A. B., 1944

Times have changed! Commencement at Dartmouth used to mean blackgowned seniors marching to the Bema, words of sage advice by. famous speakers, tears and felicitations from fond parents and friends, noisy farewells to classmates of four years' standing. Graduation for the class of 1944 was different. On a morning in early September President Hopkins stood in his office and, with a few brief words of congratulation, presented the Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude to Richard N. Tarlow '44, while invited guests, Albert I. Dickerson '3O, Executive Assistant, and Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College, looked on. Following the ceremony the new graduate returned to his office on the second floor of Parkhurst Hall and went on with his morning's business. Although, figuratively speaking, the ink on his diploma was scarcely dry, Mr. Tarlow was not faced with the usual peacetime problem of finding a job in the "wide, wide world," for, since June, he has been employed at Dartmouth as Business Manager of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and the DartmouthLog, assistant at the Tuck School, and assistant liaison officer with the Navy. Thus, the symbol of commencement for the class of 1944 was preserved. But for the other 111 '44 men who had completed their college careers and were scattered all over the country, graduation meant only a Hanover postmarked package in the morning mail.