1941

June 16 is approaching, so it is time for the countdown. The latest count of the total number of participants who will definitely or probably immigrate to Hanover to attend our Twentieth Reunion is most encouraging. 108 classmates, to be accompanied by 100 wives and 92 children,'will definitely converge on Fayerweather Hall on Friday in time to get settled and toast the renewal of old friendships in the class tent before attending the alumni buffet. It is possible that this figure will be increased by another 130 classmates, wives and children who hope to be on hand if at all possible. The end result could be a record-breaking turnout that would have the class tent bulging at the seams. One thing is certain. Everyone who attends is certain to have a wonderful weekend. All that remains in the way of advance planning is the fulfillment of our order for good weather.

The Pre-Hanover cocktail party held at the Dartmouth College Club of New York was well attended by fellow reunion aspirants. Lee and Nancy Trudeau were on hand to celebrate Lee's promotion to a vice-presidency in the New York City advertising firm of Street and Finney. Where goes Trudeau, so goes Acker. Thus Eddie was also on hand with his latest information on mortality tables. Also present were Frank and Su Hall, Bob and Betty Darbee, Marty and Nancy Gibbs, Buzz and Janet Willis, Don and Pat Stillman, our reunion chairmen Bob and Alice Taft, Don Brown, George Seel, and Monk Larson.

Bob Frondorf recently wrote to me expressing his regrets for being unable to travel from Manila, to be on hand for our terrific twentieth." Bob reported that he and Charlie McLane had their own reunion when Charlie was recently in the Philippines. Bob is in Manila with The Ault and Wiborg Company, manufacturers of printing and lithographic inks, paper, machinery and supplies.

We extend congratulations to George Kruger who has been promoted to vice president of the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York. George joined the Chase Manhattan in 1957 as a mining geologist in the petroleum department and last year was named technical director for mining industry. His experience as a geologist dates back to the early '40s, and graduate school at the University of Minnesota. After leaving graduate school he was a consulting mining geologist in South America and New York. George and Leta, plus four active children, live in North Tarrytown, N. Y.

Hans Froehlich called me recently to express his regrets for his inability to attend reunion because it falls during the time of his annual two weeks' tour of active duty as a major in the Air Force Reserve. Hans' reserve assignment is with the Air Force Systems Command. The other fifty weeks of the year he devotes to the supervision of the manufacture of merchandising displays and sales designs for the display division of Hinde and Dauch, a division of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. Hans occasionally hears from Harry Butterworth, who is presently an English professor at the University of Ohio in Athens, Ohio.

During a recent business trip to Washington I had the pleasure of having lunch with George Flather and visiting the palatial offices of his prosperous law .firm. At the moment it looks like baby sitting problems are going to prevent George and his wife from attending reunion. Unfortunately he is not the sole victim of this dilemma. In the course of his sorties into the labyrinths of the Washington bureaus he frequently encounters Pete Keir, who is still with the Federal Reserve Board and who just moved to a new home a few doors away from his former home in Alexandria, Va.

The number one citizen of Lubbock, Texas, is Dr. Jack Selby. During the ten years that he has been in Lubbock, Jack has become established as a highly regarded chest and general surgeon and has taken an active leadership "in many civic activities. His medical certifications are many. He is a member of the faculty of the Lubbock Branch of the University of Texas Post Graduate Medical School and a researcher and consultant for the biological and medical sciences division of the Foundation for International Research and Development. He is a member of the board of directors of the Lubbock United Fund, medical director of the Ail-American Life Insurance Co., chairman of the Lubbock City-County Board of Health, and a member of the state board of the Texas Tuberculosis Association and the Texas Cancer Society. He is also a member of the Lubbock Rotary Club and has been active in Salvation Army and Boy Scout work. Despite this busy schedule Jack is a strong advocate of turning regularly to the great outdoors to escape from the rigors of everyday living. Being one of the few people who practice what they preach, he indulges in hunting and flying whenever possible.

Larry Thompson, an authority on finance and taxation, was recently appointed a professor at the Harvard Business School, where he has served as an associate professor since 1956. He is now working with other economists

on a study of the capital markets in the United States. He is co-author of "Effects of Taxation-Investments by Individuals" and since 1957 has been editor of the National Tax Journal. Larry has taught at Harvard since 1947. During 1958-59 he was at the Management Development Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland.

June is a key month in the Dartmouth calendar for many reasons. In addition to being the month for commencement and class reunions, it is the final month of the annual alumni fund drive. It is therefore the month for the final urgent appeal to all loyal Dartmouth men to dig into their pocketbooks to make a substantial contribution toward the perpetuation of the high educational standards unique to Dartmouth. Loyalty to a college is proven by deeds. Therefore the real proof of the loyalty of the class of 1941 in the year of its Twentieth Reunion will not be evidenced in by the number of classmates who return to Hanover to celebrate this gala occasion but by the number who donate to the 1961 alumni fund. My last appeal to you as class secretary for the last five years is thus an urgent request to all to show their appreciation to the college and to Pete Scott, our head class agent, and his many hard-working class agents by making your contribution to the 1961 alumni fund before the June 30 deadline.

Secretary, 84-39 126th St. Kew Gardens 15, N. Y.

Class Agent, 7720 Old Chester Rd., Bethesda, Md.