1917*

LAST CALL for the Princeton game fiesta. The class will gather at the Dartmouth Club, 30 East 37th Street, New York, right after business closes, Friday, November 7th. Dinner will be followed by the usual Princeton game smoker. Those who drive to Princeton 011 the Bth in time for lunch, will find a number of New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia '17ers at the Princeton Inn. It's best to be there before 12:30.

These notes go to press long before the class parties at the Harvard and Yale games, and we'll have the stories for you in our December columns At the Norwich opener we hear Em Ward of Waseca, Minnesota, was present with Mrs. Ward and their daughter, the latter entering Smith. Bunny and Milly Holden, and Butch and Lea Sherman, week ending together at the latters' home, also attended the game, and Mr. and Mrs. Angus Black and Hap Mason completed the Brattleboro representation. Ralph Sanborn reported Charlie fanes, Walt Kipp, Jim Montgomery, Jack Saladine, and Hunk Stillman at the Amherst game, October 4th.

Let's get back to summer gossip, crowded out of our October notes—Directors of the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association reelected Parker L. Melvin, President in June. In August, Governor Arthur H. James designated Mel as his representative on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. He was formerly observer for his State for that body, before the State Legislature passed its recent bill making Pennsylvania a member. Under the bill, Parker's function is to act as Pennsylvania oil coordinator of a long range program designed to prevent waste of petroleum.

Last summer, A1 and Mrs. Dupuis spent some time with his brother-in-law, George Burgum, at Oradell, N. J. Latter is head of the English Department at Hackensack High School, has a son George entering High School, and a daughter, Nancy, nine. The Burgums spend a lot of time at Lake Ossipee, N. H.—it's the fishing, says A 1 Al's son, A. L. Jr., is with the Curtis Wright Co., at Paterson. Pauline, 22, is with Lever Bros., at Cambridge and Catherine has just graduated from high school at Lowell, where no doubt she took a lot of French and some math, under her father. We never knew before that A 1 is a real candy maker and has built quite a Christmas business. He says Carl Colby goes to his summer place at Rye Beach, N. H., but is still teaching Spanish and French at U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn A1 reports Martin Sanborn is Principal of Everett -(Mass.) High School Al's bust of Mr. Henry H. Harris, retired principal of Lowell High School, was on exhibition at Boston Art Club during May. A 1 has put eight years into sculpture and twenty into the study of anatomy.

Stan Kingsbury is now residing at 254 Glen Road, Weston, Mass., is in the suburban real estate business John Wheelock says Wendell B. Drury is an automobile salesman for Cadillac in Boston.

Mott Brown had a good letter from Captain Byron C. Brown written in Washington in June and here are some excerpts. "Am back on active duty after trying for this detail for over a year. They seemed to think that because of old wounds and having had pneumonia several times I should be kept on the shelf. First, I was ordered to duty as Assistant Military Attache to Chile, but now, since the impending trouble between Peru and Ecuador, I have been transferred to Ecuador. My wife and I will sail July 18th. When I arrive, I will set up a D. Club of Quito. Harry C. Reed '36, is there at the Legation, is married to an Ecuador girl so he ought to be of great value."

Bob Chase writes from Warren Telechron Co., Ashland, Mass., "Still doing business at the old stand. We hardly know from one day to the next how long we will be making clocks, but so far O.K. Also expect we will start soon on quantities of fuses that should keep us plenty busy. Bob Jr., graduated from D. last June. Saw quite a few of the 1916 gang. The younger boy goes to Exeter this fall and D. a year from now."

Vic Smith, who sells building specialties in Philadelphia, wrote Don Brooks in July, "Vic enters D. this fall, is 17 and is six feet three inches tall. My daughter, Virginia, is a junior at West Chester (Pa.) State Teachers' College, studying music. Larry, 12, enters Junior High." Vic always has a warm welcome for those of us who drop in to see him once in a while at the Architects' Building.

Piece de Resistance in the summer news was a copy of Toledo Blade for July 28th showing a picture of Actress Virginia Bolen, Comedienne in Good News being produced by the Toledo Civic Opera Ass'n, and listing in the cast "Toledo's famous football coach, Dr. Clarence Spears, who plays a grid iron mentor." In the next column the stage columnist says "Bob French threatens to do a column on Doc Spears' prowess as a thespian—now that the good doctor is switching from FOOTBALL to FOOTLIGHTS. It should be a good one, Huh?" We have a hunch Fat is brushing up his Terpsichorean art, the better to pass instructions to his Toledo University team this month, and opponents may be in for some new skull-duggery any moment.

Insurance Field, issue of July 18th, announced: "Beginning this week in the Successful Selling Section of the Insurance Field is a new weekly column of sales ideas, observations and comments by one of the country's outstanding life insurance salesmen nd life insurance authors, Ralph Sanborn, Associate General Agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life in Boston, Mass

many significant and pointed articles on life insurance selling have appeared under his by-line during the past few years Mr. Sanborn was on the program of the 1940 Philadelphia convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters, has figured prominently in various Association affairs and has served on a number of important committees of the N.A.L.U. in recent years."

Your scribe saw George Gregory in the Graybar office in Syracuse in August. Says defense business is swamping him these days.

