Dartmouth in Argentine

Lew Munson '28, formerly of Wilmington, who for the past 16 months has lived in Buenos Aires as Treasurer of DuPont's Argentine subsidiary writes, "Dartmouth isn't quite as far away as the intervening 7,000 miles would lead one to expect. Our production manager is Dick Plummer '25. I often play billiards at noon with Bob Smith '32, while in the gallery sits W. S. Perry '10 and his son who expects to be '45.

"The most ardent local Dartmouth rooter, until she went home recently, has been a French countess (nee a Georgia belle) who claims that from the time she was 16 until she married she never missed a Dartmouth houseparty, and who thinks that anyone who had the benefit of four years in Hanover has a head start of at least 50% on the rest of the world.

"The most remarkable thing is the ease with which one can settle down to life in a foreign city and feel perfectly at home in a very short time. Life here affords a much broader field of social contacts—B. A. fails to live up to its reputation in many respects, but as a melting pot and a meeting place for all types and nationalities, it certainly does not.

"Here, also, we are much closer to European troubles than I believe you at home, and have many chances to witness at first hand the subversive activities of those who now show signs of becoming the declared enemies of the States."