1955
Sitting here in the relative warmth of a Georgia winter day, it's difficult to imagine that in Hanover "the wolfwind is wailing at the doorways, and the snow drifts deep along the road." Shortly after his last literary effort, your scribe journeyed to Hanover for the Holy Cross contest. This was quite an experience, since it was the first pilgrimage to the Plain since June '56 — Tuck School graduation. The scene is pretty much the same, with the exception of the new dormitories behind The Row and the absence of some old landmarks in the vicinity of Bissell Hall where the new Hopkins Center will stand. The football part of the weekend was as it has been for the past decade or two - save, the type of football played by the new-look Blackman Green. There were the older alumni with portable and mobile bars - the fraternity blocks at the game - an occasional 'coon coat — a Mt. Holyoke gal in kilts. The biggest surprise of the weekend was the discovery that Rock 'n Roll has actually penetrated Dartmouth's ivy-covered walls. "Little Richard" was much in evidence in the record collection accumulated in one fraternity house, and another Greek-letter group actually hired a Rock 'n Roll band for the weekend. "Man, there's a real session at the Crow House!" one undergraduate remarked to a companion, "The group there is way out. Ya know what I mean?" It's my guess that this isn't the typical Dartmouth Man speaking, but it is a sign of the changing times that the guitar-playing groaners and grinders have made even the slightest advance into the Hanover hills.
Many fifty-fivers were seen in Memorial Stadium and at festivities following the game - Pete Gulick, "Swifty" Lawrence, Ernie Arnold, Mike Gorton, Matty Weinberg, Tom Waddell, Hank Stephenson and wife Joan. Kilt Andrew and Dick Hastings were on hand. Jim Weschler was in his usual position along the sideline covering the game for the Valley News. Overall, it was great to be back in Hanover - even for a few short hours - and I heartily recommend the trip for anyone who's been away from things in the North Country for a year or so.
On with the news. Al Murray and Carolyn Smith became engaged late last spring. Carolyn is an alumna of Wellesley and is now a research assistant at Tufts. Al is now studying for his doctorate in economics at Columbia. Paul Dingwell and Elizabeth Foshay of Cincinnati became engaged last June. Elizabeth is graduate of Bryn Mawr. Paul is working toward his Master's Degree at the Wharton School of Business.
Louis Cavaliere will marry Beatrice Elari in the near future. Beatrice attended the University of Vermont. Lou is now teaching in high school at North Haven, Conn. Stu Krueger and Jill Davidson plan to marry next summer. Jill is a senior at Connecticut College for Women.
Margaret Michaud and Dick McNally were married this past August. Margaret' is an alumna of Lesley College. Dick graduated from Holy Cross after leaving Dartmouth and is serving as an ensign with the Coast Guard in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
So much - believe it or not - for affairs matrimonial. Now for a few miscellaneous items that should interest fifty-fivers one and all. Pete Sarty dropped me a short note from Sherburne Center, Vt., last month. Pete got out of the service in September and immediately got together with Steve Chontos '56 and began laying the groundwork for the opening of their ski shop at the new Killington Basin ski area (forty miles west of Hanover). (The formal name for this corporation is the Basin Ski Shop, Inc.) Pete welcomes all fifty-fives and guarantees satisfaction with both the equipment and the skiing potential at Killington.
The Class of Fifty-five has its first honest-to-goodness politician in Jim Hillis. Jim ran for prosecuting attorney in Jackson County, Ind., on the Republican ticket. At this moment the results of Jim's political endeavor are unknown, but his qualifications for the office seem hard to beat. Jim graduated from Michigan Law School in June with a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree and was a member of the Order of Coif - the national legal honor society. Jim also served as an associate editor of the Michigan Law Review. There are now two little gals around the Hillis household - Mary Estella, age two and a half and Sarah Randall, age one. Jim, his wife Jane and kids live in Seymour, Ind.
Bill Krasnow is another fifty-fiver who's entering the law field. Bill is associated with the law firm of Nighswander, Lorn and Brownes in Laconia, N. H. While he was at Harvard Law School, Bill was appointed a teaching assistant in humanities at M.I.T. and in his second year became a full instructor in the speech department. He was also debating coach at M.I.T. and in his three years there his team won the New England and New York district and elimination tourneys and placed 23rd nationally (the best ever for an M.I.T. team).
Bud Bombard was in the news again lately because of yachting achievements. You'll remember that Bud was a crewmember on the Carina - winner of the international race from Newport to Sweden in 1955. He also sailed on the Ticonderoga when it won two famous races - from Miami to Nassau and from Newport to the Bahamas. Most recently he was involved in the competition for the United States' berth in the America's Cup races. Bud was a crewmember on the "Vim," a 19-year-old yacht that competed against the new Weatherly, Easterner and Columbia for the right to face England's "Sceptre" in the contest. As we all know, the Columbia eventually won the whole shebang, but Bud's crew received recognition nationally for their fine showing.
Eliot Smith received a commendation for meritorious service as an atomic weapons effects analyst and assistant civilian engineer. Eliot is a Specialist, third class with the Army. Some quickies: Art Anderson is a personnel clerk with the Army; Sandy Antin is a senior medical student at Northwestern; Ed Barber is a student at Stanford in the department of Biological Science; Rufus Choate is a pilot with the Marine Corps in Jacksonville, N. C.; John French is a legal officer in the Judge Advocate Corps in the Air Force; Woody Goss is a student at the University of Virginia School of Business Administration; Joe Herring is a student at the General Theological Seminary in New York. Dave Hurlbut is an actuarial assistant with the Prudential Life Insurance Company; Len Jones is a missiles equipment engineer in the advance design section - Douglas Aircraft Company.
That about wraps it up for another year. A Merry Christmas to all of you and your families. So long for now.
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