1929
We have just learned that Mike Sherman's son George '56, who is now stationed at the Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Md., is to be married this June to Joan Knight who is finishing up at Smith.
Another Smith senior, Harry Enders'daughter, Joan, is making marriage plans with George Todd, a senior at Amherst.
Still another Smith senior, Bill Andres'daughter, Katie, whose engagement has already been announced in this column, is tobe married on June 15.
And now for a similar piece of news thatwill be of great interest to all members ofthe Class, we quote a letter recently receivedfrom Bud Foulks:
"The courtesy of the column is requested to bid a fond farewell to some five members of the class - 1929's remaining bachelors. After these many years of loyal and steadfast membership in that select, if dwindling, group, I hereby hand in my card. Last Christmas one Lyn Collins, a charming jewelry designer, became so carried away by Yuletide spirit as to murmur 'I do' before a duly ordained minister of the Gospel. Some members of the class who attended Larry Lou gee's last Governors Island party may remember her as the only single gal present, with the exception of Myles Lane's attractive date.
"A honeymoon in Acapulco was cut short by a series of TV guest appearances on behalf of my employer's product, cooked up by a public relations joker. He conned a number of stations from Texas to California into allocating free time for the purpose of perpetrating American Express Travelers Cheques upon an unsuspecting public, and for some mysterious reason I was elected. It is safe to tune in again, as I am now back at the office minding my own business. Lynn and I are camping out for the time being in my ex-bachelor flat at 106 East 81st Street, and we would be delighted to see any old friends in the class who may visit New York."
We have learned that Dave Cogan spoke at the Winchester (Mass.), District Nurses Association's annual meeting in February. His subject was "some Highlights in Ophthalmology" and he told of several of the eye diseases of the past, showing slides to explain them. He also described some of the existing eye problems and showed how valuable good public health service can be towards preventing and curing these conditions. We also learned that Squeek Redding's wife, Loretta, was elected to the WDNA's Finance Committee at the same annual meeting.
Other interesting items that have come to our attention are that Harry Baehr has been elected a director of the board of the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital; that M. Carter Strickland was elected a member of the board of directors of the Dartmouth Club of Central New York which meets in Syracuse; that Dr. Leonard W. Doob spoke at the Freshman-Sophomore Week at Connecticut College on the topic "Your Mind: Its Diet and Care," that Jack Blair gave a talk on patents to the National Secretaries Association's meeting in Stamford in February; and that Dr. GordenB. Smith is running for his fourth term as school commissioner in Rutland, Vt. This is of particular interest in view of what he says in the 25-Year Book: "Left Dartmouth at the end of my third year — have always felt that losing that senior year was cutting a slice out of my life."
Francis W. Gramlich, Chairman of the Philosophy Department, has announced that Maurie Mandelbaum is leaving the College this June as he has accepted a lectureship at Harvard for a year, following which he will become the Chairman of the Philosophy Department at a large Eastern University. Maurie has been teaching in Hanover since 1947 and his prior position on the faculty at Swarthmore College covered the years from 1934 through 1946. In addition to being the author of both "Problem of Historical Knowledge" and "Phenomenology of Moral Experience," he has recently edited with Professor Gramlich the book "Philosophic Problems." Many of us will greatly miss seeing Maurie on our visits to Hanover and we are extremely sorry that the College is losing him. Professor Gramlich said, in expressing his regrets at Maurie's departure: "There is no question that he is one of the best men in Philosophv today." When we learn where Maurie will be after his year's lectureship at Harvard, we will let you know.
Don't forget Larry and Mary Lougee's party at the Officers Club, Governors Island, N. Y. on Thursday evening, May 16, and the 1957 Informal Reunion in Hanover the weekend of June 28-30, as announced by our Chairman Dick Barrett in the April 5 issue of "Twenty-Nine Up." As Dick assures us that no plans or arrangements are being made for this informal reunion, we can be sure that he will be one of the gang "resting" on the Inn porch. Maybe, however, if we put enough pressure on him, he'll take that long walk up to Crosby and back to let us know how the 1957 Alumni Fund makes out on that last weekend in June.
Secretary, Center Rd., Woodbridge, Conn.
Class Agent, Carpenter Steel Co., Box 662 Reading, Pa.
