Denver

The summer scene has not been as placid as one might expect for that usually tranquil time of the year. This was attested to by the vigorous activities held at the farm of NedGrant ’30 on a splendid Sunday afternoon in June. The annual stag picnic altered its usual format and tradition somewhat by initiating a gladiatorial contest (softball game). The Dartmouths challenged the Harvards, and happily under the coaching prowess of Bob Fullerton ’5l, Bob Woodbury ’54, and Monte Pascoe ’57, the local “Big Green” alums with Colin Stewart’s ’48 pitching and able assistance of other Dartmouth stalwarts were able to eke out a narrow margin of vic- tory (20-4). This, in spite of the fact that we loaned a few Indians to the Harvard can- tabs.

Don McKinley ’37 was host to the in- coming freshmen and some of the alumni in August. We are happy to report that a fine freshman contingent of fifteen men from the Great Divide will be journeying to Hanover this fall. Of this group three are sons of Dartmouth alumni. Thanks should go to Don McMichael ’S3, Bob Montgom-ery ’56 and Bob Woodbury ’54 and all of the others who so diligently worked on the enrollment and interviewing committees.

Dr. Seymour Wheelock ’4O, my predeces- sor in these duties, has left Denver and now resides in Hanover where he has gone to join the staff of the Hitchcock Clinic. Not only is he missed by his many pediatric patients and their parents, but also, we find a kind of vacuum has been created in our midst. Those of us who have counted on him to keep our clocks running are living on borrowed time while others who have come to rely upon him for photographic documentation of local Dartmouth events find we may have to purchase a “brownie” with Club funds. This certainly is a poor substitute, but any port in a storm.

Flctch Thomas '46 was fortunate enough to be in Hanover for his 15th reunion in June, and returned home full of enthusiasm about what he saw there having been absent from that locale for nearly twelve years. Although one does not usually associate sailing with such an inland area as the high plateau of Colorado, Fletch does not let this interfere with his summer activities and owns a sailboat which he enters in the re- gatta at Grand Lake, Colo. This, inciden- tally, is the highest sailboat regatta in the world and is held annually in August.

Secretary, 801 Detroit, Denver 6, Colo.