1951

Sometimes it's hard to get at that typewriter to meet Charlie Widmayer's deadlines. And tonight is one of those nights.

For one thing, this time tomorrow evening, God willing, I'll be in Hanover. The prospect of escape has had me champing at the bit for weeks. It's Class Officers Weekend, and Class Chairman Herb Knight expects to be there, too Then the 'phone's been ringing tonight. I've had two calls this evening from a boy I had the privilege of interviewing who was accepted. He's bright, personable, and also plays football. Now Harvard is trying to seduce him, although he has already accepted Dartmouth.

My Regional Class Agent also called tonight to find out how I was doing on my Alumni Fund assignment. (To avoid criticisms of playing favorites, I won't mention his name.)

These telephone calls sort of fit together. The acceptee who called is a scholarship boy, as were many of us. But even if you weren't, how much of your education at Dartmouth did you and your parents actually pay for? (If you were non-scholarship, the answer is about half.) Think about it when you write that check for the Alumni Fund. If the amount is regularly only $5 or $10, you'll never pay for that half-free ride you got, even if you live to be a 100. If you've already written the check, it's not too late to send in a supplementary gift.

Head Class Agent Dick Rogers writes that, as of now (May 2), things are going very well. Dick has asked me to express his thanks to the Class as a whole, and particularly to the Class Agents.

But how good is good? Can you honestly say that you have given your fair share? To hell with quotas! What I want to know is can you honestly say that you have done your best this year to repay Dartmouth for the bills which somebody else paid for you. Let's face it. Without your best, Dartmouth College and its compatriot independent liberalarts colleges won't be around when it comes time for your son to go to college.

As for the news, Bob Tomfohrde's latest addition to the family, Kiri, who arrived last November, may not be that concerned now. But imagine a Smith, Holyoke, Bennington, or even a Wellesley girl without Dartmouth men!

Bill Merkle has been appointed personnel director of the Hotel Corporation of America and is operating out of its home office in Boston. Will Rowe has been promoted to accounting manager for the Toni Company, aivision of Gillette, in Chicago.

Dud Page was awarded his degree as master of medical science at Ohio State University in March. Dud and his family headed for Montana, where he has set up private practice of anaesthesia in Great Falls.

Pete van Orden is heading up the American Cancer Society's 1962 Cancer Crusade in Peekskill, N. Y. Head Class Agent DickRogers will soon be a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Rabbi Bill Leffler recently gave three lectures at Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. Pete Martin wrote the cover story on Cuba in the April 27 Time.

Bob Hirschman reports that he took time out from his job as resident partner in Frankfurt, Germany, of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (accountants), to visit behind the Iron Curtain. Among others, he reports seeing Fergie Thiel, then in a seminary near Munich, who is now in Saskatchewan.

Frank Smallwood '51 Assistant Professor of Government, has received a Dartmouth Faculty Fellowship for next yearand will study city governments in theU. S., England and Canada.

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