1945
This will be my last column for awhile for vacation time is just around the corner. There are very few times during the year when I'm glad that I am a schoolteacher and this is one of them. And so, laughing up my sleeve at you high-bracket income boys, I am leaving on June 17 for a trip around the continent of Europe. This, of course, is an educational tour. I plan to spend about a week in Paris completing my education, and thence on to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, England, etc. But, in the meantime, back here lots will be going on that I will be missing, and I expect that you will keep me posted so that next fall's columns will be loaded with information. And if anything comes up that is of major importance to the class, Rod Walser will be available.
I have just returned from the Alumni Secretaries' meeting in Hanover. I wish all of you could experience it. The College really does an excellent job, and the program is very well planned. There were several meetings on the subject of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. According to Charlie Widmayer, the editor, the MAGAZINE has now gone over the 20,000 subscription mark. That means that only 4500 Dartmouth men do not subscribe. The Dartmouth class notes section, he said, is the envy of all other alumni magazine editors. The answer to this success, of course, lies in the willingness of the alumni to send in news. It's a pleasure to write a column full of interesting information.
While in Hanover I visited Jack Gile and Sally. They were expecting the arrival of a third member of the family momentarily, but when I left the blessed event had not as yet occurred so I am unable to give you any report. '45's representatives on the Hanover scene were extremely active during the weekend. Nick Sandoe, Bob Allen and Cliff Jordan all gave reports to the assembled "wheels." Everything looked normal to me and the College seems to be moving along at its usual pace. The only sour note was the financial reports which plainly indicated that if the College is to continue its leadership in the educational field, its alumni must continue to support it strongly. The new (since our time) Undergraduate Council seems to be doing an excellent job. Several of its members spoke at the Saturday night banquet and their maturity and grasp of problems was nothing short of amazing. If it is the College's job to turn out leaders, these men certainly prove that that end is being attained.
And now for what news I have. Reg Pierce, '46's Secretary, and his wife Nancy provided me with lots of information about the New York '45 set. Hunt Bennett and wife Alice probably own '45's New Year's baby, for Ann Elizabeth was born on January 1. Hunt is now working for Time magazine in the advertising branch selling "space." He lives in New York City. Also via the same grapevine is the information that Johnnie Chambers and his wife Connie have moved to Old Greenwich, Conn. Jimmy Brown receives notice as having dined at Reg's. I wish I could write more, Jim but that's all the info I have at present. How about it? Peer Pedersen joins the New York "legal eagle" association as he passed the bar examinations. And here is one hot off the press. Usually news such as this waits about six months before it hits the headlines. But I have it via my '46 underground source that John Geyer and wife of Greenwich, Conn, have joined the Dartmouth Boy's Club by the arrival of Robert on April 11. Congratulations, Ma and Pa! Casper Wooldredge, too, is due congratulations for becoming a pappy. His addition is a daughter, first child, named Anne McMillan, who arrived on March 31.
Well, I'm afraid that that is all I have. Don't forget to keep me posted on the summer's happenings so next fall's column can really be loaded with news of '45. And keep up the good work on the 1952 Alumni Fund. The drive isn't over yet so if you haven't contributed, scrape up something and send it along. We need it.
Hold it a minutel Here's something coming over my teletype. William B. Adam ... plans to be married—Laura Ann Fears ... April 20 —Oakland, Calif. That's all. Laura, you'll just have to send me the rest of the information. Don't wait for Bill to do it if you want the news to get to me. Men are very unreliable when it comes to sending news to class secretaries. That's a tip for the rest of you wives, too. Being a bachelor, I just love to hear from women.
A DAY OFF: William S. Hatt '45 M.D., a lieutenant in the Navy stationed at Key West Naval Hospital in Florida, tries his fishing luck. He is on the orthopedic staff at the Naval Hospital.
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