1952
Since I am now going into my fifth post-graduate year on the Hanover Plain, I think it's safe to say that I qualify as a veteran observer of the Dartmouth scene. Some may dispute this, you know those old-timers of six or seven years, but nevertheless I do enjoy finding an audience for my local opinions.
It is this veteran (qualified) observer's March opinion that the student body this year is a quiet, thoughtful one - that is to say, they're dull. Last year the students were up in arms about co-education at Dartmouth, pacificism; the year before, the issue of Saturday classes was the hot one on Main Street and in the back alleys along Webster Avenue. This year the lukewarmest dispute seems to be over whether or not some fraternity is selfish in not having dates stay in the house over Carnival. We still have some of the old standbys, of course; will this be the last year for outdoor evening and the center of campus statue? Get out and throw that slush! President Dickey was out there working on the statue on the Wednesday night before Carnival - temperature about twenty degrees below. I guess this caused a few of the boys to figure they could do it too because somehow they finished the statue on time.
Some say it's because a guy has to book around the clock to get a hook (just wanted to give you a sample of 1961 campus slang) under the three-term program. That may be, but there still seems to be plenty of time for goofing off (that's slang from a decade ago). The Carnival dates looked especially good this year . .. we've had moonlight nights so cold even the students couldn't go walking
... the Daily D has gone tabloid but the news seems to be and sound the same .. . the snow has almost buried the new construction projects .. . it's about time for this qualified observer to turn his attention to the Class of 1952.
I had the pleasant surprise of meeting Dave Larson at a recent meeting for folks involved in college alumni work. He's assistant dean in charge of just about everything at Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy at Tufts in Boston. This was a fortunate as well as pleasant encounter for Dave gave me a padful of notes about '52s down his way. Al and Ray Reich, Dave reports, have moved into a new home in Sudbury, Mass., where their three boys are enjoying the wide open spaces they need. Lou Zehner lives in Winchester, is co-chairman of the Heart Fund drive there and works for Arthur D. Little, Inc. Dave Sunderland also lives in Winchester and works for Raytheon. Steve Parkhurst, our Fletcher School dean notes, is a pillar of the Unitarian Church in Winchester and works for the Merchants New England National Bank.
Jack Creamer was named president of Wheels, Inc., one of the largest of the automotive warehouse distributors in the East. Jack started with Wheels, Inc., in 1955 as sales director after serving as a Marine Corps officer. He was named vice president in 1951 and on February 1 by the action of the Board of Directors he takes over as number one man. Jack and Diane have three children, Susan, five, Coleen, three, and John, one.
I returned from the conference to find a news clipping which gave me a little more information on Norm Logan's wedding which Dave had also reported. Norm was married to Miss Ada Anders Heimbach, a Connecticut College graduate, on December 10 in Sewickly, Penna. Brew Sturtevant and BudBarker were ushers. The couple honeymooned in Nassau, then returned to live in Chestnut Hill. Norm's with Raytheon. Dave also mentioned Frank Heineman who is an executive assistant at General Radio in Concord, Mass. (and a Fletcher A.M. holder), and I picked up the added information that Frank and Dave Neiditz were at the December 30 marriage of Jim Wittenberg and Miss Alice Hamlin Edge in Littleton, N. H. This happy couple honeymooned in Jamaica and went off after to San Francisco where Jim practices law. Allie's a Bennington graduate. Another San Francisco attorney is Gene Rosenberg who is with Belli, Asche and Gerry.
Down the coast in California Dr. BobMillhouse has set up his own practice in pediatrics in Canoga Park. The Millhouses have built a new home in Woodland Hills, and Bob and Ev entertain the George Rosenbergs frequently. Another '52 doctor, Ely Wagshul and his wife Sondra announced the birth of their first child, Beth Alison, in Charleston, S. C., on January 10.
John Lloyd, State Department vice consul and second secretary in Djakarta, may have set some sort of record for the class. His five children have the following places of birth: Bangkok, Atlantic City, Oslo, Ithaca, N. Y., and Kediri, Indonesia. A sixth is expected. Chris Wilson began his work as guidance counselor for Baldwin (L. 1., N. Y.) High School last year. He earned his M.A. at Teacher's College, Columbia. Another single fellow in education (who may not stay that way long in his present environment) is PaulTaylor who is an instructor in history at Vassar. Larry Stern is an instructor in communicative skills at State University of lowa and is also working for his doctorate in English. Lee Schacht is a fellow who already has his Ph.D., and last year he was appointed genetic consultant to the Minnesota Department of Health.
Met Taylor was promoted to force supervisor for the telephone company in Boston. Rit and Ann Swicker had a third son last September 20, named him Peter. Rit's with NBC in New York. George "Blackie" Smith and his wife Margaret also have three children. Blackie's vice-president and treasurer of the Miller Brothers department store down in Chattanooga. Another Smith, Ray by name, became a municipal bond analyst with Standard and Poor's Corp. in New York. Walt Simons is now assistant to the accounts supervisor for Barnet and Reef Associates, international public relations. Ron Scott, who received his LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania last year, is a law clerk with LeBraun and Doak — a Philadelphia law clerk. I also heard that another Scott, Bill Scott out in Denver, was appointed assistant manager of the municipal bond department for Crittenden, Podesta and Company. Bill Ziegler also received a 1960 promotion to assistant division manager for Champion Paper and Fibre Company in Hamilton, Ohio. Bill and Audrey have three children.
Bill and Margaret Zaphiris (his last name was changed from Zafiropulos) were parents for the first time on October 19 with the birth of Therese. Bill is a specification writer for Johnson, Gray and Associates, architects in Erie, Penna. Bill went on to Carnegie Tech. Another first child was born to Sam and Yvonne Wells last year, Sam III. Father Sam is secretary for the Cannon Shoe Co., a national retail shoe concern. It was a first child for John and Priscilla Wall in 1960 too, a daughter named Katherine. John is personnel director for the Packaging Corporation of America in Grand Rapids, Mich. Drew and Suzanne Waitley had their second child, a daughter named Jane Suzanne on October 11, and it was a second child also for Al and Judy Warren. They named her Donna Lee.
That's about it for the month. Give a little extra attention this year to Class Agent John Rosenwald's Alumni Fund appeals. He's done a great job for the class in the past three years and deserves all the help you can give him.
Secretary, 15 Rayton Rd., Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, 33 Dean St., Attleboro, Mass.
