1948
Those who read the MAGAZINE through from cover to cover certainly have noticed that from time to time there appears a column entitled North of Boston written by the squire of the North Country, Parker Merrow '25. For some reason he always starts his notes "They aint much happened sence the last riting." We can't for the life of us see that he has any lack of interesting happenings to write about, and he's only writing about one fella. Judging by the almost complete lack of information from and/or about the guys and dolls who we hope are our readers of the doings of '48, we should be starting out in the same manner as Mr. Merrow. Am afraid that if we did, the temptation would be too great, and we'd just leave it at that.
Things are really not quite as bad as might be expected from the above. We have heard from Jack Fallon, our representative in Kansas City. For any who are interested, everything's still up to date in Kansas City. Jack says that he's in the bag business and that he's still single. We know about this latter state, having been in it once ourselves, but this bag business has us intrigued. We're not clear as to whether he means luggage, paper sacks (a term meaning paper bag in this part of the woods), or feed bags.
Chico Karukin was married in February to the former Miss Viviane Nina Manuel. The bridegroom is better known around Annapolis as Captain David S. Karukin, USMC. He's an instructor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the Naval Academy.
Albert Clark appears to be quite a ball of fire around Barre, Mass. He's the principal of Center School and has done quite a job in organizing sports programs for the kids in town. Also has found time to do some singing in local musical productions. After graduation Al taught in the high school in Phillipsburg, Kansas, but it was not long before he felt the urge to make his fortune in the world of business. This led first to construction work and then department store work as assistant manager in Arkansas City, Kansas. But then, like so many transplanted New Englanders, he answered the urge to return to the East, where he worked for United Shoe Company for four years before returning to teaching. He and his wife, the former Julia Mowery, have three boys. The oldest was born in Hanover in 1948.
In the event that yon need the services of a legal eagle in New York, we suggest that you look up James J. Nicholson. Nic has recently been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Wedding bells are about to ring for Nic. His engagement to Margaret Louise Cullen has been announced. She's a graduate of Wellesley, who, after graduate work at the Sorbonne, is teaching French in Fairfield, Conn.
Have heard from a friend of a friend that Rem Drury is still quite the world traveler. Had to stop and think for a minute before realizing that he was talking about Sonny. The last we'd heard he was in Italy for Gulf Oil, but our informant said that Sonny had just gotten back from South America and was about to head out again, this time for Japan. By the time you read this we'll be getting the word that we're about three jumps behind. Sonny's still single, but by the time he's through with his globe-trotting, he'll have had the opportunity to have seen gals of all possible descriptions and should have a pretty fair idea of the kind he wants to get caught by, if and when he settles down long enough in one place to get caught.
Jim Randolph gets through town every now and then and gives us a call. He's selling advertising space for Business Week. He covers the greater part of Michigan, except Detroit, out of Birmingham, Mich.
About six weeks ago, we were on a committee that was interviewing some applicants for the Class of 1960. Yes, that's right, 1960. Both of the boys we talked with are good students, well up towards the tops of their classes scholastically, and both are pretty fair football players. All in all, they both are the kind of fellas that will make good Dartmouth men. The committee turned in its report with high recommendations for both these boys. We don't know whether or not they will be accepted, or if accepted, whether or not they will enter Dartmouth. Both made it clear that if accepted they would need some scholarship aid. Now, this is Alumni Fund time - in fact, you've probably already been contacted. In past years we alumni have been generous enough to enable the Fund to have some money left over, after meeting the needs of the College for current operating funds. This surplus in years past has been used to establish scholarships for just such boys as those we talked with.
Bobo Russell has said that there are perhaps forty of us working on the Alumni Fund this year. Give us all a hand by making your contribution early, but more important, give the College and future Dartmouth men a hand by making your contribution, and making it as generous as you can.
Until next month, see you later, Forty-eighter!
Secretary, 807 Tomahawk Lane, Niles, Mich.
Class Agent, 90 Washington Ave., Saugerties, N. Y.
