San Francisco

On the wet Friday night of March 22 over one hundred Dartmouth alumni packed San Francisco's University Club for the annual meeting of the Alumni Association of Northern California and Nevada. After cocktails and an excellent dinner, outgoing President Jack Clow '52 reported on the year's activities, which, in addition to the weekly Thursday luncheons at the Fly Trap, included a picnic at Angel Island, luncheon at the Palace Hotel to hear Bob Blackman highlight the 1962 football season, and a mid-February gathering at the University Club that included the wives to hear Dartmouth math professor John Kemeny as featured speaker.

After a rousing song session led by Alumni Councilor Dick Smith '35, Pete Zischke '52 told that through the efforts of the enrollment committee over 65 Northern Californians had applied for admission to Dartmouth's class of 1967 - just how many will actually be members of '67 won't be known until the results come out in mid-April. After a few words from Don McKinlay '37, whose recruiting activities date back to President Jack Clow, Larry Eager '23 presented the slate of officers for the new year. Unanimously elected were Art Young '46 president, Dave Taylor '50 vice president, Gene Carver 'SO re-elected secretary, Carl Ward '32 treasurer, Paul Webb '39 and Hal Feuchter '58 assistant secretaries.

Then, our principal speaker of the evening, President John Dickey, addressed the gathering. After discussing the death of Robert Frost and his impact on the Dartmouth community, President Dickey pointed out such achievements in the present year at Dartmouth as last summer's Sloan Foundation grant of $1,000,000 to the Thayer School, the gratifying intentions of 75% of the class of '62 to pursue graduate study, and the rapid acceptance of the newly opened Hopkins Center as a cultural center of students, faculty, and residents of the Vermont-New Hampshire area alike. It was refreshing to learn that Dartmouth's image was furthered by taking not only first place in the Ivy League football race, but also by displacing such traditional leaders as Cal., MIT, and Harvard to take second in the Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Association Secretary Gene Carver '50 and Assistant Secretary O. P. Webb '39 recently completed the task of compiling and mailing the annual directory covering alumni living in Northern California and Nevada. If you somehow missed the mailing, Gene still has a few copies left. He can be contacted at 432 Market Street in San Francisco. And Carl Ward '32 was quick to point out that this publication has left the treasury in a most embarrassed state. If you haven't yet paid your annual dues of $5.00, Carl will be happy to receive same at 6 Yale Circle, Berkeley, Calif.

Secretary, 432 Market St., San Francisco 11, Calif.