1948

During a very pleasant week-long journey through Maine and New Hampshire my wife and I and my second son Peter, aged six, had occasion to spend a very enjoyable day in Hanover last week. I certainly hope some of you were able to visit the college during your summer vacation as it certainly offers many attractions. After seeing the gym and Hopkins Center, Peter decided that this was the school for him, but I told him he had better spend more time in some of the other buildings to make sure he would really like it. We were quite surprised at the large number of visitors in town, so much so that the Inn was full and they had to find a room for us at one of the boarding houses. The campus was bustling from one end to the other with the combination of the Alumni College, the trainees for the Peace Corps and the ABC Program; all busy with their various diverse activities. It was a warm and gratifying feeling to discover the enthusiasm for the college of those from other schools around the country.

Among my fellow sight-seers in Hopkins Center I found Herb Call who had come up to Hanover for the day with some friends. Herb looked fine and reported he is still in the pension plan business.

On the last weekend of June Dick Weaver married attractive Norma Dillon in Buffalo. The class was well represented by Larryand Joan Brisbin who came up from Huntington, and Pete Page from New Haven. Dick and Norma sailed from New York on the United States for a honeymoon of eight weeks' traveling around Europe. I certainly enjoyed meeting Norma, who had been both an airline hostess and schoolteacher incidentally, and seeing Dick here in New York the day before they sailed. I hope some of you have an opportunity to help indoctrinate Norma into the life of a Dartmouth wife at some of the games this fall.

After nine years in the Athol, Mass., school system, the last four as school superintendent, Bill Wright resigned this past summer to become superintendent of the larger Greenfield, Mass., schools. There will be 3600 students under Bill's direction. Bill and Ruth have three daughters, Julie, eighteen, Debbie, fourteen, Susan, ten and their son, Bill Jr. is now four.

Dick Leggat was appointed last spring chairman of the Advisory Committee of his home town of Cohasset, Mass. This committee reviews all department budgets of the town before the annual meeting. Dick is a partner in the law firm of Bingham, Dana and Gould in Boston. He and Pat have three daughters and a son.

I received notice that Joe Brady was appointed accounting systems analyst for Radio Liberty Committee, the parent organization of Radio Liberty which broadcasts to the Soviet Union from sites around the world. Joe lives in Newark and will commute daily to New York City. Joe's job also requires that he travel to West Germany from time to time, not too bad a prospect for a bachelor like Joe.

Life seems to be getting bigger and better for Scane Bowler, chairman of the young Cleveland insurance company, Western Reserve Life Insurance Company. They completed their third acquisition, the purchase of Harrison National Life of Indianapolis, over the summer. In addition the company sold 250,000 shares of common stock in September. Life insurance in force has reached the 180 million figure and Scane sees no reason why this shouldn't keep growing. They are now in the top 300 largest insurance companies in the country. Keep going, Scane! We expect you to move your position considerably higher as time goes on.

Chuck Witherspoon who keeps very busy as manager of Travers Island, the summer club of the New York A.C., was kind enough to send me a very newsy letter from Ted Tischler. Ted is assistant headmaster of the Rumson Country Day School in New Jersey. He says he is "enjoying the job tremendously," after spending thirteen years at Vermont Academy. The Tischlers rented a house right on the river which Robbie and Katie love. This summer Ted was working as an educational consultant on college counseling for Lovejoy who wrote the famous college guide. As Col. Lovejoy will be in Europe, Ted will take his place over the summer.

It was quite an achievement for HenryWoodward to receive the award given to the teacher chosen by a vote of a student-faculty committee as the outstanding teacher of the year at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Henry is chairman of the Geology department at the college. He has a Ph.D. from University of Chicago and has written articles about various geological projects.

Tom Rafferty was recently elected president of the Buffalo Diocesan Catholic Council on Civil Liberties. Tom is a wholesale lumber sales representative. Tom and Claire have three children.

The executive committee of the Class met on September 21 and officially appointed John Fenno to the position of treasurer which had been vacant since the death of Bob Arnold last April. We were all grateful that John accepted the position which he had previously filled so ably.

Latest reports from Hanover indicate the team will shape up pretty well in spite of the large losses due to graduation last spring. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you during the fall at one of the stadiums.

Secretary, 110 Old Farm Rd. Pleasantville, N.Y.

Treasurer, 101 Barclay St., Canajoharie, N.Y. 13317