1940

Welcome back to the same old stand in almost the same old place. By the entrance of the Class of 1964 we are nudged forward one place into the alumni ranks - and welcome to the calendar beginning of our 25th anniversary year of being alumni ourselves. There will be a lot of information sent you about the biggest reunion of them all between now and May, and when you read them carefully you will discover any number of reasons why you should be here for it. To save yourself all the emotional disappointment if you fail to heed these urgings you'd better decide right now to be in Hanover from June 17-20, 1965 for the first, last, and only 25th reunion for the classy class of 1940.

And if you don't think we are a classy class think about the outstanding record in the Alumni Fund we have maintained over the years, especially the last two or three when Turk Lake, our current head agent, was able to capitalize on the solid base his predecessor, John Moore, had built up and got 42 more donors this year than last! This was a feat only approached by a few other classes in the entire alumni body.

Or think about the fact that one of our classmates has been nominated to be an Alumni Trustee of the College. It will be a real homecoming for Tom Braden to assume these important and challenging duties on behalf of the College, for Tom was in Hanover from 1946 to 1948 as an instructor in English and assistant to President Dickey. Comparatively few classes can ever be represented on the Board of Trustees and Tom will be the youngest member of that august body of alumni leaders. Congratulations, Tom.

And if you are not convinced yet, think about all the fine new promotions various members of our class are garnering for themselves. I'm sure I don't catch up to all of them and the ones I mention are not meant to overshadow the ones I fail to record, it's just that I don't know about them! Among the ones coming to my attention this summer was the announcement of George Cutter's promotion to vice president of The Gillette Company. His main area of concern will be in the area of manufacturing and product development (let him know how you like those new stainless steel blades), an area he is well qualified to be concerned about because he has been a quality control engineer, manufacturing manager in Gillette of Canada, superintendent of the blade division and operations manager of the manufacturing division. He has been vice president of Gillette Safety Razor Company for the past three years.

Another vice president of recent vintage is Dave Dance on the General Electric roster. He is also General Manager of the Hot-point Division where he has come up through refrigerators, freezers, dish washers, and disposals and all those other wonderful wifesavers.

Also a vice president, but of longer standing, is Dick Funkhouser. But it is not his success at Rubberoid that is newsworthy this month, but the fact that he was elected president of the College's General Association of Alumni, which is all of us plus 30,000 more just like us. Dick's main functions will come to light next June when he conducts the graduation luncheon meeting - a job for which he tuned up in an executives decision course at Thayer School earlier this summer.

George Mills figures prominently in the news this month with notice of his appointment as associate professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College and his recent marriage to Mrs. Florence Dalton Perry. George is an authority on Navaho art and culture and on the Southwest. He has been director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and curator of the Taylor Museum there. He got his M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard.

Jack McDonald, office appliance tycoon out in the Chicago area, sent me a clipping about Johnny Crandell's new job as Life Magazine's advertising manager.

On the preceding page you can see a picture of the three classmates who showed up for the first Alumni College which was such a roaring success. Earle and IrmaReingold, Jules and Alice Wachs, and Gardner Ashley took the long trek back to the classroom and graduates magna cum after 12 long days of lectures, seminars, bull sessions, Thayer Hall, Hopkins Center, and all the other ingredients which make up Dartmouth today. They, and the others, who went through with them in this pioneer class, were just great as they discovered a new dimension of continuing education that is refreshingly unique. For Gard it was a chance to observe the academic world from the opposite side of the desk. He is a professor of language at Franklin College (Indiana) and was just finishing up a sabbatical year of research in Paris.

Tom George also in France for a few months, following his successful art exhibition in London last May is working in southern France.

Which brings me to the first word about our 25th reunion next June. Jack Moody, reunion chairman par excellence, and I want to arrange for an exhibit of the many talents of classmates and wives here in Hanover during reunion week. These products growing out of professional skill or amateur hobby can take many forms - painting, furniture making, sculpturing, weaving, photography - but we don't want anyone to be bashful about displaying his talents. The one requirement is that you notify me by January 15 if you intend to bring, or ship ahead, any entries in the first 1940 Show of Shows. Gallery space must be planned for long in advance so please include the size, nature of the entry, and value in your letter to me. I know we will have a terrific gallery show - just another indication that 1940 is a classy class if you hadn't surmised it before now.

See you at the Princeton game here in Hanover. Come to the Lake Morey Inn for the class dinner following the game if we miss connections in the stands.

Class of '40 members and wives at '64 Alumni College visit with secretary Bob(Assistant Summer Dean) MacMillen. At Hopkins Center (l to r): Alice and JulesWachs, Crosbie and Bob MacMillen, Irma and Earle Reingold, and Gardner Ashley.

Secretary, 5 North Batch St. Hanover, N.H.

Treasurer, 78 School St., Concord, N.H.