1940

At our tremendous twentieth reunion last June (you should have been there too!) the nominating committee decided to dig themselves out of their moribund state and came up with a new group of classmates to look after certain class affairs from now until the 25th Reunion. In the case of your secretary they really had to dig deep, but the class meeting and election happened to come on my birthday so I felt magnanimous and agreed to take my stint in this work for the Class and the College. I look upon the job as a unique stewardship and obviously can only function effectively if given the material by the really important elements of the Class - and that's you, you, and especially you.

With an office on the campus - 305 Crosby Hall - and a home just off the campus - at 5 North Balch Street - I am hopeful that every returning classmate will check in at either or both places whenever he is back in Hanover. Be sure to have your wife and family along so that my wife and kids can expound to their respective counterparts on life in Hanover. They love being helpful because they are as enthused as I am over the good fortune that brought me back four years ago to work for the College in the Office of Development.

The next such occasion for most of you to return to the College is the informal reunion October 14 when Brown plays Dartmouth at Hanover. In the last few years this has become a popular idea and is heartily recommended to those of you who haven't done it. This year rooms are reserved at Keene's which is only a five-mile drive from the stadium. At this writing there aren't enough votes cast for the buffet lunch before the game or a dinner afterwards to be certain which should be more appealing. Notice will be given those coming into town however, so that we can all gather together. The weekend will also include a post-game party at my house - of necessity it's a BYOL gathering, but we'll have enough other things for you to partake. You owe it to your bride and yourself to see New England in the fall and this promises to be the best time of all to do it. See you then.

Not all of you waited for the fall trek. There were numerous classmates in town, or passing through, during the summer. Checking into the Hanover Inn were Bill Wrightson and his approaching-college-age son; Martin Rubin and his wife; Jim Scott and his wife. Jim also figures in the news because the CPA company of which he had been a founding partner was merged with Lybrand, Ross Bros., and Montgomery. Jim will continue in Syracuse as a partner of L.R.B. and M. Bob Williams stopped off for lunch in town and a short tour of the campus with the five boys he was driving to a New Hampshire camp from Cleveland. Mevie and Eb Cockley and son Dave were also campus-viewing and stayed overnight with us. Crafty old Eb had made certain the stops at Bowdoin, Brown, Hamilton, Colgate and the others were done hurriedly and in rainy weather, while he luckily for our sakes saved the longest time for Dartmouth, and brought some decent weather with him. Another summer visitor all the way from Buffalo was Jack Cowan who was on his way to Montreal on business (!). Jack had left wife Bobbie in charge of the three boys and the three boats at their1 summer cottage on Lake Chatauqua, while he was out enjoying himself.

One of the highlights of the Hanover summer was the week-long display of the New Hampshire Arts and Crafts Fair and the participation of two classmates in it. Since Moody Dole is the treasurer of the New Hampshire League he was in town seeing to it that the whole affair rolled along - and presumably that it made some money. Of all the many talented displays of homemade skills none could compare to the halfdozen or so examples of hand-made furniture entered by Ike Weed. Ike and Hazel and their two children had just returned to their Gilford, N. H., home from a year's study-tour of Norway. From the looks of his expert workmanship and pleasing designs the Norwegians probably learned a lot from him! You'd better look in on him the next time you are in the market for some truly outstanding pieces of furniture. It's well worth the trip to the Belknap area.

Speaking of the Belknap area recalls the fact that Johnnie Lillis' picture was in a state paper in June, as the owner of Winnipesaukee Motor Craft in Wolfeboro. The ultimate would be for John to build a house boat and Ike to build the furniture for it. It would no doubt be the best looking and sturdiest on any lake!

Jack Ingersoll was recently appointed Director of the Lower School at University School in Cleveland. Previously, Jack had been Assistant Headmaster and teacher of English at University School, but now he can assume lots of worries, instead of just a few, as he becomes more his own boss.

Scotty Rogers, who enjoyed reunion so much he and Loomie stayed until the Wednesday following along with Joyce andElmer Browne and Diz and Gina deSieyes, wrote of a dinner at Disneyland with Janetand Lew Chipman who were touring from Delaware. Scott is a fairly frequent commuter from home base, Santa Monica, to Cleveland and Berea, Ky., where other company operations flourish.

Also out in California, it has been announced that Tom Braden, publisher of the Oceanside Beade-Tribune, was elected to the presidency of the State Board of Education. Tom, who has been a member of the board for two and a half years, has a real stake in California education with seven little Bradens to go through the paces.

Howard Wriggins has resigned from the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress to join the Policy Planning Council of the Department of State in Washington. Somehow I feel safer now with a classmate at the core of things, although I'd still like some of those policies explained!

A postcard from Larry Boothby brought news of a new job for him, as well as greetings and best wishes to all the members of the Class. Larry was completing work this summer on his Ed-M degree at the Harvard School of Education before assuming an appointment as Research Assistant in the Office of Institutional Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Until June Larry had been head of the Science Department at Emma Willard School, also in Troy, so presumably he and Frannie and the two boys won't have to move.

In order to keep your copy of the Class Directory up to date please make the following address changes in them. And if, for some strange reason, your copy was not delivered this summer let me know.

Bertram T. Blake Jr., 13 Sylvan Road, Darien, Conn.; Major Herbert J. Collins, APO 757, 97th General Hospital, New York, N. Y.; Stephen W. Graydon, 2200 Erbes Road, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Edwin A. Halsey, Apartado Postal 42, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mex.; Richard N. Funkhouser, 603 North Potomac Street, Hagerstown, Md.; Jordan Van Cleve, 33 Broadview Avenue, Madison, N. J.; Walker T. Weed, RFD 4, Laconia, N. H.

John Powell '40, who is security directorand associate dean of students at YaleUniversity, shown at commencement timewith several of the Yale constabulary.Powell is a former FBI agent.

Playwright Jim Andrews '41 (I) saw hisplay, "A Whiff of Melancholy," presentedat the Bucks County Playhouse, NewHope, Pa., by producer Mike Ellis '39(r) and directed by Burgess Meredith(c). Ellis tries out new scripts at hisfamous warm-weather theatre.

Secretary, 5 North Balch St. Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, 88 North Main St., Concord, N. H.