1921
As we were saying, Waikiki would be a wonderful spot for our 35th Reunion, if we could stay a month and not care about the size of the bill. Actually Furb and Mary Haighl can probably make the round trip from L. A. to Hanover for the reunion at less cost than they could go to Hawaii. So let's return to the campus and give the difference to the Alumni Fund.
After your secretary had spent a week studying business possibilities in the Islands, the arrival of the Burroughs and Wilde families laden with leis provided the familiar faces so necessary to full enjoyment of the scenery. Soon after they were settled in a double bungalow at the Halekulani, Bob started taking both snapshots and movies, rode an outrigger canoe, learned to stand up on a surfboard, lost two reels of movie film and doused his camera when a motor boat capsized in the surf, dined with Sam King, son of the Territorial Governor, and explored all parts of Oahu. Rog was just as active exploring, surfboard riding, taking many 3-D or stereoscopic photos and making a speech to the local Dartmouth group. Ted and Cele Sonnenfeld arrived later but seemed to get swamped with social engagements, including those with '21.
On Friday, February 26, Pud and MaudeWalker staged a '21 reunion at their home, including cocktails and buffet supper (wonderful curried shrimps). Guests included Rogand Caroline Wilde, Bob and Dottie Burroughs, Ted and Marion Merriam, Ken and Mrs. Emory '20, Joseph F. McLaughlin '30, Louis P. Benezet '99 and his son, Roger P. Benezet '32. Wilde's picture of the group may appear soon. Ted is with the Bank of Hawaii where his indoor work has robbed him of his former pink cheeks. Otherwise, he seems the same. Ken is Curator at the Bishop Museum, is an authority on the anthropology of the Polynesians, and holds two Doctors' degrees. Both he and Mrs. Emory are fascinating conversationalists. Joe is the judge of the local U.S. District Court. Louis gave up playing tennis at the age of 66 after beating all comers. His son Roger is an architect, specializing on industrial buildings. The panorama of Honolulu's lights which Pud enjoys each evening from his home evoked repeated exclamations. As we reluctantly bade our farewells, both the Walkers and the Merriams sent their Alohas to all men of '21.
Immediately upon returning to the Mainland in March, Rog Wilde spoke at four regional meetings of Alumni Fund agents in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. He did a beautiful job in Boston, where the 100 or more men present included Bill Perry,Don Sawyer, Russ Bailey, John Woodhouse,Randy Childs, Chan Symmes and ye secretary. The enthusiasm and determination of the gathering augurs well for the success of the 1954 campaign. Surely these loyal workers deserve our serious and careful consideration. They give freely of time, money, thought and energy while the rest of us only have to think a little and give as much money as we can spare.
At the March meeting of the Charles River Dartmouth Club in Wellesley, Mass., TomCleveland, Tom Norcross and Reg Miner were the only '21 men in a crowd of 140. The stay-at-homes missed an informative talk on Russia by Prof. John C. Adams of Hanover Holiday fame.
The Class of '21 was represented by a bigger delegation at the annual dinner of the Boston Alumni Association in February. Don Sawyer reports that Dan Ruggles, when introduced as Vice President at the head table, got a loud Bronx cheer from the '21 group. Participants were Russ Bailey, Jack Campbell, Jeff Lawrence, Stan Oliver, Chan Symmes, Leon Bateman, Walt Prince, Bill Perry and Don Sawyer.
Speaking of 1921 gatherings, mark down now two dates on your calendar. May 12 and October 16. The earlier date is the '21 dinner at the Green Room in the Hotel Gardner, Boston, before Dartmouth-Night-at-the-Pops. The other is the Colgate game at Hanover, preceded by the annual class meeting and cocktails-buffet luncheon at the Ski Hut. MickShoup says he and Dorothy will be there in October.
Via Bill Hulbert '18 and Dick Pearson '20 we learn that Harry Cliamberlaine was recently elected president of the Tuck School Clearing House at its New York meeting in March. Ort Hicks is also on the advisory committee of this outfit which is an association of holders of Tuck School degrees. It is again rumored that Jack Hubbell is heading up a big advertising campaign to improve the sleeping habits of all Americans and sell carloads of Simmons mattresses. Cliff Hart, in his column About Men You Know in the Dartmouth Club of N. Y. News, relates that Captain IronMike Hicks of the Club squash team is bloody but unbowed after his team went down to defeat in the Class C league but is making plans now for a better showing next season.
Ralph Steiner is the author of a chapter in the revised edition of Graphic-Graflex Photography released in March. The chapter entitled "A Portrait of Jones" is a fresh approach to the problem of portraiture, stating that all subjects are two persons, the "Inside" and "Outside" characters. The real photographer should coax the man in hiding behind the mask out in the open and not have just the smiling caricature of the outside person.
Dr. G. Elliott May, who left us after freshman year to get his A.B. at Hamilton and his M.D. at Harvard Medical, was recently appointed Obstetrician-in-Chief at the NewtonWellesley (Mass.) Hospital. El is also on the staffs of Richardson House at the Boston Lying-in Hospital and Wyman House at the Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge.
Did you see the AP wirephoto in your newspaper of President Eisenhower leaving St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington after attending the annual Mass for the legal profession? John Sullivan is talking to Mamie in the background.
In the Boston society columns we find the announcement of the wedding of Constance V. Tenney, daughter of Ben and ConstanceTenney, to William Wakefield Worcester, in Brookline. The bride graduated from Winsor School in 1948 and Vassar in '52 and is a member of the Junior League and Vincent Club. The groom is a graduate of Milton Academy '46 and Yale '50. After two years with the U. S. Army in Germany, he is now with Prentice-Hall, publishers in New York City, where they will live.
Did you get a kick out of the reproduction of Paul Sample's painting of Old Ledyard Bridge? It ought to be worth framing. While you're in that nostalgic mood, write out your check for the '54 Fund, if you've put it off until now, and Make it More in '54.
NEW HONOR: Modie J. Spiegel '22 was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Spiegel Inc., Chicago mail order house.
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