Burdett College - Burbad Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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D000 b ' thrown out of an office' But why? Oh yes. just 1 f 2 tl' ? Bob Beard elflg , ,, ' . . I , ,Simi uhnfngjbn hid been forced to resign as President of his insurance company. It in tus momen l' to a 99 year old relation and named himself as seems that he sold a 20 year endowmCHt D0 105' beneficiary' . - that of a busy office. After looking for a minute I Tl .-t image to come into focus was Sqw q 523-enjqrkecl Rosenwald 8 Murry , Public Accountants. Seated at the desks about the L . i I , , HAI W tg-Ott Lawrence Lester, Dulong, Card, and Paul Brownell. othce were Speed ' Tracey, - 95 f Rgaljzjng that Burdett men were best, the partners had engaged all men they had known. To this they attribute their success. n l i Another turn of the knob and what did I see but a movie set and wavey haired despair of nmnf, a fnif damsel, Art Corcoran, who had become the country's leading Celluloid hero. Stev- ens and Cunningham were also in the movies, Steve as a little boy and Bill as a vrllam, lse I knew I gave the dial a twist and WHOOPIE! There they go! Who Seeing no one e. 3 y , ou ask? Why who would it be but Cliff Schneider, the world s present heavyweight champ, y ' 1: ' and MHC,-hge Gannett having their daily work-out. Well Hurb always wanted to wrestle a la Sonny. A few more twists and three men in s r p. , . , the screen. I was not surprised to see my old friends Al Barnes, Tiny Cleveland and Al Durant being held in duress vile. After the reputation they gained as the celebrated subway band- f its of Park Street fame, what could one expect. Wondering what brought about .their down all I turned the dials off and telephoned Red O'Brien and asked him. 'fRed had recently been appointed Boston Police Commissioner. He said that the class in Money and Banking was to blame. After their trip to the Federal Reserve Bank they had become obsessed with the idea of being bigger and better bandits and so naturally they had to hold up the bank. However, Bill McCormick, the guard, foiled them. When he saw them approaching the gate he asked, What is the difference between convertible and inconvertible money? While they were discussing the sub- ject Bill called De Celle, Messier and Art Skoglund, who were there and after a terrible struggle they subdued the band of bad boys by offering to buy them cream puffs. After telling me about the boys Red asked me if I had as yet seen Snapper Car's theatre. It seems that Snapper always a lover of the drama, had interested the famous promoters, Bob Kennedy and Al Peoples in building the largest theatre in New England. The project had been successful from the beginning and a stock company headed by Snapper was giving performances every day to packed houses. Other class matesvappearing with the company were Herb Danskin, Charlie Ellis, Bill King. Red suddenly broke off his conversation to talk with someone in the office. On renewing our little chat, he told me that he had just received word that Howie Davis had absconded from the New York Trust Company with all the available currency and was believed to bein Boston. That of course meant work for Red and he said that he would detail his best de- detective, Dave Miller, to the case. t i ed suits heavily guarded and chained appeared on l Back to the detecto-vision . I trotted and a couple of turns on the knobs brought another picture, this time a world famous jazz band,led by none other than that master of rhythm Bob SYlYeSt91'- Af the Plano was Mac McGowan pounding as though his life was in danger. The music was a number written by Guile Ford with the lyrics by Frank Goodale Another turn of the dials and a board room came into view. At the head of the table was our Old fflfnd, F. Coffey, president of the largest shoe concern in Haverhill. Among the directors were lvalt Mason, Will Powers and Frank Smith. A O t - , , ne more um and what have We hers? WWW If S Stan ' Perry surrounded by seeds and farm im l t . H h d . ' ' - - . , enl3rS?gE2 Zusimisssa associated himself with Millard Quimby and together they had built up an Next came Ken Ranki . n who had become a famous candy manufacturer. A lot' of his Fzfly-six - J-s pQyDbf5oM7Q-Q-Cs Z f bu . by T I QT M lef il 1? SE fs Ia Ps fn fl fr is . fs I fi fi fn

