1933
Another summer has come and gone to mark our being out of college for twenty years. Big events have transpired truce in Korea, revelation of non-monopoly in H-bomb savvy, possible stabilization of erratic Iran, rust spots on the Iron Curtain. Less earth-shaking perhaps, but obviously important to the Dartmouth family and quietly important to the world also the remarks of the President of the United States at Commencement and the results of the 1953 Alumni Fund. The former you have read and pondered, the latter will be reported in full elsewhere in the MAGAZINE. Not amiss here, however, will be the high spots of the Fund and 1933's part therein.
The Fund itself reached new highs of contributors and money: 17,375 people gave $671,147.15 with a thrilling 66.6% alumni participation! In accordance with the Alumni Council's recommendation, $70,000 will be applied to scholarships - a stride forward toward the day when every young man who desires and deserves Dartmouth can be accommodated. The Class of '33 too got behind Dick Jackson and your 69 Assistant Class Agents to set new highs of contributors and money: 406 contributed $11,273, which was $1,539 more than we kicked in for 1952. A splendid achievement for the Class, but lest we become smug about it, here's what we didn't do: we fell short of our money objective ($14,070) by 20%, and stood 51st out of 60 classes in percentile of objective raised; 1931, 1932, 1934 and 1935 all heat us in this department. Our average gift was $27.77 compared to the alumni average for the entire Fund of $35.35. Our record (for us) number of contributors placed us 45th out of 69 classes in participation, and here we outranked 1932 and 1934 and were in turn beaten by 1931 (421) and 1935 (496). In the Group IV Green Derby (Classes 1930—1938), we stood eighth out of the nine classes, topping only 1932 which raised $630 more than we did with 44 fewer contributors. So, although '33 did a darn good job, we've still got a long way to go to be up with the leaders where we should be. Keep it in mind for next year! Incidentally, although the list of assistant class agents is growing to first-class proportions, there's room for as many more as will volunteer. If you have never been asked to serve and feel hurt about it, or if you are burning to do something for Dartmouth and the Class, drop a note to Dick Jackson, Legal Dept. B. & M. Railroad, Boston, and volunteer for the team for '54. The Class can use you, and we'll guarantee you will find the experience stimulating, broadening and not too burdensome. C'mon in, the water's wonderful! We'll reach perfection when every man in the Class is an A.C.A.!
Now for some of the news: Phil Whitbeck, writing on stationery of Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, 274 N. Goodman St., Rochester 7, N. Y., announces a new son, Peter Vail whitbeck, born on May 1. Congratulations, Phil, to you and Mrs. W. Glad to see that the spirit of youth still burns in some of us old bucks!
Bill Muller has moved from Bayside to 195 Kensington Road, Garden City, L. I. Is this good, Bill?
Bill Hoffman, sales engineer with Union Bag & Paper Corp., in Chicago and now living at 635 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill., ought to find mutual profit with Robert W. Taylor, one of the chief chaps with Tasty Chops in Gainesville, Ga., who lives on Dixon Drive; and Augustus F. Waldenburg, sales supervisor with Ansco in Chicago, could supervise the advertising pictures of the well-wrapped and tasty result after he commuted from 725 Long Rd., Glenview, Ill. Ed Staudt, Box 157, Malabar, Fla., might be the go-between in the deal since William R. Page Jr., 103 South 27th St., Camp Hill, Pa., Fred Meyer, 918 N. Van Buren St., Milwaukee 2, Wis., Bill HinkelJr., 8 Logan St., Pittsburgh 19, Pa., and BobDickson, 60 Prospect Ave., Montclair, N. J., all seem to live too far away, even though they have moved recently.
Another potential A.C.A. is Doug Kaplinger who lives at 636 Shaker Rd„ Longmeadow 6, Mass. Doug, who organized both the Springfield and Massachusetts Junior Chambers of Commerce and served as president and director of both, was recently elected vice president and manager of Albany Designing, Inc., of Albany, N. Y., whose offices he established in 1947 and managed for three years on assignment from Associated Engineers, Inc., of Springfield.
Larry Reeves has been appointed manager of the Home Life Insurance Cos. agency in Richmond.... Richard G. Rice was awarded the degree of Master of Education by the University of Rochester Mackey and Faegre made Hanover in June.... Bob Guggenheim, just named West Coast representative for the William H. Weintraub advertising agency of N. Y., will supervise the "Revlon Mirror Theatre" of the CBS-TV network.
Herewith an interesting excerpt from a letter by Robert Goodell to Bob Estes (Estes to Jackson to Smith):
"I have been here at Williams since 1946 (after two years with the Western Electric Cos in N. Y.). Finisihed a Ph.D. dissertation in 1951 (somewhat belatedly!) and got my degree from Columbia. I am not married. I keep pretty busy teaching German language and literature, with most of my time spent on the former, since most students these days can't or don't want to get past the first two years. Like most teachers I have one or two would-be scholarly projects going, but find it difficult to sandwich these in between various obligations of a full teaching schedule. A couple of years ago I took on the job of being trustee and manager of a fairly large cooperative apartment house here in town (in which I am a shareholder) an undertaking which frequently brings me out of my imitation ivory tower on the run The achievement of which I am proudest in recent years is that of playing first-base on a pretty good faculty soft-ball team in the town league last summer.
"This summer I am going to Europe for the first time in eighteen years; will spend about a month in Spain and six weeks in Germany. A Dartmouth angle: I arranged (with Professor Schlossmacher's kind cooperation) for the performance of a German play here this month by Dartmouth's Germania. It was very well received."
Until next month, mes enfants.
Secretary, a 17 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, N. Y. Treasurer, Quechee, Vt.
