1953
Gentlemen, Be Seated! Let's pull up a chair and listen to what a few of our gang have recently been doing. Enter, upstage right, the voice of Don Bigham of Bedford, Mass., who says: "Enjoyed attending the annual Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston banquet at the Statler-Hilton recently. Over 600 loyal Indians and their squaws were present to hear General Robert Cutler, Chairman of the Board of the Old Colony Trust Co., and former special assistant to President Eisenhower for national security affairs, cite the need for more colleges in the immediate years ahead. Also it was good to hear Dean McDonald; his successor Thaddeus Seymour; and Coach Bob Blackman, among others, say a few words about Hanover." Exit, downstage. (Mr. Interlocutor states: "Congratulations, Don, for being elected that evening to the Executive Committee of the Boston Association. '53 should be, and now certainly will be, ably represented in this active organization.")
"Sky Salitsky, you are up stage next" "Well, Mr. Interlocutor, I'd like to announce the addition of Miss Nancy Jean to our household last December - a welcome playmate for our nineteen-month-old Amy Beth. I am presently serving my pediatric residency at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. We recently enjoyed a weekend in January with Bob and Rho Morris. Bob is currently an Ob-Gyn resident at Bellevue Hospital in New York. He also is the proud father of a recent addition - Jean —to go along with 2½ year-old Jonathan."
"Thanks, Sky, and now, Tom Dewey, your platform." "Mr. Interlocutor, a short announcement to the group that I have just completed a sales training period in the Pacific Coast Division of Owens Illinois Glass Co. and have been assigned to the Seattle, Wash., sales branch." "Best of luck, Tom, in your new location." Now let's hear from Fort Knox and Hap Haggett: "This is Hap speaking—Just a word to announce the birth of our first child (echoes of Wah-Woo-Wah in the background) Betsy Karin on November 13 - a lucky 7 lbs. 7 ozs. As you know, I was married to Nancy K. Peterson, Boston University '57 in May, 1957, and finished interning in Hanover that June. Since then it's been the Army Medical Corps in Texas and Kentucky. Now I am doing obstetrics and gynecology at Fort Knox, and currently looking forward to a July Hanover return for a year of GP residency."
"Wonderful news, Hap. And now from the left corner of the stage a series of voices are heard; the first sounds like Bill Murray's. "Well, Mr. Interlocutor, I recently exchanged Lexington, Mass., for Kalamazoo, Mich., and joined the Upjohn Co. in their Department of Chemical Process Research and Development." Dick Beatty reports: "I have recently formed a new association with the law firm of Cooper, Hall, and Cooper in Rochester, N. H., after graduation from the University of Michigan Law School and two years in Germany with the Army." "And Dick Kochman, may we hear from you?" "Gentlemen, I have left the ranks of the unattached and have announced my engagement to Carol M. Salvage of New York. Carol is a graduate of Ethical Culture School and Packer Collegiate Institute and now is a junior at Smith College. I am currently completing my internship at King's County Hospital Medical Center." (The group now asks Dave Polk to step forward.)
"Hi, folks, my latest news is my engagement to Jane Stellwagen of Bryn Mawr, Penna. Jane is a graduate of the Baldwin School and the University of Michigan. We plan a spring wedding."
Before the curtain drops Mr. Interlocutor announces: "Dick Badger is presently doing graduate work at the University of Oslo, in Norway. Dave Florence is in management consultant work in California, and Bob Lundegaard is a copy reader with the "Minneapolis Star," while John Wortley reports in as medical officer at Camp Irwin, Calif."
Drop curtain momentarily.
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