1926

Using Webster's 1971 Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary as his reference, Dick Major, Flat Rock, N.C., has found a replacement yell for the "official Dartmouth cheer," which we found printed in our 1922 Freshman Handbook as "Wah-Hoo-Wah." Dick suggests, "Wahoo-rah," using Webster's definitions: wahoo an expression of exuberance or to attract attention and rah an exclamation (short for "hurrah"). The combination sounds delightfully like the "official" cheer we learned as freshmen, and which, with some octogenarian training, we might now respectfully be able to use in public places.

Recalling that in 1974 Dartmouth had conferred upon George Snell an honorary degree as "the world's leading authority on the genetics of transplant resections/' Ed Hanlon sent George articles on this timely subject from The Wall Street Journal. In reply, George said that he and Rhoda would be at Holmes Beach, Fla., and would hope to see him and Evelyn at their Sarasota home.

Det Harwood again made her winter quarters at Winter Park, Fla., and Lou Ingram,Hap and Pat Johnson, and Morry andGretchen Storer were visiting neighbors. Det had heard from George and Eleanor Champion that they had returned from two weeks at Antigua, both having recovered from earlier health problems.

Right after Christmas Art and Inez Wilcox left Greenwich, N.Y., for their annual twom onth sojourn at Garden City Beach, S.C. Regardless of locale, newsletter editor Art manages to keep "Smoke Signals" on 1926 readers' breakfast tables on time.

Last fall Jake and Evie Jacobus chose to watch one game Brown. Lucky people! One other '26er was seen Ed Emerson. While visiting their son Roland 111 '58 at Thanksgiving they saw Fense Cleary, son John and wife, and a granddaughter from California. Also they were in Hanover to see grandson Randy '87.

Worthy Walters wrote that he had enjoyed dinner in December with Grace (Murdough)Slight and her husband, George, in Evanston, 111. Accompanying the letter was a cart oon, showing, believe it or not, a Mr. Walters sitting across the desk from his doctor. Pointing to an X-ray, the doctor is saying, "Not only do you have water on the knee, Mr. Walters. It's polluted water." Obviously Worthy recovered from polluted water on the knee, but he did have a strange reason why he could not find his face in last year's class birthday card picture, taken at the Bema in June 1926 in caps and gowns. He said that at that time he was at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and didn't transfer to Dartmouth until February. How's that again? Let's take another look at that picture, and find Worthy,. B.S. '26.

Steve Mitchell had no problem finding his picture in the class birthday card. He and Helen had returned from an extended trip in China, including seven memorable days sailing down the Yangtze. Gob Des Marais spent his 86th locating "old" classmates on the birthday card. He said he and Marion manage to keep their three-acre Rock Hill, N. C., place in some sort of order. Dick and Dor Husband not only stayed in the Northern Hemisphere in 1984 but were 50 weeks in their native state of Florida. When not teaching classes, Dick slips away, rents a boat, drops in a line, and the Husbands frequently have fish for dinn er. And Kier Boyd, even with a magnifying glass, failed to find his picture, though many names jumped up when he saw the faces. He added that reaching 21, 50, 75, and 80 were all landmarks, but celebrations should stop there.

AI Lowell, Holiday, Fla., has the honor of filing the first biography in 1985 for the class archives. The secretary awaits other returns in the very near future including one from himself. "At this point in time," to coin a well-worn phrase, filing biographies and IRS returns should be done in that order perhaps somewhat late.

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