1923
Fifty-three fathers and sons, and eight miscellaneous people who wished they were one or the other made the THIRD ANNUAL SONS OF '23 DINNER at Hanover on January 14 a very large success. Bill Gates, Vice President of Wilson's Department Store in Greenfield, Mass. (plug), handled the whole job, lining up Flanigan, lobsters, and beer, among many other things, to insure that the affair would be long and favorably remembered.
The following sons were there: Class of 194' —William W. Kimball. Class of 1948 Colin C. Stewart IV, Truman T. Metzel Jr., Donald M. Cummings, Class of 1949—John E. Taylor, Class of 1950—William H. Carpenter, George E. Duffy II, Curtis P. Kimball, Simon J. Morand III, Hamilton Gates, John F. Swenson, Sherman M. Clough Jr., Robert C. Ferguson, Richard G. Lohnes, Miles M. Mills Jr., Winfield S. Peters, Earle W. Putnam, David J. Taylor. Class of 1951—John A. Ferguson, George W. Emerson, Alfred T. Holt, John W. Noble, Peter A. Van Orden, Donald W. Clark, David H. Hilton, Peter K. Little, David B. Sargent. Class of 7952—Charles H. Jones III. Edwin T. Rice III, Andrew M. Stewart, Sherman L. Baldwin, Raymond M. Barker, Bart J. Lombardy, Lawrence Schiffenhaus, and Charles H. Weed.
The dads on deck were Colin Stewart, George Ferguson, John Cummings, Carl Lohnes, Lou Putnam, Ralph Emerson, Art Little, Leon Sargent, Joe Lombardy, Sherm Baldwin, Fred Clark, Kerch Holt, Ralph Noble, Lou Van Orden, Joe Schiffenhaus, and Bill Gates.
In addition to Master of Ceremonies Flanigan, other luminaries present were Pudge Neidlinger, Stuie Knight, Joe Pollard, LeeYoung, Jim Broe, Al Pianca and his son Nino, and Bill Kelley and his boy Bill.
A sort of play-by-play account of the party was furnished your correspondent by an observer on the spot. This ring-side version, as reported by our son, is reproduced herewith as follows: "picture taken at 7:00 lrish cracking wise—wanted picture taken in kodachrome so noses would show up—everybody talking- sentiment building up to tackle chow—young- sters Carpenter, Kimball, Kimball and Metzel led movement to feed—food excellent—lrish rising for toastmaster speech—telling about his brother Danny who struck it rich in the California Gold Rush and as a consequence ate fifteen lobsters at one sitting in the old Waldorf—ends speech by introducing Pudge Neidlinger with statement that a dean is to a college as a post is to a dog—the dean holding forth earnestly on the dynamic character of Dartmouth, with a summary of the change from a local institution to its present character of a nationally-known and respected college, and dwelling at some length on present problems and how they affect the future direction of college policy—The Irishman on his feet again—Reads telegrams from Miles Mills and Ralph Duffy—tells jokes, including some about his days as hockey manager—thanks Bill Gates for party—everyone repairing to the lounge for beer—young Metzel playing guitar—group singing—people starting to break it up and go home—it was a swell party".
1923 SUSTAINS TWO LOSSES
We have only recently learned of the death last September 25 of George A. Behringer, and the notice and a fine photograph of George will be found in the In Memoriam section of this issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. We feel sure that George's classmates will want to read the paragraph which follows, and take the liberty of quoting it from a letter received from Mrs. Behringer: "If Dartmouth molds men like George, then it is far, far more than merely his beloved college and it will be a happy day when our son can call himself a Dartmouth man."
Phil Deering died January 30. A brief story of Phil's career, together with a very recent letter he was geod enough to write us about himself and his activities, may be found in the In Memoriam section of this issue. We have heard from Ralph Duffy, who attended the funeral, and quote Duff's letter: "Phil's sudden death came as a great shock to me. The funeral was private and only for family and very close friends. He had no previous warning and was in good health up to the time of his death. We have lost one of our most popular and loyal classmates, who loved life and everyone with whom he came in contact. He built up a fine business and was recognized as a leader in his field, and will be greatly missed."
DID YOU KNOW
that the Boston suburbanites who callthemselves the Charles River Dartmouth Clubhad a party not too long ago, and that '23 wasrepresented by Rog Billings, Bob Buckley, JimBroe, Ted Caswell, Nonnie Fay, Henry Hudson and his boy Bill, Stuie Knight and StanRichmond?
.... that the Boston gang are going to runan all-day outing, complete with wives, duringthe late Spring, probably at some Yacht Club?.... that Mr. Edward Hubert Cashion hadthe honour of announcing the marriage of hissister Mrs. Ursula Cashion Dinegar to Mr.George Lauderdale Plant on Friday, the tenth of December, Nineteen Hundred and forty eight, New York?
.... that Charles H. Jones Jr., vice-president of Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company, was recently elected for a three year term to the board of directors of the National Shoe Manufacturers' Association?
.... that '23's William H. Taylor wrote the first section of a very impressive book "Yachting in North America", 750 pages long, which recently appeared?
