1932

The annual spring roundup o£ alumni officers' from all classes on May 1-2 brought to Hanover your president Art Allen, bequest and estate planning chairman Jim Corbett, treasurer Bill Lieson and your correspondent. Art and Jim were accompanied by wives Debbie and Amy, and the Corbetts' attractive daughter Suzanne turned up by coincidence on Saturday having a date with one of the undergraduates. Lieson, who you will recall is a banker, was so busy merging banks at this particular time that he hurried back to Springfield as soon as the business meetings were completed. The others stayed to absorb some of the spring sunshine and departed in more leisurely fashion on Sunday.

Encountered during the weekend having lunch at the Golfside were Isabelle and Hank Barber with their son Peter '59, a good looking slimmed down version of the old man. Hank is still head of the Jean-Alan Products Co., a rug manufacturing firm in Boston, and still looks fit enough to play regular tackle for the Chicago Bears.

There is a noticeable vitality about the College these days, which was reflected in the talk at the various group meetings. Introduction of the new three-term curriculum has fostered a feeling that Dartmouth is again pioneering in a big way in the educational process, and there is enthusiastic talk of a regular fourth term which will permit the College to operate throughout the year. In fact, a committee of the faculty is vigorously pursuing this concept in expectation of coming up with a workable plan in the near future. The idea is not to create the garden variety of summer school, but rather to provide a means of serving a greater number of students and permitting acceleration of the college course for those endowed with the necessary talents and industry.

Discussion at the class presidents' and secretaries' business meeting developed that some of the other classes have adopted the idea of an inter-reunion get-together. One apparent fact was that it is not always easy to find a place to stay overnight in the vicinity of Hanover unless application is made well in advance. Those of you who are planning to attend the '32 powwow on the Brown weekend (October 9-11) this fall should not put off making your reservations with Mr. Borden Avery, Bonnie Oaks, Fairlee, Vt. With a little luck in the weather this should be a grand outing.

The Class will be saddened to learn that Bob Gould was stricken with a fatal heart attack on April 6 in Phoenix, Ariz. Bob's home was in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and he was on a business trip when the heart attack occurred. He leaves his wife Elizabeth, a son Robert Jr., and a married daughter Mrs. James Ball, to whom our Class extends the deepest sympathy.

Secretary, 341 West End Rd. S. Orange, N. J.

Class Agent, General Abrasive Co., Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y.