1948
Labor Day's past, the kids are going back to school and the furnace is coming on in the night so it looks like time to get back to work after loafing for three months or so. Getting the typewriter out for this labor of love always leaves us with an air of terrific finality as to where summer went, particularly with every year getting a little shorter than the last, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
The Alumni Office has thoughtfully forwarded some address changes, the clippings are piled high, and a few miscellaneous notes, cards, and questionnaires will round things out.
June 23 was the date chosen by Miss Jane Elizabeth Hovey and William Herbert Standen Jr., both of Bridgeport, Conn., for their wedding. Mrs. Standen attended Westbrook Junior College and was graduated from the Fay School, Boston. He attended Dartmouth, received his BA from Union College, and his MA from Columbia University. He is assistant headmaster of Emerson School for Boys, Exeter, N. H.
Undoubtedly others also got a chuckle out of the headline in the Lebanon (N. H.) Independent society section of July 3 which pro- claimed that "F. R. Drury Jr. Takes Bride." The hero of the subsequent story was our very own Rem Drury (who will probably never write me again). The wedding took place on June 30 in Pittsburgh, Pa., the heroine being Miss Joan Borden of Pittsburgh. In the bridal party were Walt Cairns, Dirk Kuzmier, lan Macartney, and Les Thornton. Rem and Joan are living in Pittsburgh or were shortly after their marriage. Judging from his past nomadic activilies in behalf of Gulf Oil, they might be in Palermo or Pago Pago by now.
Sam Wilkinson and Miss Jean L. Tilton of Boston and East Kingston, N. H., announced their engagement early in July. After active duty as a Lt. (jg) with the Navy during 1952 through 195-1. Sam is practicing law in Boston with the Volunteer Defenders Commit Ice. Miss Tilton graduated from Wcllesley College in 1949.
Also announcing their engagement were Dirk Kuzmier and Miss Joan Helene Throckmorton of Miami Shores. Fla. Dirk is practicing law in New York with the firm of Kuzmier, Zweibel, McKcon & Schmitt. Miss Throckmorton is employed by Doubleday & Co. in New York and is a graduate of Smith College.
Al Clark has moved from Barre, Mass., to Ware, Mass., for his teaching activities. He will teach Mathematics in the Ware school system.
Earl Chambers, is a newly-elected (June) officer of the trust department of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co., of Providence. He has been with the bank since 1953.
Dick Donahue received the signal honor, in April, of being named the outstanding young man of Greater Lowell (Mass.) by the Greater Lowell Junior Chamber of Commerce. The list of organizations cited and duties accomplished are approximately a column in length so we will summarize them by saying that Dick has done a helluva job, is married, has two children, and lives at 69 Glenwood Street, Lowell.
Dave Packard won in the primary and is Republican candidate for the borough council, in Pompton Lakes, N. J.
Howie and Dottie Hilton finally came up out of Florida and spent the night at the Inn in mid-June. Also at the Inn during the summer were the Jim Randolphs of Birmingham, Mich.
A letter from Bob Merriam dated May verifies the fact that he is still dodging Indians at Old Deerfield as a member of the faculty of Deerfield Academy. He manages to get up to Hanover from time to time for various reasons. One interesting observation he makes "I have been continually more impressed with Dartmouth's public relations with boys who are considering Dartmouth and with her interest in every individual boy. In some way Dartmouth has shown in a large institution a large and personal interest in each person, and each alumnus can be very proud of his relationship with it."
As a passing matter of interest, the most recent Bulletin from Hanover observes that while the Admissions Committee, contending with the problem of multiple applications on the part of many boys, has been able to guess their net (after boys applying to many colleges have advised them they were accepted and will go elsewhere) within ten boys before, they were some 75 over this year. This necessitated some hasty shifting of dormitory spaces, etc., but tends to prove out the truth of Bob's words of the impact the College has on its applicants. Many of you are serving or have served on screening committees in your own areas. You can be proud of the job you have done.
The 1956 edition of the Alumni Fund was a roaring success, to say the least. Under the leadership of Bobo Russell, the Squire of Saugerties, 1948 did its part with a recordbreaking $4,422.84 generously donated by 310 of us. This is an increase of some $800-plus over last year. The whole Fund went over $864,000 from over 20,000 alumni, breaking all records in the books for participation (70.9% of all alumni). We owe a standing vote of thanks to Bobo and his many helpers for the great job they did.
Now staring us in the face are the national elections in November. We got our feet wet at a state convention last week and it's an experience that not one of you should miss. The people we met were anything but the cartoonist's idea of politicians. They represented nearly every walk of life and were devoting time and effort in trying to do the best job they could for the party that represented their convictions most closely.
We have been blessed with an opportunity of getting more education than most and with being exposed to Great Issues whether we knew them or not. This is the type of thing for which we received at least a rudimentary background. To stand by and not actively participate in your government, at whatever level you choose, is the betrayal of your birthright. We cannot urge you too strongly to make a choice, take a stand, and work for whatever political group most closely stands for the things you believe in. You will be amazed how this republic of ours actually functions and fully satisfied by your own efforts in helping to mold it into a dynamic force in this dynamic world.
While the above remarks were not very new in context, they came straight from the heart and I trust you'll excuse the editorializing. See you next month.
Secretary, 807 Tomahawk Lane, Niles, Mich.
Treasurer, l20 No. Lincoln Ave., Niles, Mich.
