1911

An event of great interest to the Class took place at Whitefield, N. H., on the afternoon of September 9, when Mary Dodge was married to Prof. Thomas W. Silk, of the Hotel School at Cornell University, by the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale. The wedding was a quiet afternoon affair in her mother's beautiful home near the hotel and attended only by immediate members of the families. Many of you will remember Tom Silk as sports director at the Mountain View between 1935 and 1942, when he left to enter the Service. He was a captain in the Army, where he studied the Japanese language and was stationed in Korea during the war. Since leaving the Service, he has been on the Cornell staff teaching hotel accounting and working with Professor Meek, Dean of the Hotel School, on admissions.

Following a honeymoon in Maine, Mary returned to the Mountain View to close the season, and Tom took up his work at Cornell. Tom will have a Sabbatical this spring, when he and Mary leave on a delayed wedding trip to Europe.

The following, from the Hotel and Restaurant News gives Mary's story of her plans:

"... there will be no changes in the operation of the Mountain View which she said will always be run by the Dodge family.

"Schuyler Dodge, her son, has resigned as assistant manager of The Fenway at Dunedin, Fla., where he winters, and will take over for Mrs. Dodge at the Mountain View handling correspondence and working with Assistant Manager John T. Delaney on maintenance.

"Mrs. Dodge will make her home in Ithaca with her husband. She plans to commute frequently between Ithaca and Whitefield this winter. "John Dodge, her other son, is in the Service for two years, after which it is planned that he and his brother, Schuyler will be co-managers of the fine "White Mountain resort. Mrs. Dodge (now Mrs. Silk) will be managing director."

While on the subject of Mountain View, the annual June Party for 1911ers was reported to have been the usual pleasant occasion and was attended by the following: the Learoyds, Coopers, (Sarge) Eatons, Crooks,Harts, Russells and son Larry, Bob Sanderson,Sterlings, Hedges, Agrys, Pearsons, and (Josh)Clarks.

The sad news for the month is the anouncement of the deaths of "Doc" Bond, CarlGroat and Guy Steeves, all stalwart Dartmouth 1911ers. See In Memoriam.

It is desired to make two public expressions of thanks concerning one Josh Clark. One is the thanks of the Class to him for his successful handling of the Alumni Fund, when he not only exceeded last year's total contributions and the number of contributors, but also for bringing into the fold the names of several men who contributed for the first time. The other "thank you" is due from the sec'y for his willing and able carrying on of the class notes for the past six months.

The Secretary and his wife, Bee, are happy to anounce their return to Hanover after eight very pleasant months abroad. The first six of these were spent in Italy, the major part of which was in the establishment of a Graduate School of Business at Turin but with a sufficient amount of time available for travel through Switzerland and Italy, taking in the principal cities of Switzerland and visiting many factories in both countries. The last two months were given to traveling through France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, Wales and England. While in London, it was a pleasure to have lunch with Burt and Mrs. Burbeck, and to find Burt busily engaged in a seller's market in those items recently removed from rationing, such as coffee, cocoa, tea, etc. The J. Lyons & Cos., of which Burt is a departmental sales manager, is the biggest food-distributing company in Europe. They own and operate food factories, hotels and many restaurants in London besides the large chain of. the Lyons Lunchrooms. The other 1911er whose company we enjoyed was Helen Troy, who is spending a year in Italy with a friend who has an estate on the Riviera. We found ourselves at Florence at the same time, and enjoyed having dinner with her. Helen is much interested as always in 1911 Dartmouth, and we all consider her one of our active members.

The last issue of the MAGAZINE carried a story of Bill Gooding's retiring as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds after 33 years of service. It did not state, however, that two parties were held in his honor, at the first of which faculty members and officers of administration participated; this was at Keene's Lodge in Etna, where he was presented with one of Herb West's paintings of Dartmouth Hall; the other party was given in the Bema by all of his former employees, at which time he was presented with a portable radio and a testimonial, signed by every living individual who had been on the pay-roll during his term of office.

Stanton Griffis, in his interesting book, Lying in State, recently published by Doubleday, in referring to his associates in Paramount, writes the following of Austin Keough:

"... and certainly I cannot forget Austin Keough, Paramount's own Blackstone. A brilliant lawyer, he has guided the company for many years through the mazes of government suits, monopolistic charges, civil suits, and strike suits, which unfortunately have a way of cropping up in this strange industry. Always harassed and overworked, he has never lost his perspective, and I have come to the conclusion through the years that he likes his job."

HONORED BY COLLEAGUES: Willard M. Gooding '11 upon his retirement as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds last June was given a farewell picnic by his Dartmouth associates and presented with a painting of Dartmouth Hall, by Herbert F. West '22.

Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, Howland Dry Goods Cos., Bridgeport 2, Conn. Bequest Chairman,