LOCK WOOD TAKES THE BATON

Thanks, gents, for all the newsy post cards you sent in reply to our September 15th Reunion "DRAFT NOTICE." They'll appear here from time to time. The first one announces that Larry Lockwood carries on the relay race for the proud distinction of Father of the Youngest ClassBaby. He says, "Lawrence Jr. arrived on May, 28th. Present weight eighteen pounds. He really looks like a good football prospect for 1959 or i960. When you're in Norfolk or Virginia Beach be sure to call on us." Congratulations, Daddy, and who's next?

Gordon Tracy wrote from New Haven that he had enjoyed a day at Hanover while his son Richard entered the 1945 Class. Latter graduated from N. H. H. S. with a class of 1200, won his letter in track for two years as a sprinter, played football, but is pretty light for college football.

Ray Allen says his oldest boy, Bob, transferred residence in September from West Hartford, Conn., to the same room in South Fayerweather his father occupied.

Art and Rachel Jopson drove Art Jr., to Hanover, saw him safely lodged in Topliff, likewise a freshman. Art says they will be on hand early for the SILVER JUBILEE next June.

Harold Walker writes from Marblehead, Mass., he's back in the Army again, with the Ordnance Dept. and attached to the Boston District as a fire protection engineer; the job is keeping him busy traveling around New England. Sign 'em up for 25th Reunion, Hal.

Ping Doty is back and writes from Swampscott, "Two of my boys, Lawrence, 18, and Douglas, 16, left for Hanover for Clark School. Former plans to enter Dartmouth next fall. We all returned last June from a six year stay abroad, where most of our winters were spent in Italy, the three boys going to school in Florence. We came across Italy, France and Spain, taking the boat home from Lisbon." We're glad you're back in contact with the gang, Ping, and hope to see you at class gatherings.

Searles Morton says he planned to spend vacation at the camp of Dick Morenus, in Canada, called it off because of business, but Dick promised to stop at Columbus en route to N. Y. this fall.

Did you send your check for class dues ($5.00) to Don Brooks? If you can't do that, he asks if you will please send at least $2.50 to cover your ALUMNI MAGAZINE subscription. He put every Seventeener on the subscription list who contributed to the Alumni Fund last spring, or who paid dues a year ago, or who has shown definite interest recently in other intangible ways. Will you back him up—and pay your bill now? Last year the class barely broke even, and this year printing expenses will be heavy—with an address book coming out later, and mailings running heavy before reunion. (Are you one of the gang who contributes to the Alumni Fund and still thinks it covers the class? 1917 doesn't receive a cent of that money.) This is Don's fifteenth year working for us. Enough said?

SILVER JUBILEE JUBLES

Sherm Smith broke loose from a lot of night work at Bostich to point his publicity finger at a lot of gents up in Boston swarming around JUBILEE Chairman Halloran. Sherm says they huddle, whisper, take out maps of the Hanover area, mark down the native chicken coops and hog pens, go searching for trombones, saxophones, oil cloth, paint brushes, glass ware, green coats, tent ropes; come back to whisper about Earle, Robie and Loudon, break loose again, take pictures, write inscriptions on attendance cups, cut cards, toss coins, draw straws and disperse shouting something about, "Come hell or high water."

All we can get out of Handsome Halloran is two sentences about working on functional committees, to be announced later, from the Reunion Executive, Regional and Women's Committees already announced, and before this is printed the Jubilee team around Boston will have a practice jamboree before the Harvard game. He also says something about Gile sewing up every worth while hostlery in sight and Showman Stockwell has been up north placing the floods and foots, and there will be no dimmers. Sherm says you gents will all have a letter writing part in the recruiting detail, and you might as well start on your old cronies in the Dawn Patrol right now, call "Fire," throw a rope, and get 'em out.

LATE NEWS FLASH

Every Seventeener envies the committee of three who represented the Class in grasping the hand of Mr. Hopkins on October sixth. Here's the description just received from Mr. Albert I. Dickerson, Executive Assistant to the President: "The presentation of the gift from the Class of 1917 to President Hopkins has just this moment been completed, and while the Baker Library chimes are still ringing for the 10:15 classes I give you the promised brief report for your class notes. Your delegation of Gile, Stone and Tobin were here on the stroke of 10:15 on about as grand a Hanover autumn day as you could ask for. President Hopkins was interrupted in his dictation entirely unconscious, I am sure, of the fact that it was twenty-five years to the minute since the ceremonies of his inauguration were begun. While Charlie Stone and Harold Tobin held the two packages in which the desk set was wrapped magnificently in green, Arch Gile very aptly extended the greetings and congratulations, and expressed the affection, of the Class of 1917." A florist was asked to call at the Hopkins residence at the same moment and leave a note from all of us, for Mrs. Hopkins.

"SAYS WHO?" Doc Gilmore was back in his usual stride,ready to take anything shot in his direction, and return it double, when your roving camera man caught this one of ourformer Secretary at Beacon last summer.You can see he's ready to turn a fast oneon you at reunion, and his recent cardsays: "Looks like a swell committee for the25th. I will probably not get to any gamesbut look out when I show up for somedinner this winter."

You HAVE A DATE HERE EIGHT MONTHS HENCE These five simply beat you to it by a year,were among those who put on a 24th reunion last June. L. to R. they are: standing., Hunk Stillman and Hal Tobin; seated,Spique Mac Intyre, Towler, and Roy Halloran, Silver Jubilee Chairman.

Secretary, 18 Madison Ave., Cranford, N. J Treasurer, 9 Park .Terrace, Upper Montclair, N. J.