1912

Henry Van Dyne was in Florida in March. While there he saw Bud and Barbara Hoban and had dinner with them. From Bud I learned that Henry bought a house in Miami.

In acknowledging receipt of Christmas greeting that Doc O'Connor sent to classmates in the form of Fosdick's book Within OurPower, Ray Tobey said that inasmuch as his eyes were bothering him again, he was able to do only the reading that was absolutely necessary. However, his wife has been reading parts of it to him, underlining and annotating the more significant parts of the book in preparation for his later reading of it. Referring to Doc's enforced absence from our 40th Reunion, Ray said: "I cannot refrain from saying that each reunion seems to be a little better than the one that preceded it. It was the first time Mrs. Tobey had seen the Class as a group, but she always feels very much at home in Hanover for she studied at Dartmouth back in the days when there was a summer session that admitted coeds."

Bud and Barbara Hoban made their annua] trip back to New London the last part of March and early in April in their luxurious trailer, after spending the winter in Florida and Mexico. They made stops in Washington. Baltimore, New York and other points, seeing their old campers and new applicants for admission to Camp Wallula for next summer. As this is written, April 2, I have not yet heard from Bud but I am certain that he will make his customary call on me while in New York.

Change of address: Harry E. Sawyer, 1924 Eighth Avenue, Kearney, Neb. The long-standing custom of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston of seating classes in order of seniority brought eight '12ers to the front-row table at the annual Dartmouth Alumni Dinner in the SheratonPlaza's ballroom on March 4. (Most of us would know of the Sheraton-Plaza as the oldtime Copley-Plaza, then better known as the "Costly-Pleasure.")

As reported in The Billboard issue of March 16, 1953, Fritz Wallburg retired April 1 as Treasurer of the W. F. Schrafft & Sons Corporation, after being associated with that company since 1916, except for his hitch in the Army in World War I. His new address is: Cape Naddick, Me., which Lyme Amies says "is one of the first headlands of Maine's rockbound coast beyond Portsmouth."

From now through the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, I will be reminding you that the Annual Alumni Fund Campaign is under way and that both the College and Eddie Luitwieler, again in his capacity as Class Agent, need your help and prompt and generous response. The "kickoff" of the campaign this year commenced April 1, and thanks to the thoughtfulness and generosity of some classmates, Eddie was able to open his activities with pre-campaign gifts of approximately $1,000. Our Class quota this year is between $9,000 and $10,00, so it is hoped that everyone will increase his contribution over the amount he gave last year. One "easy payment" way to do this is to send a check during each of the months from April to June inclusive. Last year Eddie was a "one-man" committee, and contacted every member of the class either personally or by letter. As a result, Eddie made 100% of the class quota, but fell behind in the class participation index figure. This participation index is figured on the percentage of the number of living graduates and one-third of living nongraduates who contribute to the Fund. Let's all get busy and give unprecedented support.

Thanks to his plugs in The Billboard, LymeArmes has stirred up notable interest in the suggested informal class reunion to be held in Hanover between our regular reunions. Lyme has reported that the following classmates have written that they will attend this interim reunion: Ben Hunt, Lee White, Mr. and Mrs.Hal Baker and Mike Norton. Lyme also reported that the classmates attending the Boston dinner enthused over the idea. Lee White wrote: "I want to add my voice to those who feel that we should have some kind o£ a roundup at Hanover before 1958, when I believe our next formal reunion is scheduled. It seems to me that the older classes should have more frequent reunions than the younger ones. It may be that an interim reunion would not bring out quite as many classmates as we had last year, but if it only brought out 60% of the number, it would seem to be worthwhile." Although Henry Van Dyne and Queechie French have advocated meeting in the summer of 1953, it would seem more appropriate to space the occasion more equally between our formal reunions and hold it in the summer of 1954. I have already said that if there is sufficient response, I will see to the arrangements. So come on '12ers and let either Lyme Armes or me know if you are interested!

Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y. Class Agent, 184 Commercial St., Maiden 48, Mass