1947

We did not look to the future when we edited the last Newsletter, so in spite of last months' rest, news is scarce. If these newsletters have not been reaching you, we hope you will let us know so that we can correct the mistake if it is ours.

We had previously reported that scuttlebutt had it that Chuck Barton had been commissioned recently, but now we have it on authority that Chuck was commissioned at Columbia and has been assigned to Fort Schuyler, N. Y., for two months' training before transfer to Miami, where he will receive additional training as a line officer in navigation.

Bob Keane has been spending a lazy summer at Lake Winnipesaukee, but has been invited to Bainbridge, Md. Bob had a chance at radio technician training if he wished to sign up for four years, so this offer was turned down.

Tom Harrington has been in Luzon since last February, after training at Fort Bragg for the Field Artillery Communications. Shortly after arrival in Luzon, he was transferred to the 113th Army Ground Force Band and has been traveling many miles each week playing for dances and giving concerts at many hospitals over there. Tom is now a corporal but does not mention meeting any classmates in his travels.

Pete Larson sends an interesting letter from Harlingen Army Air Field in Texas: "I've had a very slow moving Army career so far, with not much chance of seeing excitement in the future. Seventeen months ago I qualified for aviation cadets, and for seventeen months I've been sitting around various Army air fields waiting to go through. Now that the war is over there doesn't seem to be much chance for those silver wings I'll probably see another year of service before I'll be able to return to school." Pete is doing public relations work at the Field.

We have just received a letter from Bob Mortimer, which was written 26 June and postmarked 16 July; it must have gotten lost along the way. At present, Bob is attached to the communications division aboard a merchant ship. It seems to be a nice life for he says the food is good, the quarters are excellent, and "best of all, lots of liberty." Bob has been stationed for quite some time in Brooklyn and

New York and has been making good use of his liberty. He reports attending a Dartmouth Alumni dinner at which President Hopkins spoke.

The contents of this column is very meager. Drop us a line and gives us a hand with the news. We can't print another letter until more material comes in.

Secretary, 304 Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, 304 Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.