1956

I make a special appeal to all of you to look into the activities of local Dartmouth clubs, and to participate in their activities. This is the best way for '56ers to learn of others who have experienced the same four-year period in Hanover. The friendships awaiting us in the Alumni clubs can prove tremendously worthwhile, if we enter with true friendship as a goal - not reluctant acceptance of just a place to go for wild and hilarious times. As you scan your college career, I am sure you realize that not one of us ever exhausted all that Dartmouth offered. The Alumni clubs now present a chance to keep in mind all those things you consider are yet to be actively learned from the fellowship of Dartmouth men.

Alki Voulgaris took time out during a leave to drop a line. He's aboard the U.S.S. Shenandoah, AD 26, a destroyer tender. He's been to Haiti, Trinidad and Puerto Rico since June of 1956. At present, he's in Europe and will be there for three to six more months.

Steve Swenson recently completed eight weeks of clerical administration training at Ft. Dix, N.J. Steve entered the Army last September and received basic combat training at Ft. Dix.

Dave Kerr and Evelyn Tomec plan on being married come September. Dave is a student at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at Penn University. Ron MacKenzie plans to wed Miss Janet Proctor in June. Ron is presently stationed at the Savannah River Defense Area in Georgia.

Ensign Sam Purvis and Mrs. are living in Pensacola, Fla., following their December wedding. A summer wedding is planned for Carol Story and Howie Wisotzkey. The future "head of the household" is now a student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Paul Nelson is stationed aboard the U.S.S. Perry at Newport, R.I. He recently gave the diamond to Judith Kelly of Madison, N.J. Army Pvt. Jim Cochrane was selected as the "Outstanding Trainee of the Week" at the U.S. Army Training Center, Ft. Dix, N.J. Leo McKenna is also at Ft. Dix. He's due to complete his six-month active duty tour with the Army come summer.

Judy and Martin Shore became proud par ents on January 13. The new arrival was named Lisa Andrea. The proud Pop is stationed at the Ft. Benning Army Infantry Center, Chaplains' Section.

The Dartmouth Alumni Fund campaign began April 1. Watch the dates and watch your purse - you know what to do from here. Glen French, who did a great job last year, turns the duties of Class Agent over to Jim Flynn. That's like having Mantle sick and having to substitute a Ted Williams. Yet. his success will be measured by your reaction to an obligation. That obligation is to make Dartmouth strong enough financially to challenge what she must. This may seem like "corn" to some but just remember it took a few bucks to establish what we have come to know as the Big Green. In short, something does not come from nothing.

Secretary, 133 Slade St., Belmont 78, Mass.

Class Agent, 1861 Lee Blvd., Cleveland 12, Ohio