the brain. At 70 people can be upset with you; at 80 they are forgiving. They seem to be surprised that you are walking around, and astonished that you still play tennis without apology. They may kid you about your age, but you know that being 80 is better than the alternative. I'm more interested in the future than in the past because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life." Jack, you've just spoken for all of us, whether we have not reached it yet, or are there, or have passed it the magic state of octogenarianism.

A bit of a note from Tracy Higgins came in recently, in which he wrote of a visit he recently had with his sister and brother-in-law, who were building a small house on Shelter Island. During his visit they told Tracy that the Fleet Lumber Company had phoned them to find out what they needed. Then one day a truck arrived, all the way by ferry, and deposited all they needed to finish the job. You guessed it: It was the "Speedy" Fleet Lumber Company.

We've run out of available space, so we will save an interesting bit on Doug Storer's and John Sullivan's part in making the battleship Arizona, which was sunk in the Pearl Harbor attack, a permanent shrine honoring those who lost their lives on that December 7 day of infamy.

Four '25 couples were on a cruise on the Royal Viking Sky from California to Florida in January: front row, left to right,Naomi and Bob Borwell, Marian and CurtAbel; second row, Fran and George Zahm;third row, Billee and Bill Jenkins. Borwell is vice chair of the class executivecommittee, Abel head class agent, Zahmformer head agent, and Jenkins president.

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