1933

Bill Starr has been designated as one of the “most brilliant legal minds in New Hampshire” by Manchester Magazine. In a recent interview, he belittled the description and denied his preeminence. He is still reasonably active, practicing law as counsel to Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Chiesa, and was actually working in the firm library on an estate-tax case when we called him. A Democrat, he is opposed to retroactive federal tax legislation, thinks the College is in good shape, and is a strong Freedman supporter. He flouts the “rightists” who, he says, have inappropriately taken over the Ernest Hopkins name to criticize the administration.

We talked briefly with Way Thompson at his home in Palatine, 111. His pitching days are far in the past, and he finds that age has restricted his activity since “a couple of strokes” prevent him from playing golf and limit him to “riding around” the course. He’s hoping for a renewal of strength which will permit him to resume the game. He jokingly quotes the wiseacre who asserted that all of us should die at 62.

Whip Walser ’32 has written to chide us for leaving Ma Smalley’s name off the list of notables referred to in our September Pea- Green column. So, we hereby beat our breast, bow to the memory of that doughty, fiery lady and her College Street eatery, and thank Whip, the noted, semi-disguised Main Street orator of 1932 Wet Down fame.

The fall edition of Dartmouth Medicine contains a long article on Paul Zamecnik’s biochemical experiments and how he grap- pled with and threw the DNA, breaking the secret of its code.

Chairman Jack Manchester, the old reli- able, turned out 34 for dinner at the Lyme Inn, and the September 25 mini-reunion was a great success, except for the disastrous end- ing of the Holy Cross game.

w, Thompson jokingly quotes the wiseacre who asserted that all of us should die at 62. W -John S. Monacan ’33

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