Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 15' over and there hear Hoppy give his annual talk to the members of that group. It means that I will have to start practicing what I have preached in regard to letters and pictures. But, above all else, it means that I am giving someone else the opportunity of having the same fun for the next five years that I have had since June 1922. This Class history or report or story-or what you will-has been made possible by the cooperation which has been extended by practically every man in the Class. More especially, how- ever, all credit for the appearance of the book goes to Butch Shennan. His firm in Brattleboro, which enjoys an enviable reputation in the field of book printing, has cooperated to the nth degree in order that we might make our first Class Report a good one. It is for you to decide the degree of success. Pete Olds has rendered very valuable assistance, because his firm made nearly all of the Cuts which have been used. Bill Sewall and George Gregory have each helped immensely, because they have supplied suggestions and material which have been invalu- able. As a matter of fact, Bill had already compiled a large amount of the data which has been used, and we all know the splendid work which he did as Secretary. Last, but far from least, credit for the book itself goes to a graduate of Dartmouth's sister college. Miss Madeline Cary, Smith 1923, who has been my secretary since my removal to New York, has done the work. Her cooperation and untiring efforts in behalf of this publication make it absolutely necessary that every man in the Class appreciate just-how much indebted we are to her. But, you've listened to me long enough. Turn the pages of this book and turn the pages of the calendars for the years to come, and as you do so, remember that it is up to each and every one of you to keep making the Class of 1917 the best class of the best college that I know anything about. SUNNY SANBORN, Secretary. New York City June 1, 1927

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14 THE CLASS OF NINETEEN SEVENTEEN It is a source of considerable regret that I found it very, very difHcult to collect complete stories of those men who have died since September 1913. I did want to have this first compilation of their histories represent a complete picture of their lives as we knew them. But, in most cases the College files and our own files are woefully inadequate, and the relatives of these men are, in several instances, quite inaccessible. Here's hoping that a fifteen year report can contain a much better necrology. The individual histories have been compiled from data on file, and from notes which have been made from time to time as someone has reported the activities of another, or from notes which I have made when I have met a classmate personally. Please forgive the rambling style which has been used. Please forgive the stretched imagination which evidences itself in spots. Please forgive the fact that rank is used instead of rating in war records of Navy men. Please forgive errors in spelling of proper names, because I have done my best to interpret hand- writing exactly. And, please remember that many of the stories have been written with only an address or some short note as a guide. The picture record should have been more complete, but natu- ral modesty on the part of the classmates has handicapped my work in collecting the necessary prints from which to make re- productions. I hope that every man in the Class will make it his own personal job to provide a good snapshot of himself for the Class files at least once every five years. A pictorial record is many times more interesting than a written record, and that is substantiated by the newspaper reading public which insists on having its news served up in picture form. lVIore than that, think of the years that are coming when we will want to have a good picture of some man who has gone where Class dues are not collectible and reports do not have to be made to the Secretary. It is with many regrets that my five-year term is completed this June. It means that I will have to read someone else's reports of what the different men are doing. It means that I can no longer attend the meetings of the Secretaries Association in Han-

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