1926

A cryptic one-liner arrived from Hanover reading, "James E. Traquair represented Dartmouth at inauguration at Miami University." This was indeed an honor, and maybe Jim can fill us in - who was inaugurated, details of the event, and did he wear the cap and gown in which he graduated in 1926.

A year ago, Al Milans spent a month in the Wilmington, Del., Medical Center, and his wife Fhyllis noted last fall that his health is improving and he is back at his piano, playing music he wrote in 1925-26 under Professor McWood. "Surprisingly good" was her critique.

Class Treasurer Jack Roberts's call for dues brought in this and four other "Dear Jack" responses: While Jim and Elly Jenkins missed seeing football games, they did, at the Darien, Conn., home of Snipe and Kay Esquerre after the Yale game, get to see Fred and Kay Hurd, Al and Ellen Louer, Mai and Anne Merrill, and George Scott. Several joined them for lunch the next day at their new home in Wilton, Conn.

It was learned in a note from his wife Margaret that Al Gould of Antrim, N.H., was hospitalized by a stroke September 1. After rehabilitation at a nursing home he, is now home, making good, gradual recovery.

Dick Sagendorf wrote: "Nothing much to report. Just an old hermit on the farm with his Sicilian donkeys. I hear you were great on the drums. Keep playing, and maybe we can get together at the 60th."

Another classic "Dear Jack" from Snipe Esquerre: "You ask for news. At our venerable and vulnerable ages what new is there to tell? I would say, unraveling slowly and steadily and obstinately about sums it up."

And one more from Bob Stopford, who comments that at oar time in life, reunions in Hanover should last at least a week - a great idea for the 60th reunion committee to consider.

Most recent of the known travels of the ubiquitous Dick and Dot Husband was a Christmas-time trip to Morocco, Spain, and Portugal. Further information on the Gainesville, Fla.-based active professor can be read in ArtWilcox's edition of "Smoke Signals."

An unfortunate error in reporting by your secretary appeared in the November class notes. The item about Frank Knowles should have been about Frank Nelson of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., who has recovered after a long convalescence following a traffic accident and can now walk again. Frank Knowles, who lives in Jenson Beach, Fla., was obviously amazed to be placed in a Lauderdale accident. Your embarrassed scribe apologizes to all concerned.

Ed Cole wonders why so many Dartmouth alums favor the warm winter of Florida vs. the snow and ice experience they had in Hanover. Don Church has one answer favoring New Hampshire's Whitefield, where dry weather is better for his health than Florida's humidity and pollen barrage. However he misses seeing Hub and Det Harwood and the others who attend the Clearwater 1926 March luncheon.

Both Charlie Gibson and Ed Hanlon spotted a detailed article on banking in the February 1 issue of Forbes which speaks of GeorgeChampion as "a rugged individualist who still looks like the football linesman he was on Dartmouth's undefeated 1925 team, the ex-Chase chairman is just as hard-charging in opposing some practices now basic to the banking scene."

After 55 years as alumni, it will come as no surprise to '26ers that on April 1 the Alumni Fund gets under way. The fund team is ready, and the class will surely be ready, too, to meet the challenge to keep Dartmouth financially strong. Although our intrepid head agent, AlLouer, suffered a heart upset in early January, Tubber Weymouth reported at press time that he'd just talked with Al and that Al's prognosis is good. "Al is definitely improving," Tubber said, "and in his own inimitable way is impatient to get the '26 Alumni Fund effort on the march again." If Al is getting impatient he must be doing well!

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