1936

It looks like we're., going to have a pretty fair turnout up there in Hanover for that fabulous Fifteenth. At this writing, the returns on an early postcard mailing by the Committee indicate that three out of every four '36ers will be on hand. We base this generalization on fragmentary, though encouraging, responses: Of the first 40 reply cards received, 30 were from men who said they'd definitely be back; 10 said "no."

Right about now, you may be getting down to brass tacks and setting up your vacation schedule. Hedge if you must, but reserve June 16, 17 and 18 for big festivities in Hanover town.

Buster May, who since graduation (except for three and a half years in the Navy) has been through almost every phase of department store operation, has been appointed General Manager of Famous-Barr Co., St. Louis. He had been general manager of the Clayton, Mo., branch of this store since it opened on October, 1948.

Lincoln Caffall has become associated with Wainwright, Ramsey & Lancaster, New York, consultants on municipal finance. He was formerly manager of the municipal department of Standard & Poor's Corporation.

Thanks to Fred Gonnerman for passing along some news re Myron Clark, out in Fort Wayne. On March 3, the Clark's fourth son, John Capron Clark, made his appearance.

And while we're in the vital statistics department it's a girl (the second), Martha March, for the Jack Greenwoods.

A column or so back, we mentioned that Dan Schwartz had been a guest speaker as part o£ the Great Issues course up in Hanover. At the time, we didn't have any evidence of how his talk went over with the seniors. Here's an editorial that appeared in TheDartmouth. We quote it in its entirety, because we think you'll be interested in the undergraduate reaction:

NO STRAINED PRUNES

"A lot of Dartmouth seniors are mad at Daniel Schwartz.

"Mr. Schwartz, class of '36, spoke to the Great Issues course Monday night and again yesterday morning, and a good deal of what he had to say caused more commotion than a dogfight in church.

"But we think it's a fine thing. We think that it's right for the GI course to get excited about a speaker; we think that it's a healthy sign when everybody's interested enough to get into the act.

"Mr. Schwartz is director of organization for the United Public Workers Union, CIO. Most of the seniors in GI, on the other hand, come from well-to-do homes, management homes, not labor. For that reason, a lot of what Mr. Schwartz had to say Monday night was startling, even shocking, and next morning he had a lot of questions thrown at him.

"And at last, the GI course was alive because a speaker had deserted safe generalities for a speech packed with vital problems.

"For the first time, the course got the word on a current conflict from a man who's in there fighting. Mr. Schwartz didn't pull any punches, and his talk made a lot of students sit up and blink, and think.

"Whether or not a student agreed with Mr. Schwartz, that student went away thinking. Either he tried to answer his charges, or he agreed with him, but nobody just yawned and went to bed.

"So we'd like to praise the GI Steering Com- mittee, we'd like to thank Mr. Schwartz and we'd like to ask the senior class whether or not they think that controversy is more important than complacency.

"You may not like pepper steak, but strained prunes are only fit for babies."

At this point, we become a very wholehearted spokesman for management—specifically for Alumni Fund Chairman Bob Paterson. The 1950 drive is on. Let's all pitch in and give what we can.

Secretary, 4 Sunset Drive, Scarsdale, N. Y. Treasurer, 144-44 Sanford Ave., Flushing, L. 1., N. Y. Class Agent, 74 Castlebar Rd., Rochester 10, N. Y.