1941
Once again this summer has gone by and another autumn is upon us. But there is something special about this autumn. It marks the beginning of another school year at Dartmouth - the Class of 1959 is the freshman class and the Class of 1941 is the upcoming 15th reunion class. Yes, this is the year of the Fantastic Fifteenth, and your secretary is going to keep reminding you of that all year long so that you will be able to make all your plans to attend, come next spring.
A reunion committee was formed in Han- over last spring and Snuffy Smith, residing in Hanover, was elected reunion chairman. pTans are already under way to make the 15th the biggest and best party ever. As the year along we'll keep you up to date on what is being done by your reunion committee.
Before jumping into the mailbag and the press notices, there are a few social notes on the forthcoming football season which should be brought out now. Actually, by the time you read these notes, the football season will have been under way for a few weeks. Well the third game of the schedule on October' 8 is a meeting with Brown in Providence. I have been asked to report to those who plan to attend the game that there will be a joint Dartmouth-Brown dinner Friday night preceding the game in the Brown Refectory (that's fancy for "mess hall"). The tariff will be $3.50, roast beef or lobster, and those fea- tured are Bill Cunningham, Red Rolfe and a host of football notables.
Before the Yale game on October 29, we are cooking up a pre-game picnic party near the Bowl. Plans are still in the formative stages but if I don't get the notice in this month you'll never hear about it until it's over. If you are in this area and plan on attending the Yale game, drop me a line sometime between now and game time and I'll fill you in on the details. Or you can contact Bruce Friedlich or Bob Taft - they will know about the when and where of it as well. Let's make it a big '41 pre-reunion meeting at Yale and give everybody a chance to brush up on names before the Hanover meeting.
Our class did a marvelous job in the Alumni Fund drive that ended last June 30. With Bruce Friedlich at the helm we had a participation index of 93% - one of the highest in the history of the Fund. We had 133 more contributors this year than we had in 1954 and we kicked in more than $3,000 over what we collected in 1954. We contributed a grand total of $9,287 - exactly 100% of our objective. Thanks to our Class Agent, but most of all thanks to you, and you, and you.
Some '41s made the news during the past summer. Now we'll go into the mailbag and see what bits of information we come up with. Don Knight has been appointed a vice president of the Bulkley Dunton Pulp Co. He joined the company in 1946 after taking graduate courses in marketing at Columbia and in pulp and paper technology at University of Maine. His headquarters are at the company's office in Kalamazoo, Mich.
In case you don't read the sport pages during the summer, you probably did not notice that Gus Broberg was voted into the basketball Hall of Fame as announced by the Helms Foundation Office in Los Angeles, which directs the Hall of Fame for basketball. Gus was one of four collegiate players picked along with four coaches, and the 1955 selections bring to 58 the number honored at Helms Hall, including 24 players, 31 coaches and three contributors to the great winter sport. Among 24 players, Gus has been selected for this great honor. And any of us who saw him play during his four years at Hanover know exactly why he made it.
During August the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company announced that Oliver Gross had been named senior geophysicist in the company's New Orleans exploration department office. Hunting oil for a big company like that is a far cry from the old Held trips we had in Hanover and the scintillating rock quizzes. Makes me think of old Fred Lynch and AbeLydecker trudging up among the schist about three miles behind the instructor.
Jack Doriss, whom we saw in New York last spring and who worked hard as an Agent for the Alumni Fund, is now out on the West Coast. Jack has taken over as manager of Fortune magazine's Los Angeles sales office. With such a large segment of the U.S. aviation industry on the Coast, Jack should find his previous experience stands him in good stead: Air Force, field representative for Pratt & Whitney, Aero Digest's Eastern advertising rep, and advertising manager of TACA Airways.
Dick Blanchard has been appointed an assistant vice president of American Express. Dick has been with this fine organization since 1952 and is a member of the investment department. Prior to coming to American Express, Dick was with Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, New York investment bankers.
There are more promotions, more new jobs, more new addresses, more of everything in store next month. Don't miss the thrilling November chapter in your next ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Meanwhile, whoop it up for Dartmouth and come to the Yale Game.
Donald Knight '41 has been made a VicePresident of the Bulkley Dunton Pulp Co.,Kalamazoo, Mich., which he joined in 1946.
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