1894

This columnist is sure that his classmateswill be glad to have this particular columnheaded with a tribute to President Dickeywhich appeared on the editorial page of TheNew York Times, a paper which many people, including this columnist, consider thetop newspaper in the United States.

TEN YEARS AT DARTMOUTH

John Sloan Dickey, in reviewing on Saturday the accomplishments of his first ten years as president of Dartmouth College, was able to point to substantial growth and gain at a number of points. The college has been strengthened physically, financially and intellectually under Mr. Dickey's imaginative leadership.

President Dickey suggests the need of still further curricular review and this will be watched with interest by all those who are familiar with what he has already accomplished in this field. An unusual course at Dartmouth is called "Great Issues" and it is coupled with a "Public Affairs Laboratory." It is required of all seniors, and its purpose is to bring the academic world into closer touch with the outside world. It is only one of many interesting things that are happening at Dartmouth. These spring in large part from the skill and character of Dartmouth's young president, and it is a pleasure to congratulate him upon the completion of ten richly productive years.

Decker Field's attendance at the StoneRound-Up in 1954 led us to hope he couldcome to the Colby party in 1955. He tells uswhy he didn't come:

I debated long with myself and family before I came to a decision about going to Don's dinner. There were three powerful reasons for going to Pasadena and no excuse for going East except the Matt Jones dinner. This had a powerful appeal, but it was our combined judgment that I was much needed by two old sisters at Pasadena - each of them blind, aged 94 and 95, one with a broken hip, compelled to use "walkers" to get about their home and cared for by trained nurses day and night. They are daughters of my mother's sister and about the only blood kin I have left. Their need of me was so great, I decided to go to them instead of to Don's dinner. ... I had the pleasure of a two-hour visit with Mary (Rollo) Bartlett at the home of Mary and her sister in Pasadena. It was so good to hear her Boston brogue as she greeted me, "Hello Deck-ka." By the way, she is making her name and fame at Pasadena. I am told that she is president of some group connected with the famous Huntington Library in Pasadena. She is so loyal to '94 and wanted me to send her greetings to you all.

Mary Welton wrote from Hanover under date of December 5 as follows:

Ben has been in Dick's House, Hanover, for the past two weeks and a little more, recovering from a slight heart attack caused by liquid in the lungs. The liquid has been disbursed and now he is feeling most comfortable and ready for his trip South. He will have to be on a salt-free diet indefinitely I believe, but that we hope will not be a too difficult restriction.

The flight to Vero Beach being safely accomplished, Ben and Mary soon put themselves in the charge of Billy Ames for the purchase of a house. As the senior partner of the well-known Ames Construction Company, Billy qualifies as an expert with regard to houses and Ben and Mary are now owners of a home in Vero Beach to which they were led by Billy. This means that the main feature of the Round-Up of '56 which, as previously announced, will be held at the Howard Johnson Restaurant in Portsmouth, N. H., on invitation of Woodie and Lelia Parker, will be Ben and Mary's pictures of life at Vero Beach during the winter of 1956.

Basil Winslow '20, that highly efficient and long-time secretary of the Dartmouth Association of Northern California and Nevada, of which Jimmie Townsend was so active a member, sends us a small volume entitled Dartmouth Men of Northern California andNevada. In it we find the names of two of Jimmie's sons: Edward S. '19, who is following in his father's footsteps as publishers representative and who lives in San Francisco; and J. Richard '23, attorney, who lives at Martinez. Both have offices in San Francisco.

Mrs. Billy Matin is spending the winter at the Hotel Albermarl, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Secretary,74 Kirkland St., Cambridge 38, Mass.

Treasurer,60 Maple St., Somersworth, N. H.

Bequest Chairman,