Letters

The First Rub

To THE EDITOR:

The cover of January's ALUMNI MAGAZINE brings to mind the first "rub" the portrait bust of Dean Lavcock received.

Just prior to the official presentation of the portrait to the College the Dean, the artist, Nancy Cox McCormick, and I met at the library for a final inspection of the bust in peace. The covering was removed and we were just plain shocked at a large shining spot at the end of the nose. The first thought was vandalism but this idea was ruled out as untenable because of Dean Laycock's universal popularity.

Mrs. McCormick promptly got busy with lipstick and powder effecting proper temporary repairs.

Later it was discovered that a painter working near the portrait had splashed paint on its nose and had resorted to steel wool to effect the removal.

Scarsclale, N. Y.

"Dartmouth Aggies"

To THE EDITOR:

I thought you might be interested in a facetious project which I had in mind for yesterday afternoon at Trenton but which was thwarted because duty required that I return to New Brunswick.

Two Dartmouth graduates were scheduled to appear on programs in connection with the Annual New Jersey Farmers' Week held under the auspices of our State Department of Agriculture. They were Dr. Richard P. White '18, Executive Secretary of the American Association of Nurserymen, who was scheduled to address the New Jersey Association of Nurserymen on the subject "Things to Come," and Robert E. Gleary '26, of Welsh Farms, Long Valley, N. J., who was scheduled to participate as a milk processor in a panel discussion of consumer relations at the meeting of livestock and dairy interests.

My thought had been to try to get these two together and to organize the three of us as charter members of the "Dartmouth Aggies." I am sorry that I could not put it into execution.

New Brunswick, N. J.

'78 Notes Missed

To THE EDITOR:

I was very disappointed to read in the December issue of your MAGAZINE that Mr. William Parkinson may not continue to write the notes of the Class of 1878. These notes are of such interest to so many men of other classes for their humor, common sense, and heartwarming optimism that I hope the Editor will see that the notes are not being discontinued because of lack of editorial assistance to the writer.

Cleveland, Ohio

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Parkinson has been forced by more general reasons to discontinue the 1878 notes. The MAGAZINE is the poorer tor this loss, and the editors hope that there may still be an occasional '78 report.

TRADITIONAL DEAN: The January cover picture of a student rubbing the nose of Dean Laycock's portrait bust has brought forth this unpublished snapshot of the beloved Dean good-naturedly posing in an ancient car with two undergraduates dressed for Old Timers' Day, no longer observed.