.... that the men who are playing key roles in our Class in the work of interviewing candidates tor admission to Dartmouth, are: Rice,Flanigan, Haubrich, Donovan, Dean Baker,Bixby, Friend, Baldwin, Booth, Bill Kelly,Schiffenhaus, Landauer, Height, Millar, and Wilcox?
.... that E. Harold Stoneman, president and treasurer of the Interstate Theater Corporation, which operates some 30 motion picture houses in New England, has been elected Chief Barker of the Variety Club of New England, for 1949?
FOREIGN NEWS
By a very pleasant coincidence, we have heard from 100% of the members of the Class who are located in Hawaii, namely KankyChun and Johnny Coonley, and their letters are below.
First, here is Kanky's: "Briefly, there's nothing unusual about my accomplishments since I left Dartmouth, except that I am married and have four daughters and no sons and own my own home. We will celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary January 23. Our eldest is a sophomore at the University of Hawaii, the second and third are in high school, and the youngest is in sixth grade. To earn my bread and butter and support this harem, I am associated with Dean Witter and Co. in the stock and bond business as a customer's man. Been in this business the last twenty one years and still trying to beat the market, which is next to impossible Regards and aloha from Hawaii. Kan L. Chun, Box 299, Honolulu 9." Here is the letter from Johnny Coonley: Dear Metz: Things go very much the same in this little spot and news of travelling Indians is few and far between. Norm Bankart '29 has been in town on United Airlines business, but that's not much for the Class of '23. As far as I know, the only other member of the gang here is Kanky Chun, whom I see regularly. I have just completed my year as President of the Dartmouth Club of Honolulu, a year during which we have worked to revive the outfit, and have succeeded fairly well. There are about 40 alumni here, with about 25 turning out for our Club meetings. Out this way Dartmouth is fast becoming the place to go, and we are doing a good deal of screening to make sure the College gets the proper selections. I was literally sick at not being able to make the Reunion, as I had planned to be there, but a business situation arose which made it necessary to be here. Now with 15 years of Island living behind me I would never again earn my bread in a city. This is just too good to be true. The work tempo is fast, but the surroundings and the way of living add up to nothing but pluses. For instance, it is a gorgeous sunshiny day, with a gentle breeze blowing, and the temperature about seventy. How does that smell? Sincerely, John Cooniey." (Ed. note: it snells good, you stinker. Its COLD here in your old home town of Chicago.)
DEPARTMENT OF NOSTALCIA
In every issue, from now on, we hope to serve up a recollection of college days, written by some member of the Class. The series starts below, with a piece by Pudge Neidlinger:
ONE THING I REMEMBER
The trip to Penn State in 1920 was my first varsity trip. We had a private car; a luxury I had never before enjoyed. The red dog game was continuous until one man lost over a hundred bucks when an ace was turned against his almost perfect holding of two aces and two kings. He couldn't pay up, was a nervous wreck, and the coaches prohibited all but penny ante gambling for the rest of the season. We played on a dirt field on a blistering hot day. Our sweat soaked green jerseys and their blue ones became the same dirt color so that when I blocked a punt late in the game, and scrambled with two other players to recover it, I couldn't distinguish friend from foe. I thought the man on my left was Eddie Lynch, so I blocked out the other guy so Eddie could recover the ball. The man I blocked out proved to be John Foster my roommate, and the man I thought was Eddie was the Penn State end. I muffed the chance to win the game, and because we all missed other chances we lost a heartbreaker. But the big moment that I shall never forget came later—when we returned to Hanover at 4:00 A.M. off the Montrealer—a beaten team, feeling disgraced, we were met at that hour by a cheering crowd of students, behind leaf fires burning the length of Main Street. It was the greatest welcome a defeated team ever received—the most remarkable demonstration of college loyalty a Dartmouth crowd ever staged. I've felt obligated to that wonderful loyalty ever since that night.
1923 FATHERS AND SONS DINNER: Gathered at the D.O.C. House on Jan. 14 were (top row) W. Peters '50, A. Holt '51, E. Rice '52, N. Pianca, K. Holt '23, J. Taylor '49, A. Pianca '23, R. Noble '23, C. Jones '23, J. Swenson '50, W. Carpenter '50, C. Kimball '50, W. Kimball '47, L. Van Orden '23, P. Van Orden '51. (fourth row) S. Morand '50, M. Miles '50, D. Taylor '5, L. Neidlinger '23, C. Jones '52, C. Stewart '23, C. Stewart '48, D. Sargent E. Putnam '50, L. Putnam '23. (third row) J. Lombardi '23, B. Lombardi '52, J. Cummings '23, D. Cummings '48, D. Hilton '51, J. Noble '51, A. Stewart '52, W. Kelly, W. Kelly '23, L. Sargent '23, A. Little '23, S. Knight '23, J. Broe '23. (second row) C. Lohnes '23, J. Schiffenhaus '23, L. Schiffenhaus '52, R. Dolan, S. Clough '50, G. Emerson '51, R. Ferguson '50, G. Ferguson '23, J. Ferguson '51, C. Weed '52, R. Baker '52, P. Little '51, D. Clark '51. (front row) R. Lohnes '5O, S. Baldwin '52, S. Baldwin '23, S. Flanigan '23, F. Emerson '23, W. Gates '23, H. Gates '50, G. Duffy '50, T. Metzel '48, F. Clark '23.
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