1926
The air is full of tiny floating sounds,Of feathery whispers and shy murmurings.
A mingled fragrance - peony and roses;Day lily, honeysuckle, new cut hay - I smell them all and separate each one - This is a precious hour, this end of day.
Peace walks with me across the (tamperinggrass;Above the hill a slender wedge of moonNudges the branches of the poplar tree;Summer grows tall now - for this is June.
June brings many joys to us - the weddings, the graduations (ours was thirty years ago this month), the outdoor world of activity and vacations. There are always sobering reflections for with these joys go obligations, probably none the least to us is the duty to see that the College continues as we left it thirty years ago. The Alumni Fund is the means to this end and this is the final month!
As June is also the last issue before fall, this is the last reminder of the big 30th summer reunion in Hanover, August 17-18-19 (and write down the date before reading any further). Make your reservations direct with the Inn. As usual the weekend includes the great class golf tournament with its impressive array of prizes.
It is Judge Wallace now! One of Mendham's (N. J.) citizens recently passed the news on to us that the local magistrate was stricken with a heart attack and our Brant Wallace filled in on the bench until his recovery. As would be expected, it was added that he did a fine job. By coincidence we also had a note from Brant last month with the following news:
"Thanks so much for your good wishes on my last birthday, but I think it is about time we stopped counting. The latest news in my family is that my daughter was married October 1 of last year and is now Mrs. William Storey (see January issue of class notes). My son John is a senior at Vermont Academy where Larry Leavitt '25 is headmaster. Dick is in the 8th grade, and at 13, stands 6' and looks down on his old man. I was recently elected president of the Mendham Borough Board of Education, and all in all, we have a pretty busy life in this small town."
Some time ago, a program was sent in of the 31st Pacific Coast Management Conference at the Hotel Claremont, Berkeley, Calif., and our H. Weldon Wilkinson M.D., Industrial Ophthalmologist, was listed as one of the principal speakers on the subject, "Medical Aspects in Management Development." We note the following resume of Weldon in the program:
"A native of New York; attended Dartmouth College; received his M.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1930. Held Fellowship in Ophthalmology (diseases and surgery of the eye) at the Mayo Clinic from 1930 to 1933. Engaged in private practice since then, establishing his present office in San Jose, Calif., in 1940. Devotes his full attention to correction of visual problems. Works closely with industry as an industrial vision consultant in connection with establishment and improvement of industrial eye programs."
It is good to catch up on you, Wilk. You havegone a long way (literally and figuratively)since the old days in Hitchcock.
A brief note on the winter activities at theBelleview-Biltmore comes from Don Church:
"Van and Audrey VanDuyn are with us for two weeks, so our roster of '26 visitors to the Belleview-Biltmore continues to increase. Van and Audrey, Gladys and myself did a pretty good job of tripping the light fantastic in the Starlight Room last night."
However, Don said nothing of Dean Courtney Brown's visit and it took a trip to NewYork to attend an American ManagementAssociation course to find out that Courtneyhad led a panel discussion of educationalcelebrities at an Esso-Standard meeting thereduring the winter.
By the way, did you see Courtney Brown's article in This Week on "Are we running out of oil?" He made the interesting observation that 35 years ago an agency of the Federal Government estimated the amount of crude oil remaining in this nation's ground at seven billion barrels. Since that time about 45 billion barrels have been taken out. This, he says, is the fallacy of making predictions, for new technologies of finding and recovering oil are being developed every day. We are still keeping twelve to thirteen years ahead of ourselves at the current rate of production.
Fortune magazine continues to find material for its pages in our class. Carlos Allen's picture appeared recently with a sage comment on the condition of business in the country.
Paul Allen visited Hanover in February and should at this time be motoring through Switzerland with Lou and Muriel Ingram if their plans of last winter have materialized. It is good to hear that Paul is getting around so freely and has fully recovereed from the accident of six years ago that incapacitated him for so long.
The newspapers seem full of 1926 activities. The Claremont (N. H.) Eagle announces that Sidney C. Hayward has been appointed a new member of the Tri-Town Airport committee, and publishes a picture showing him at a public meeting in Lebanon Town Hall with aeronautic and town officials from Hanover, Lebanon and White River, discussing an expansion of Lebanon Airport.
The Portland (Me.) Express carried a nice account of our Rev. R. P. McClintock who conducted the Ash Wednesday services as the first of the Lenten series at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland. As you know, Dick is rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Medford, Mass.
You will recall our recent announcement in this column of Kermit S. Nickerson's appointment as deputy commissioner of education in Maine. The Waterville (Me.) Sentinel now announces his appointment as commissioner to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Herbert G. Espy. However, Nick has expressed a desire to return to his former position ofdeputy at the end of six months when hehopes a successor can be named to the commissioner's post.
The Lyons (N. Y.) Republican has published an interesting story of the partnershipof Mr. and Mrs. A. "Whit" Blair on the celebration of their 25 years in the photographicbusiness.
The Blairs started their photographic training in New York City and have three times attended the summer school conducted by the National Association at Winona Lake, Ind., as well as a short refresher course at the Rice Photographic School at Wilkes Barre, Pa. Mr. Blair does the camera-room work, commercial photography, and supervises the dark-room work, while Mrs. Blair takes care of the reception room and does most of the coloring and has charge of the retouching and finishing. Since starting in business in 1930, Blair has been active in state and national photographic associations. He is a member of the Photographers' Association of America and was six times the New York State Council member to the organization.
Mr. Blair was a charter member of the A. S. P. and in 1952 he was awarded the Craftsman degree by the National Association. Many of his pictures have hung at the State Society conventions.
