1946

By the time you read this the Big Green will have completed what should have been a great football season. At this writing they've won six in a row by lopsided margins and have taken over mighty Holy Cross. Next comes three Ivy opponents and they should fall over like ducks in a row. Of course I realize that merely writing this could mean trouble, but I'll go out on a limb and predict the Ivy championship - and with any luck - an undefeated season.

Well now to some stars of our own. I must admit that I don't know the outcome of this story but for those of you who aren't familiar with the rise of Charlie Duncan in our nation's capital, it should be interesting. Charlie graduated from Harvard Law School after Dartmouth and for a while was associated with a New York law firm. He then moved to Washington. D. C., with another law firm, at which time he taught at How ard Law School and was active in campaigning for the Democratic Party in the 1956 and 1960 campaign. In July of this year he was (and possibly still is being) considered to fill a vacancy on the District Court bench, an appointment which must be confirmed by the Senate. It is considered in some high government circles that his youth (doesn't that sound refreshing) will be a disadvantage in attaining the post, but I think that Charlie should be commended for his previous successes that have put him in the running for this important position. I would certainly appreciate it if Charlie or one of his friends in Washington would advise me of the outcome.

Which brings me to another question which I would like to have answered. Just previous to reunion we received the following very clever piece of poetry.

Frankly the Fifteenth's important, but Frankly the Fifteenth we'll miss.

Frankly, on the fifteenth we're launching, and Frankly, I wouldn't miss this.

Perhaps Franclea if it's a daughter and Frank Lee if it's a son, But Frankly we'll never forgive you if it's Frankly a dinosaur we've won.

Don Barr is the author of this masterpiece and it would be most interesting to know whether the Class has added another football hero or Carnival Queen to its ranks of '46 sons and daughters.

Speaking of that I hope a lot of you stalwart Dartmouth men are producing future fullbacks and linemen for Big Green teams I'm thinking not only of the future of Dartmouth football but the Kimball family has four beautiful daughters that we will want to entice up to future reunions and the best inducement we will have to offer them are your handsome sons. Of course, with Dartmouth's new program admitting females I may still be able to be a Dartmouth father but in case that doesn't materialize, I'm trying to cover all contingencies.

Along with football in the fall come various and sundry fund drives and '46 is obviously well represented in the varied organizations. I'm sure there are many others but for the present I have three reports covering Mai McLane in Concord, N.H., "Obie" Obermayer in Long Beach, N.J., and Joe Hoagland in Red Bank, N.J. It would be interesting to know how many of us participate in fund drives other than the Dartmouth Alumni Fund - and therefore this subject will be filed for future reference under the heading "Important Bits of Interesting Information that We Must Investigate in the Future."

Now then - back to reality. Dr. GuyVan Syckle, a radiologist at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, has opened his own office in Danbury for the practice of radiology. Guy, who received his M.D. degree from Cornell, will continue at the hospital as attending radiologist, but will attend to his own business a good part of the time. Andrew Bullis Jr. has been appointed urban studies director of the American Municipal Association, with offices in Washington, D.C. Andy has previously been associated with Connecticut and Pennsylvania state governments and was a teaching fellow at Wesleyan University where he earned his Master's degree.

John Drury, a long-time employee of the General Electric Co. in the Burlington, Vt., area, and most recently manager of purchasing at this plant has transferred to Naval Ordnance in Pittsfield, Mass., as man- ager — manufacturing administration. From all reports, his going-away party was a beauty. And in Chicago, Dick Griebel has been appointed president of ITT Kellogg Telecommunications Division. He has been with ITT System for ten years having been made a vice-president in 1959. After leaving Dartmouth, Dick did postgraduate work at Columbia, New York University, and Indiana University and was a captain in the Marine Corps.

Now back to the nonsense department. Last month we had a Most Distinctive Address which was great. I can't beat it this time but one worthy of note just came across my desk from Grant Paterson in Novelty. Ohio. He and his family live on Hook Hollow Road, Hemlock Hills. Grant, if you had gone to Harvard it would be even more apropos.

Well, troops, that's about it for now. Also, this cleared the mailbag, so how about helping to fill it up again. Girls, if your husbands are bashful or modest, why don't you let me know what they are doing, and in the process, give me a rundown on yourself and your families.

See you next month.

Secretary, 12 Keniston Rd. Lynnfield Center, Mass.

Treasurer, 66 Argyll Ave., New Rochelle, N.Y.