Hong Kong

A barbecue honoring departing undergraduates, graduate students, and instructors was tossed in August by the Dartmouth Club of Hong Kong. Members took over the Island Club for the evening of August 3, briefed their guests on the perils of winter on the Hanover Plain, and watched color films of Dartmouth and Robert Frost, provided by USIS, before lurching some 200 steps down to the club’s beach for barbecued beef and a sufficiency of beer.

Several hours later, full of beef and brew, members and guests departed. In the in- terim, members of the newly formed club had a chance to talk with Chiu Sin-yeung ’66, who enters this fall’s freshman class; Dr, Soo Thoe-win, who will be working with the mathematics department at Han- over, and Chan Lock-lim, who will be doing graduate work in chemistry this fall. Alto- gether, about forty persons attended, and plans are under way to make this an annual event.

Next project on the club’s agenda is to in- terest more Hong Kong youngsters in apply- ing for Dartmouth. Late this fall, we expect to show Dartmouth films to seniors in pre- paratory schools here, and fill out the pro- gram with a talk on Dartmouth by club members.

Passing through late in June was Dr. Samuel Chu ’5l, on his way home from a year of study as a Fulbright scholar at Tai- pei’s Academia Sinica. Sam is now teaching history at the University of Pittsburgh. A fresh arrival in Hong Kong is David Stein-berg ’5O who is in charge of the Asia Foun- dation’s Hong Kong office. Dave was promptly drafted into the club, as were two other recent arrivals: Stephen G. Don Jr.’5B, a businessman, and Malcolm Churchill’6O, a Foreign Service Officer working at the American Consulate General.

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