1952
With the April breezes wafting fresh odors to the olfactories come thoughts of devotions somewhat removed from the ski and the skate. But the memories linger especially when you stop to think that the lines you are now reading were written a full month ago. Unfortunately I can't claim that I am getting the column done early for this issue because I am about to embark on my sabbatical in East Kashmir or the like, but rather because there are several distractions that forbid my putting this off until later. So if you will bear with me, here's what's new with the '52s as I have it.
First to sports, and to stay with the season just past, allow me to quote from the BostonHerald for Sunday, February 27: "Titus, Grocott, Robson Score as U. S. Six Wins, 8-1." The dateline is Bonn, Germany, February 25th (AP). The complete story will be old stuff by the time you all read this, but the U. S. Hockey Team having suffered a 12-1 defeat at the hands of the Canadians only the day before bounced back into contention for the world crown by handing the Finns the 8-1 rout. John Titus '53 knocked in two thirds of a hat trick while Johnny Grocott lighted the scoreboard with his single at the five-minute mark in the second period. An interesting sidelight, which incidentally seems to fit the pattern these days, is the comment by the Russians to the effect that the Americans and particularly Al Yourkewicz, coach of the team, were dirty players. Whether that is true remains to be seen, but in the game with the Finns, there were only two minor penalties against the U. S. Team and one against the Finns.
Looking forward now to the baseball season it looks like Pete Burnside might see action in the majors this year for the Giants. Time will tell, but those of you who might have been in Puerto Rico this past winter during their season could have seen Pete in action in the league down there, so I am informed.
But enough of such things for the moment. About ten days ago I managed to sneak out of the Bill Factory in time to get to the Alumni Dinner in Boston - late but before they stopped serving. All in all, a good time was most certainly had by the group, and among the '52s present were Sandy Saunders, Ray Alexanian, Bernie Lewis, Don Myers, Ed Clark, Ray Jankowich, Ray Hinds, Art Judson, and Cole Dorsey. The majority of the above can be found at the various law, medical, and business schools in the Boston area. I think that out of the ten of us there seven are at graduate school, some with service still to worry about, others without that problem, specifically those at the Business School. The highlight of the evening, and I think it is the consensus of the majority, was the talk given by the English Exchange student at Tuck for this year on a Rotarian Scholarship. Without qualification he is one of the best speakers I have ever heard at such affairs, and those of you who get the chance to hear him this spring at alumni gatherings would miss something by missing him. His outlook and mature ability are credits to England, the Rotary, and Dartmouth.
According to our monthly spy report, the following can be seen or were seen last in the following places. Mr. and Mrs. DwightJacobsen spent a night in the Hanover Inn about the 30th of January. Ed Ellenberger and the DE 644, the USS Vammen, were operating out of the West Coast on last report. On the East Coast Terry Malone and the USS William M. Wood, DDR 715, are doing much the same thing. Charlie Weed and the 331 Comm. Recon. Co. are somewhere in Europe either reconning or communicating. Out of the service and into the business world, JimGardner can be located at the Valley National Bank in Prescott, Ariz., while Herb Pickett can be located on the Board of Co-Op Educational Services in Stratford, N. Y.
FROM THE LETTER DEPARTMENT - Another note from Rog Malkin indicates, that he is back in Greenland again as an Army Auditor, checking up on some civilians building a base somewhere. He says that it could be worse, now that the sun has come up again for six months or so. From the Marine Recruiting Station in the "Steak Capital of the World," Omaha, Nebr., Ed Fitzgerald writes that the duty there is a pleasant change from the duty that late he knew in the Far East. He adds that there are a couple of empty sacks at his house for those of you who might be passing through that city and that '52s would be most welcome. I gather that he is also taking applications for those who would choose the Marines for a few years but that signing on the dotted line is not requisite for the hospitality. And from the Secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Tokyo, one W. Biddle, came a most interesting letter of activities in that part of the world. His letter informs me that Ardie Epranian is stationed in that city "playing tennis with the Generals"; that Jim Fraser and wife are in the area; that Pete Zischke, wife, and baby are in Yokohama; that Fran Chisdes is attached to a transportation group in that area; and that Lee Cliff stops in to say hello now and then when he is not elsewhere in the Pacific. It goes without saying that the group is spread far and wide at this stage.
THE MATRIMONIAL PICTURE - The nuptial news has definitely slacked off as of this writing, which I suspect reflects the season of the year. On the engagement calendar, however, I note that on February 4, "Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Cook of Jackson Heights, L. I., announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helen Cook, to William A.Riehl, son of W. Arthur Riehl of Tuckahoe, formerly of Scarsdale, N. Y." Bill is a Tuck graduate and served with the Sixth Infantry Division in Korea. His fiancee is an alumna of Kent Place School and studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. They plan a spring wedding. On January 8 AlphBond and Adrienne Moore took their vows in Aiken, S. C. Alph's wife is a Mercer University graduate and has been doing graduate work towards a Master's degree while he received his Master's from Columbia. They make their home in Augusta, Ga. January 28 was the big day for Sandy Wiper and Olive Thacher as they were married at an evening ceremony in the South Dennis Congregations Church. Roily Barker officiated as best man. Sandy's wife is a graduate of Salem State Teachers College and he is now studying at B.U. for his Master's, after having completed a two-year hitch with the Marines. They make their home in Waban, Mass.
That brings me up to date with the news as I have it and I have but a word or two more before I close for this month. I was discussing colleges and such with a friend not long ago, who spent his four years at Yale. He mentioned among other things that in this day of funds and drives of all sorts it was all too easy to lose sight of the really important ones. More than that, too few people were concerned with the less publicized but really worthwhile institutions, because somehow, like all really important jobs, they were done quietly and with relatively little fanfare, as far as the general public was concerned. This is all too true when it comes time for the private educational institution to call for backing in its endeavors — be that institution Dartmouth, Yale, or for that matter any similar college or university. Even more than that is the fact that it would seem that too few give the why of such institutions much thought. I hope that the point is not mistaken here, because as I have said before, this column is not devoted to fund raising, but I feel that the problem was put rather well. George Hibben has agreed to assume the role of class agent pro tem, working with Bernie Lewis, because he (Bernie) is headed overseas this spring. They can use your cooperation and participation. Nuff said.
Secretary, 32-A Boynton St., Worcester, Mass.
Class Agent, USS Myles C. Fox (DDR-829) c/o FPO, New York, N. Y.
