Class of 1917
Indirectly we received word of the fact that Don Aldrich had scored another hit at the New York alumni dinner on January IS. We hope that the inspiration which he provided at that dinner will carry more of our New York alumni to church on Sundays.
More New York news includes the announcement of Sam Saline's venture into the general practice of law for himself, with an office at 115 Broadway, New York city. We do not know what phase of the law Sam will choose as his slpecialty, but this may be determined by inquiry of the individual himself.
Still more New York news makes known the fact that Silent Bob Adams was made a director of the Thayer Society of Engineers of Dartmouth College on the occasion of the dinner of that society held January 19 on that over-populated island.
Boston news should include a detailed report of the alumni dinner there, but owing to the fact that the Secretary was unable to attend, and also owing to the fact that he has yet to discover someone who did attend, it would seem that we would have to plead woeful ignorance of the good time which we do know took place.
It is a pleasure to announce that our President has made change upward by associating himself with the Hood Rubber Company, as assistant to the sales manager. We wish everybody concerned the best of luck, and we are positive that all the Hoods will get dollar for dollar in service rendered.
Swede Oberlander gets all the publicity he needs, but we take a great deal of pleasure in calling to Searls; Morton's attention the fact that Columbus, Ohio, will harbor a real football player next fall, and we hope that that village will give due recognition to the presence of such an eminent exponent of Hawley football.
We wish our powers of description were capable of reproducing Forry Emery's visit with George Currier in Florida. You would all have a good laugh if it were possible to relate the details. Suffice it to say that Old Man Currier is enjoying the best of health and prosperity. He is living on a sixty-foot cruiser, and commuting back and forth to Miami. Little is' known to us personally of this famous life of Riley's, but we imagine that that gentleman would find many points of mutual interest if he could converse with George. Forry had a peach of a time, but did not encounter any other members of the class, much to his regret.
We had a nice letter from Skinny Sturtevant, in which he says that he is an active manager of Springfield track meets. Tex Rickard had better look to his laurels, or Skinny will do him out of a job.
In a note from Vic Smith, he reports the Thayer School dinner by saying that those in attendance were Birtwell, Britton, Miller, Bob Scott, and himself. Evidently Bob Aidams was too shy to show up.
Baldy Trier recently reported a difficulty with the circulation manager of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. We should appreciate it if he would tear out the coupon in the back of this magazine, and mail it to us as evidence that all is well again.
We want a word of A 1 Hickmott, F. B. Stevens, W. B. Baker, K. L. Young, and J. K. Vinson.
Ev Robie has been in communication with this office, and reports great activity down in the shore town of Manchester, Mass. Those of you possessing sufficient imagination will have no difficulty in picturing Robie as an English instructor in the high school of that town. If you haven't any of the aforesaid power, just do your darnedest, and let it go.
Mott Brown contributed a nice, long letter about the Sentry, but didn't include any news of himself or of others in the class.
Ray Allen sends us good news concerning Hal Weeks, and says that he should improve in health soon. Ray also saw Karl Stillman recently, and says that he looks older. Can this be called news?
Please let us quote a paragraph from a letter to George Gregory from Perc Streeter. "I suppose you must see a good many of the class, situated centrally as you are, and I would certainly appreciate your remembering me to any of my friends. As I am up here, it is not usual for me to meet any Dartmouth men, to say nothing of classmates!. I have heard once or twice from Dick Murphy, who is located in the same line of business at Edmundston. I think he is with Fraser Companies, Ltd."
More news concerning Hal Weeks is reported in a card to George from Hal's sister: Hal is in a hospital in Philadelphia, where he has been for two months, and he will not leave there much before another month. We wish we might notify you of the hospital's name, but cannot at present.
George Gregory had a long letter recently from Ralph Sawyer, and he reports a long pull in the poultry business at Littleton, Mass. Ralph likes the work, but finds the going rather tough at present.
Ted Lonnquest is still on the West Coast, and in a letter to the Secretary, dated January 10, among other things he says,,"As you see, my nominal residence is still in California, and I'm now beginning to get acquainted with a small son of mine, born while I was away on the cruise last February. After a spring and summer on the battleships in Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, and New Zealand, my squadron is! now back at San Diego as a landplane squadron. The first of February, however, we shift to seaplanes again, and split up into catapult units, distributed among the battleships of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Battleship Divisions, bound for Panama and even greener lands for the winter maneuvers. I still have the aviation groups attached to the Pennsylvania—probably the finest group in this or any other United States! Navy."
Just too late for publication in the last set of notes came the announcement that Katherine Augusta Norton had been born on the 21st of November. As soon as she is old enough to talk, we hope that she can successfully persuade her old man to move out of that God-forsaken town called Vergennes. However, if she is unsuccessful, we hope the old man invites us all to her debut into the close social circle of that metropolis.
Johnny Wheelock rates publicity on the following paragraph taken from his letter of February 3: "I can't forbear calling to your attention that while all the larger and more influential Boston papers carried the announcement of my engagement last July 15 to Miss Margaret Lane of Auburndale, your usually scandalous sheet failed to fall in line. Perhaps you were waiting for me to pay you for printing the item, but I refuse to be held up. Social prominence isl a luxury, not a necessity. I really don't care whether or not you print that item, but here's one you must print: Rudie Miller is delivering a lecture on Friday, February 12, at the Thayer School. Subject unknown to me, but he promises to come to Boston following his triumph, and I'll try to find out (if he remembers) and let you know."
A 1 Nelb says, "I am now located in the big city; however, only temporarily. Expect to go below the Mason-Dixon Line again sometime in the very near future, probably when the thermometer registers 110 in the shade in that part of the country;" He is with the National Aniline and Chemical Company.
Secretary, 37 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.
