Letters

Dad Vail Regatta

To THE EDITOR:

I was Chairman of the group of Greater Springfield citizens, who financed and sponsored the recent Dad Vail Association Regatta here. I want to tell you how much we enjoyed having the Dartmouth men here, and what a fine impression they made in Springfield.

Although the Dartmouth Crew in the varsity eight races may have seemed to have made a poor showing, I am sure that that was partly due to the fact that they rowed under a heavy distance handicap.

Our group had nothing to do with the management or officialing of the races. The Dad Vail Association offers great possibilities, but is in need of a stronger organization. If they had sent officials familiar with rowing conditions here in advance, all inequalities and handicaps at the start of the race would have been eliminated. The twenty-five thousand who witnessed the race did not know this and thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle.

Springfield, Massachusetts.

Dean Laycock

To THE EDITOR:

Pursuant to announcement on page 21 of the June issue, received last night, of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, I should appreciate beyond measure, if it is still available, to have a reprint of the full page picture of Craven which appeared in the May issue and to that end, even though offered free of charge, I shall be glad to defray any expense to which you may be put in compliance with my request.

I£ better men than Craven have lived, I have yet to know one. No man ever had a better friend. My memories of him, every one, from the time that he became Assistant Dean —which was during my undergraduate days-to the day of his death are happy ones, with not a flaw to mar them. Hanover will not be the same without his presence, but the memories will endure. And, as always, nostalgia is in evidence when I think of Hanover. For nearly 30 years, whenever I have been asked where my permanent home was, my invariable reply has been "Hanover, New Hampshire."

Highland Park, Mich.