The Blairs have a daughter, Sandra Jean, who is a senior at Newark Central School and plans to study art next year.
We have the announcement by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen Marsters of the marriage of their daughter, Mrs. Katherine Vail Marsters Berresford, to Mr. Frederick Hurd on April 7. She is a graduate of the Shipley School and is widow of Richard Case Berresford. The class extends Fred and Katherine best wishes for a happy life!
The 1926 Thursday luncheons at the City Club in Boston are really quite an institution. While on a recent trip to that staid metropolis we took in one and saw Joe Batchelder, Lee Powers, Jim Sullivan, Henry Blake, Bob Patten, Reg Hanson, Hal Trefethen, Henry Whitemore, Russ Clark, Chet Morrison, Don Norstrand, Herb Redman, Ran Cox, and Steve Weston. On the same trip it was also good to see Carl Schipper and Dick Nichols on Park Street and Frank Poor over from Worcester at the Alumni Fund dinner.
Bob Cleary reports that he saw Pren Carnell in Albany, looking hale and hearty, and sent us a brochure of Pren's Albany Business College. Pren looked rather formidable in his picture as "Director of Admissions." When we asked for a report on the occasion of his birthday, he had only this to say, "I am afraid I have nothing very glamorous to report. You've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution."
And that is a reminder we are winding up our 50th birthdays. This month Perry B.Merry and Pat Allen join the half-century club on the Ist and 10th respectively. According to the records that only leaves MikeMcClintock for August. Whoever thought Mike was the class baby?
These birthdays always turn up some interesting facts. Here is a nice letter from DonRobinson on the letterhead of The AmericanPress, 920 Broadway, New York 10, N. Y.
"My pleasantest birthday present was the acceptance of my son Jerry in the Class of 1959 at Dartmouth. After two weeks there, he writes that there isn't anything which isn't wonderful about the College.
"I am still editor of the American Press magazine with which I have been associated for seventeen years. For the past five years our family has been living on a farm near Flemington, N. J. (made famous by the Lindberg trial). For a couple of years we really farmed, raising most of our own vegetables, pork, lamb, beef and chickens. Our records showed that we could do this for only about 30% more than it cost to buy these kerns in stores. So now we spend most our time fishing and living in the country. Best to all in the class."
And from Doug Everett:
"Thank you very much for your letter acknowledging my recent birthday. I did not look forward to the day particularly, but when it arrived, my sister gave me a surprise party attended by about thirty of my friends, at which I put to good use all of the Mambo lessons I have been taking during the winter. We also had plenty of exercise with the right arm, so that evening, at least, passed very happoly.
"My son Ted whom you will remember, graduated June 1954 and is now at Shaw Air Force base in South Carolina. Bob Carr is in Concord frequently as chairman of the Insurance Committee of the New Hampshire Legislature. Today I met Clarence Brazil on the street. Although he lives in Laconia, he gets to Concord occasionally. A great deal of my time now is taken up with our Concord Hospital, inasmuch as I am president of the trustees and we are building a 3½ million dollar building. We seem to have all kinds of problems, but I know the results will be more than worth it.
"When in Boston recently, I stopped in to see Joe Batchelder, Randy Cox, Russ Clark, and Stu Orr but was unlucky enough not to find any one of them in. Here's hoping I will see you in Hanover, at least by August."
It is with deep regret that we must announce the death of Romulo "Tiny" Marsans on April 5 while on vacation at St. Petersburg, Fla. Further details will be found in the InMemoriam column elsewhere in the MAGAZINE.
For those who have not heard the news, Nathaniel R. Hopkins II '54, son of Mr. andMrs. Donald B. Hopkins, died on March 19. Nat had suffered from a neuro-muscular ailment since the age of 5, but despite that he had graduated from Dartmouth and had carried on his work as salesman of advertising, although confined to a wheel chair for the last ten years. He was a real hero, of indomitable courage in a gallant struggle against the inevitable.
A last minute report has come in from Gordon Chipman on the class dinner in New York. There were 17 on hand as follows: Lloyd Sandford, Paul Allen, Chip, Bob Cleary, Snipe Esquerre, Tony Gleason, Jake Jacobus, Hap Johnston, Ed Hanlon, Dick Mandel, Steve Millard, Okey O'Connor, Bob Stopford, Herm Terfethen, Bob Weil, Bob Minton and Larry Wolff. Sounds like a swell group, but Chip feels we ought to do better than 15% of the 110 members in the New York area.
And so we close the books until October. In the meantime, have a good summer. Before you leave make sure the check is in for our 30th-year Alumni Fund goal. See you on August 17-18-19 at Hanover. We'll be back in the fall!
EDITOR'S NOTE: Word has reached the MAGAZINE that in a noteworthy promotion, Herbert H. Harwood, '26 Class Secretary, has been appointed, as of May 1, Executive Representative of the New York Central System, with his headquarters now in South Station, Boston.
George S. Starke '26, a vice president of Sperry Gyroscope Division, Sperry Corp., and president of Bayberry Ventures, is shown with Mrs. Starke at the 25th Reunion.
Dartmouth entertains the Yankees at the Belleview-Biltmore, in Belleair, Fla. Rack row (l to r): Manager Casey Stengel, Ted Caswell '23, Harry Fisher '26, Charlie Rice '23, George Weiss, Yankees general manager, Don Church '26. Front row, Olive Caswell, Mrs. George Weiss, Mary Fisher, Gladys Church, Jean Rice.
Coach Bob Blackman (l) shares a laugh withTed Girault '27 (r), president of the LongIsland Dartmouth Club, and Rog Allen '37(center), enrollment chairman, at the dinnergiven at Felice's Restaurant, Westbury, L. I.
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