1952
Paul Tillich, the theologian, gave three consecutive lectures last week in 105 Dartmouth under the auspices of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation. It would be far beyond me to relate here the content of the lectures, but I do want to report on the enthusiasm and interest shown by the undergraduates in attendance.
The hall was crowded all three nights, and the student questions were both perceptive and revealing of strong interest in the spiritual side of man. Within the week, The Dartmouth has carried articles on the visit of an eminent Unitarian clergyman, the appointment of a Jesuit priest to be on campus next year and the very well attended gathering of the Jewish Life Council.
All this appears to me to be stimulated by the work of the Tucker Foundation and its energetic dean, Fred Berthold '45. It's also worth pointing out that all this is happening at a time when the new three-three curriculum is making the undergraduate more cautious about how out-of-class hours are used.
The first class member we'll speak of this month provides a smooth transition from spiritual life on the campus to class news because he's an integral part of both. BobLord, who has been a more or less regular in this column because of his achievements as an organist, has accepted a post as instructor in music and college organist at Davidson College in North Carolina.
Bob writes that Davidson has a brand new chapel and one of the finest pipe organs in the South. Bob finishes up on his dissertation at Yale and heads south with family this summer. He'll be remembered in New Haven town, especially for this spring's record annual Junior Choir Festival which he led. More than 500 children from 25 churches, twice as many as any other year, took part.
There's a special ceremony in store for Tad Stahl who has announced his engagement to Miss Nancy Fletcher Cosman of Darien, Conn. Miss Cosman will be graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University this month. Tad has a full vocational schedule. Besides being a member of Wellesley's Department of Art, he has his own architectural practice in Cambridge, Mass., and is secretary of the Danbury, Conn., City Planning Commission.
Two New Hampshire senators, Cotton and Bridges, teamed up to announce the appointment of one Dort Bigg to the post of assistant United States district attorney for the State of New Hampshire. Dort has been an assistant attorney general for the state for the past year. He and Marsha live in Canterbury, N. H., and have two children, Dort Jr. and William.
Yates Eckert played one of the leading roles in "Tea and Sympathy" at its recent run in the Players Theater, New Hartford, Penna. Yates had the crucial role of the desolate, sensitive teenage prep school boy. Walt Lashar is another leading man in the class this month, playing the major role in the current production of the Proctor, Vt., community players.
Don Wagner has joined his father's realty business in Snyder, N. Y., according to a clipping from a Buffalo newspaper. Don, who has worked previously for General Electric, IBM and most recently Brown & Bigelow in Buffalo, will start out as a salesman.
Dave Rennie is now with the Air Force at Almaden Air Force Base in New Almaden, Calif. He's with the 682nd AC and WRON, whatever that means. Perhaps some of you former flyboys could provide the simple clue to this code. Another service servant, Captain Jim Harshbarger, has moved from his APO address to the Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville, Penna. My informant neglected to say whether this was in or out of uniform, Jim.
John Rosenwald, Ed Finerty and wife Peggy, and Bernie Lewis traveled to Hanover in early May for the Class Officers' weekend. An executive meeting was held in a booth at Lou's (breakfast-time on Saturday) and I'm sure the class will be pleased to hear (1.) we are solvent (Finerty's report); (2.) we have a pack of guys beating the bushes for money (Rosie's report); (3.) Lewis is selling more fish than ever (Bernie's report). Actually much more occurred and a detailed report will be mailed later (with no mention of fish).
One item that won't be covered in the class report is your secretary's private opinions of moving and settling. However, the latest shifts seem to give it more backing.
A quartet of non-conformists made long jumps, the longest being Ernie Stephens' move from Lynn, Mass., to Laramie, Wyo. My class files don't show it, but I seem to recall that Ernie's field was geology. He's at 403 South 8th St.
Bob Klotz left Rochester, N. Y., behind for Oak Park, Mich. (13711 Vernon); Stew Rose is now in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (30 Thomas Street) and Tom Allen's also a Kansan — Wichita variety (Riviera Plaza, Apt. A-6, 1322 Stackman Drive).
The next column will be in October, but don't let that stop you from sending in that news item now. Don't forget, you are the stuff of this class, and what you are, it will be. Keep up the good work.
Secretary, 15 Rayton Rd., Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 1435 Lexington Ave., New York 28, N. Y.
