1945

It has been two months since the last ALUMNI MAGAZINE was published, which has allowed enough time for some class mail to come in. Our incoming mail has a sudden spurt right after each newsletter, and then drops off to a very slow dribble which makes it increasingly difficult to write much news. We don't like to gossip or tell tales out of school, but it's rumored that any reciprocation is greatly appreciated—no hints or anything like that.

"Lefty" Grunditz dropped us a short note from Cherry Point, N. C., saying, "The Marines are a swell outfit," and something to the effect the lack of women is appalling. Not too far away from Hanover are Jack Gile, John Van Buren, Pete Beck, Pete Habein, and Howie "Gnome" Sawyer, who are stationed at Camp Ethan Allen, Vt. They will come back here for Med School, in November. Johnny White writes from M.I.T. that, "Things on the whole are pretty nice here, good food, good liberty, and sailing on the Charles River. Yet I never realized till now what a wonderful time I had up in those New Hampshire hills." .... I guess we all realize that by now, ancl I think I might give a little food for thought, at this moment, by suggesting some kind of a reunion or get-together or sumpin', "When The Lights Go On Again." ....

Quite often we receive a message from you fellows' parents, with class dues and a brief word of your whereabouts. Bob Shaw's father writes that Bob is at Camp Abbot, Oregon, in basic training and expects to go into ASTP soon. Word comes from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barker that their son Henry is now an Air Cadet student, at Slippery Rock, Pa. AC Gordon Sleeper is flying PT Trainers in Douglas, Ga., and is rather vulnerable at this stage, for he writes, "I'm the only Dartmouth man here, but I'm being continually plagued by four Harvard men." Hmm. . . . .

Joe Young is at Camp Van Com, Miss., and hoping to attend ASTP soon Bill Hartshorn writes that he would appreciate coming back to some of Hanover's winters after sweating through a real summer in San Antonio, Texas Speaking of San Antonio brings to mind Dave Strauss who left Dartmouth at the end of his freshman year. I received the first letter from him in over a year, and he has apparently been around quite a bit; in the services, I mean. He is now at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego. He writes, in rough comparison, "How are the Smith, Colby, and Norwich, Vt., girls?" Oh my! Same fond memories, Tex. Don Ash, alias "Broadway," comes forth with, "When this thing is over, we ought to have a blast that will be the blast of all times—a week long, maybe." Then as contrast to so many letters, "The gals still outnumber the guys here in Easton, about ten to one. The other night we " Don't blame it on me, the censor did it. Don, by the way, is at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.

Rog Washburn wrote in from Carnegie Tech, Pittsburgh, Pa., and wishes to be remembered to Johnny Pine. Cadet Charles Youmans is at the Waco Army Flying School in Waco, Texas. On his last furlough, he made a quick dash home to Cuba and in his words, "Had a perfect time and met a hundred Cuban beauties." In the Hearts and Flowers Dept. we have Sgt. Austin B. Wason recently married to Miss Shirley Fogg of Exeter, N. H.

See you next month. Meanwhile be sure to write in.

Secretary, COSO, Robinson Hall Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 4th Class Man West Point, N. Y.