1921*
The first communique after Reunion reached Roselle nearly as soon as this correspondent. It bore the authorship of John Lawrence Sullivan, who had already flown to Washington to resume his labors as Asst. Secretary of the Treasury. Said John: "I have just received a clipping from the June 21 edition of the Boston Herald which refers to the arrival in Hanover of members and their wives of the classes of 1821, 1831, and 1836. In the following sentence it states that the older classes met the previous week. I didn't realize that we have been out of college so long Inasmuch as the Boston Herald is Dan Ruggles' paper, I suppose we must infer that he felt very old and very tired when he sent this article to his paper." Lawyer John encloses the clipping in question The second communique was from "Fred" Ford and came in by Air Mail from Freedom. Corey's letter was the sequel to the telegram despatched by your scribe at the direction of your Exec. Comm. right after the class dinner at Reunion and reading:
COREY ("FRED") FORD FREEDOM N H VIA CENTER OSSIPEE DARTMOUTH'S GRANDEST CLASS WISHES TO HONOR YOU AND ITSELF BY ELECTION AS HONORARY MEMBER WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE UNIQUE CLASS OF BLANKETY-BLANK YOURS IN 1921 "FRED."
The letter:
"Dear Fred:
"I'd like to write you a nice gay letter, extending the thanks of the Class of to the Class of '21; but I'm afraid I take my honorary membership a little too seriously to be able to kid about it much. If you knew how deeply appreciative I am of the wire you sent—l'm having it framed now to hang over my desk—you'd realize how difficult it is to express that appreciation adequately. The hospitality and friendliness which all of you showed me last weekend, and the gestures of the Class made to make me feel I was really part of the gang, mean far more to me than I can ever tell you. I only hope that my new Class of '21 (after all, when you add 21 and together, the result by any system of mathematics is still 21) will realize how proud I am of my election, and how happy I am to be able to feel I am a fellow-member of Dartmouth's Grandest Class.
"My personal thanks to you, Charlie, for your generosity and thoughtfulness; and I trust you'll be good enough to pass along my thanks to all the others in '21; and I hope I'll have the pleasure of reunioning with you all again at Dartmouth soon.
"Yours in '21, "Fred". Here is your tabulation of men, wives and children on deck in June: Bill Alley Teeter Tom Art Anderson Helen Roland Auger Loretta Pauline Nancy Pete Bailey Virginia Charles Bob Dick Barnes Isabel Dutch Bausher Mildred Hal Bolles Marjorie Dave Bowen Edith Hal Braman Doris Bob Burroughs Dottie Jack Campbell Doris Ike Chester Helen Vance Clark Marie Warrie Clark Hilda Tom Cleveland Betty Fran Crosgrove Lucella Norm Crisp Margaret Jerry Cutler Bill Bill Embree Alberta Bill III Speedy Fleet Evelyn Doc Fleming Dorothy Pete Deborah Joe Folger Marion Bill Fowler Ruth Hal Geilich Martha Lo Goulding Peg Howie Heith Helen Judy Bord Helmer Burd Walt Henshaw Mabel Ort Hicks Lois Rex King Margaret Jeff Lawrence Frances Ed Luedke Molly Bob Mac Donald Helen Dink Miller Mildred Bill Miller Henrietta Reg Miner Sylvia Skinny Moore Ruth Don Morse Kim Oky O'Connor Pearl Henry Palmer Lucille Henry III Neal Cape Payson Arline Gus Perkins Betty Bill Perry Edith Dave Plume Sue Mary Jean Ned Price Pemala Howie Ransom Lorrie
Dan Ruggles Dorothy Dan Ryder Virginia Dan Jr. J can Nancy Jack Sercombe Adrienne Mick Shoup Dot Jim Smead Dorothy Nancy Ralph Steiner Mary Doug Storer Edna Chan Symmes Lorna Parker Ken Thomas Eloise Leigh Tracy Crete Carll Gloria Joe Walker Mildred Bill Barbara Joan Jim Wicker Sarah Rog Wilde Caroline Roddy
Gus Perkins submits the likeness of "Merc" (once the winged messenger of Western Union on Hanover Plain) which graces this page. Gus captions the snap, "Our able keg-pressure mechanic in action, taken at a time when the cumulative effects of his arduous duties had necessitated that he permit his growling puppies to spread out o'er the greensward by abandoning the shoes." The picture obviously was snapped on Sunday, June 22, at the class picnic Ort Hicks returned Labor Day from a Western trip, the highlight of which was a Dartmouth luncheon in Chicago attended by Bill Embree, Ned Price, Ken Thomas, Rog Wilde, and Ort, immediately following which the boys stowed Rog on a fast plane bound for Washington and a big order he had high hopes of closing. Proceeding to St. Paul, Ort corralled a clipping from the Dispatch relating that R. J. (Rynie) Rothschild and A. J. Egan had won the best ball twosome event at the Town and Country Club with a net 59, second place going to D. F. (Dewey) Gruenhagen and R. F. Weidenborner. This sounds as though '21 were about tops in Twin Cities golfing circles.
Your scribe journeyed, to "God's Country" for an August vacation, traveling via Burlington, Waterbury, Vt., Hanover, Bristol, Freedom, N. H., Madison, Me., Bar Harbor, Boston, Worcester, Spring- field, and Waterbury, Conn. He saw, in this order, Dan Ryder, Phil Humphreys, Tom Cleveland, Tom Norcross, Don Mix (telephone), and Hal Braman, but missed connections with Denny Densmore, Geo. Frost, Joe Folger, Jack Hurd, Mike Doran, Corey Ford, Dan Ruggles, Allen Brailey, and Geo. Harris. Chairman Dan was in marvelous shape and asked your reporter to convey his gratitude to all '21ers who'd written appreciative letters about the T. T. We also learned from Dan that both he and Bob Luce are serving on the Board of Education in Waterbury. Phil Humphreys sent his regards to everyone and anticipates making the class dinner in Boston the night before the Harvard game (to be cochairmaned by Cleveland and Ruggles). In Boston we lunched with Vice Pres. Tom C. and Tom N. After the repast, we asked Norcross for a statement for publication. His reply: "Just say I'm set up about lunch- ing with two big shots. Be sure you get it 'set up' and not 'upset.' " Don Mix was reached by telephone as this department raced through the Worcester traffic lights; reported everything under control. Hal was interviewed in the snazzy general offices of American Brass Co.; disclosed he'd be down for the Princeton game, the real objective, however, being a housewarming at Dave Plume's new chateau somewhere in Jersey Plenty of news which will have to go over to next month Swing it, George:
MERC AT THE T. T. (see text)
Secretary, 718 Drake Ave., Roselle, N. J. Treasurer, 809 Rosewood Ave., Winnetka, 111,
