1910
1948-1949 was a rough year on Dartmouth men with the scotching blasts from the Chicago Tribune, the Cirotta case, the Vermont incident.... and when such things are all over they do not leave a good taste in anyone's mouth .... of course, far better if they had never happened .... never in 44 years of Dartmouth affiliation have we heard so many mean things said about the College .... and when you as an individual try to defend against them, and Dartmouth is by no means defenseless, it is a bit like shadow-boxing.
At times the absuid and furious credulity of the public is incredible .... and we have received blasts in person and by mail from Florida to the Canadian line, and from California to Maine .... too many greying, balding moralizing lecturers in their current carpet-slipper period have forgotten their own youthful days.... as well as the fact that the boys of 1950 do things which the boys of 1910 didn't do, and that the boys of 1910 did things which the lads of 1870 didn't do ....
and that the norm of social customs and mind has changed, whether or not we like it.
The colleges of the country face difficult problems .... they need courage, understanding and sympathy to help them solve their challenge .... it may be that they will have to tighten their disciplinary methods (most folks need some sort of discipline from cradle to grave).
We feel deeply for John Dickey and his administrative associates who are striving to conceive and install a long-range program that will place Dartmouth at top of the troubled collegiate world .... and when that is accomplished, he can go home and enjoy a full night's sleep, something which he has not always indulged himself in during the past year.
Johnny Finn retired July 1 from a lifetime of successful teaching, lives permanently at 237 South Main St., Wallingford, Conn
"Lefty" West has new home address at 1017 W. Main St., Ravenna, Ohio BeezleParker has recovered from acute appendicitis which he had in July Remember the Boston Dinner on Oct. 21 Sid Whipple is still in Japan for N. Y. World Telegram, his address being T.1.E., G.H.Q., F.E.C., APO 500, San Francisco Bill Deering, able treasurer of Augusta State Hospital, had serious heart attack last January, convalesced nicely, works and plays wisely WinsorWilkinson is planning on Reunion The Herb Wolffs vacationed at Lake Morey and the Pineo Jacksons visited Hanover in early September after a month at West Gouldsboro, Me.
CONGRATULATIONS to Ben Ames Williams on his current Best-Seller! Fraternity Village seems destined to follow the top successes of Ben's previous novels.
OFFSPRING—Dick Warren, after teaching a year at Rice Institute, is moving to a faculty position at Haverford where they are building a house Rollo Reynolds has a "brand new grandson," Richard Morgan Reynolds, who will become another member of the 3rd Generation Reynolds Dartmouth Men Carolyn Meredith was married to Raymond Duncan Reynolds at Fifth State Street Methodist Church in Troy, N. Y. on July 2 Win Nay Jr., 1910's Class Baby born in 1911, is office manager of Alaska Air Lines at Nome. .... Kenneth Dyer did a good job at Univ. of Maine last year.
Eck Hiestand rates congratulations on his election to District Governorship of District Number 160 of Rotary International which is a large district with 64 clubs .... his duties necessitate an official visit to each club during the year Of additional interest is the election of Easty's former Dartmouth-Milwaukee protegee, Cliff Randall, to the Milwaukee area governorship.
Young Tommie Leonard won the N. H. Amateur Golf Championship this summer for the fifth time (three of them consecutively) .... he looks unbeatable in amateur circles of the state Our Tommie won the same award in 1922.
While watching aquatic sports at the famous Cypress Garden in Florida last winter, Marion spotted young Jess Hawley as one of the college contenders, had a nice visit with him.
Reunion Committee membership has been completed by Chairman John Vanderpyl.... in addition to John it will be composed of Clarke Tobin, Ray Seymour and Herb Wolff. ... .John is already arranging for a luncheon meeting, and will keep us advised on Reunion details as they are completed.
"Bones" Jones writes that he and JoshClark have made arrangements for the Joint 1910-11 Dinner at the University Club on Friday, Oct. 21, the night before the Harvard Game Last year's similar affair was a grand success A large pre-Reunion turnout would be welcomed this year.
Harold Winship has sent me recently as interesting a collection of Dartmouth 1910 Memorabilia as you could hope to see in many a day .... we will try' to share with you some of the pictures in these columns during the year.
This is an important year for Tenners with our 40th coming up, and it is our hope that all start making plans now that will bring them to Hanover next June. Please write a goodly sum of news items on the statements when you return them to Fletch Burton .... or direct to your secretary if you prefer.
Secretary, Canaan St., Canaan, N. H. Treasurer, 1 Weybosset St., Providence, R. I. Memorial Fund. Chairman, 30 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.