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ihghr X XIX! 3, I , I I it I . I i 'I I fl , I I I ,A ...11--f I gyviyivv I 4 Q , , f , Cllass Prophecy IT was the year 1949, just 20 years since I had left Burdett and ventured forth to start on my second million dollars, CI tried for my first and failed which was the cause for my attend- ing the schoolj that I came back to Boston. The first place I visited was the school and lo' a fifty story building greeted my eyes. On top of the building an enormous sign announced to the world that the entire building was occupied by that now most famous of institutions. In the entrance was a directory to various departments and to my surprise the list of officers was as follows: DF. A. Eflyaft President Harold L. Goodwin Vice-President Christian Ehrles , . , Treasurer Then I realized how the school had attained such a phenomenal success. Under the guidance of such capable officers how could Burdett do anything but grow. The Doc and Harold told me however that they had tried to watch Chris very closely. It seems that, excellent treasurer tho' he was, his eyes were poor and he couldn't tell the school's money from his own. In defense of himself Chris said that all money looked alike, being facsimiles, and was it any won- der he made a mistake. After a good talk with the Doc, I inquired for my old school mates and expressed a desire to see them all again. To my surprise, Doc said Icould. I really thought the poor fellow a bit balmy until he explained that two of the twenty-niners, Bill Gentleman and Sandy Wil- son had left the business field and become inventors. It seems that they had their ability by in- venting excuses for absences during their school days. The boys had discovered that every per- son sent out a distinct electrical impulse so they had, after years of effort, perfected a machine which they called the 'fDetecto-Vision. The machine would pick up the image of any person no matter where they were, and throw it on the screen. Following the Doctor's directions, I arrived at their laboratory and after shaking hands was greeted by the familiar query, Got a cigarette? I furnished them with Drew's Synthetic Cigarettes made from the finest cornsilk. His slogan is After you draw on a Drew you'll never draw on another. I never knew whether that was a threat or not. VVe then entered the room where the machine was. I immediately sat down and started to move the dials until a picture appeared on fthe screen. Slowly it materialized and then who? where? what? Surely enough, even as in school where he came first on the roll, came Anderson's image. .There he was, running about among icebergs clad in Wong's Finest silk underwear. He was in the ArCt1C SUDQFVIS' ing the construction of a pipe line which was to carry enough cold air to :Washington to Counter- act the hot air dispelled by our favorite Senators, Cliff Hathorn and Eddle FHIICY- These two were Causing much Suffering from the heat and the pipe line idea was suggested and financed b I the countr 's leadin banker,-Blood. H 5 The nextiimage wai hard to focus. First I thought it Was Hpfld, Blew and then I tliolight it was 'fBOb Beard. It Seems that thru constant association their impulses were very similar. Finally Hpudfsff image Cleared and imagine my astonishment. There was Pud in darkest Africa, surrounded bv natives most of whom were wearing Spirella Corsets. Plld had found ' . Af t if Veal' a new field and thru his expert salesmanship fpage Doc Snowj had go e na ives o X . H H , , . fd tk corsets although they Wore no other clothing- Well' Pud always Wits an qdmlrer O ar women. Fzfly-fwe F t Tlx 53,IX,1fJ.X1 --'t

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. -+ wo -. . D00 r if I , 11, -.-Q J 1 4 0 - u C Cf C' ff i ,I ,X I td 1' success was due to the efforts of Tom Gleason, the country's foremost illustrator, and Joe Dowd, an accomplished copy writer. Then a picture of a railroad terminal appeared on the scene. A dedication of a new engine built by the Doolittle Lomotive XfVorlcs was taking place. The main speaker was introduced by Governor Chet Vetterlein and was introducing the president of theyroad, Hoc Hewitt. The engine was to be used exclusively in the service of the Northern Paper Company. This company was organized in 1930 with Phil Wfheeler as president and Dave Decker, vice- president. Dave had been lured away from his first love, cash registers, by the efforts of Bernard Morse who realized his value as an executive. Jacob Rosemark was chief accountant for the firm and was aided by Gordon Thayer and Irving Pitman. ' Then I remembered that the air-liner on whichfI was to leave for Paris was scheduled to leave at three forty-live o'clock. Glancing at my watch I noticed that it was then Three thirty o'clock so I had to leave in a hurry. My run for the air-port reminded me of the many times I had dashed madly for my train as I left Boston. This time when I left the Hub city my last wish was that the entire class could again be assembled as a unit. But-Quien Sabe? Maybe somewhere in the Great Beyond we may. Fifty-seven. I I 'Q ' TK 1 its A-.--H rf e ge-f 177