1927

The appointment of Larry Scammon as Head Class Agent was announced a few days ago by Class Chairman Bob Stevens. Larry will bring to this most important task an enthusiasm a nd capability that would be difficult to match. We all wish him well, and promise him our complete cooperation. Since there will be no regular Alumni Fund campaign this year, the principal job of the Class Agent organization will be to back up the Capital Gifts Campaign, in order to make sure that every member of the Class of 1927 is given the opportunity to do his full share toward this once-in-a-lifetime effort to place Dartmouth in a financial position where she can realize her full potential for greatness. Next year we will be back into our regular Alumni Fund effort, and I am sure that every member of the Class will do his part in helping Larry lead us to new records.

Latest word from Cug Daley on the spring get-together in Hanover is that it will probably be held on Washington's Birthday weekend, and that it will not be combined with a Father and Son gathering. Since those who have sons in the freshman class like to get up to Hanover for the Freshman Fathers' weekend, and those whose sons are seniors plan to be in Hanover for Commencement, the potential attendance for a Father and Son weekend is pretty well limited to those who have sons in the sophomore and junior classes, and as some of them live too far from Hanover for weekend commuting, there aren't too many who can be there. If enough fathers having sons in the classes of 1960 and 1961 express interest, some sort of weekend may be arranged later this spring.

Bill Cusack was elected president of the Boston Alumni Association at their annual dinner on January 21. The Class of 1927 had their usual large turnout and pre-dinner cocktail party, so a good-sized delegation was on hand to offer congratulations to Bill on behalf of the Class.

Dr. Phil Corliss, who in addition to his medical practice, is an outstanding horticulturalist, specializing in the development of new strains of iris and lilies, and is president of the Yuma, Ariz., Community Concert Association, also finds time to lead an annual European garden tour, covering England, Scotland, Holland, Belgium and France. This year's tour will leave New York August 26, on the Queen Mary, and will return on October 20. The tour will visit famous gardens and country estates, and will include theatre, concerts, and opera. Phil is also a well known lecturer, famous for his outstanding color slides, and has had many articles published in various horticultural magazines and publications.

Dick Lougee, professor of geomorphology at Clark University, told the national convention of geologists in Washington, D. C., that they have been wrong in their theories of three ice ages since they were first advanced by Louis Agassiz 118 years ago. Dick said that there were not three, or four, or five ice ages, but just one big advance and one big retreat, which retreat is still going on. In addition, Dick says that instead of lasting for a million years, as has been generally believed, the ice age didn't last over 100,000. He bases his theory on evidence collected during the past thirty years in both North America and Europe.

On New Year's Day, the Reverend Elwood Smith, rector of Trinity Church in Shelburne, Vt., celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination.

A letter from Al Macdonald brings a bit of news of a few classmates who haven't been heard from in some time. "During the last month I had a very hasty trip to Los Angeles. Arrived there on Sunday night and left on Tuesday morning, but did get a chance to call Ros Guyot, and he is doing fine and still with General Petroleum. He reports that he had a call recently from Ed Ripley and his cement block business is doing well. Ros also reported that Ed has a hobby of tape recording train whistles, and that he will soon have recordings available to all of those train enthusiasts. Had a Christmas card from Bert Gruver —it was from St. Louis, where he was with a road show of 'Two for the Seesaw' —no other news on his card."

New addresses this month: Newman M. Horton, Precision Twisted Kraft Products, Deep River, Conn.; Victor J. Duplin Jr., Route 2, Glenacre Farm, Lynchburg, Va.; Avery N. Keenan, 1949 Commonwealth Ave., Auburndale 66, Mass.; Edward G. Webb, 1823 Park Ave., Richmond 20, Va.

Secretary, 29150 West River Road Perrysburg, Ohio

Treasurer, Apt. 10C, 3908 N. Charles St. Baltimore 18, Md.

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