1942
Aren't we fortunate in having the services of such a talented Newsletter Editor as DickLippman? Here are the letters he mentioned in his recent outstanding edition. Many thanks to him and to the authors.
John de la Montagne writes about what he calls
... the same old stuff, realizing that the same old stuff out here is rather unusual for many a '42. While Dartmouth is still known as an outdoor college, there are few enough among her graduates who follow the outdoor line, and it is a source of some pride to me to be able to hold up this tradition in this frontier country. As Professor of Geology at Montana State College, the usual college teaching in this field is still thrilling to me. The summers provide opportunity to alternate between directing our annual summer Field Geology Camp in the Northern Rockies, and conducting research under the National Science Foundation on the geology of the Yellowstone Valley, Gallatin and Beartooth Ranges, Montana. I am still pulling the strings on one of the largest and most active mountain rescue teams in the country, and our problems are continuous at the local ski areas. This Christmas vacation, We have been fortunate to be graced by snow unsurpassed, and people have flocked to Bozeman from all parts of the country to enjoy skiing on our Bridger Range area. In conjunction with this extracurricular work, I am conducting with students and townspeople an intensive study of snow avalanches, their prediction, control, and effects, and we have just installed two 75mm. recoilless rifles to gain the ultimate control by shooting high explosives into strategic spots.
The family thrives, the boys getting more and more into the packing and guiding business at local ranches, a very remunerative summer activity for them, and thrilling in an old fashioned romantic sense. They are both skilled at this horse game. "We see Warren Jones and his wife every so often at the ranch in Harlowton, and here in Bozeman when Buck comes to town to participate in the annual County Commissioners' conference. He doesn't ride his horse, he flies.
William R. Thompson writes about equally exciting, if somewhat less rugged activities. Here is Bill's bit:
We finally retired from the Army and moved to Germany, where we planned to settle down. After six months there it was not the Germany of 1954-58, but a madhouse of money hungry individuals, steaming around with no regards for anyone but themselves. They are known as the Super-Americans throughout Europe. We stayed at my wife's home and our three children, ages 4, 5, and 6, went to school and now speak the lingo as well as the natives. This month we moved to Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol of Southern Spain and are in love with it. We took a villa for a year and are one block from the beach. Spain's building boom on this coast exceeds Florida or Hawaii and I can understand why. Our beach at Fuengirola is 3 miles long and 200 yards wide. Swimming on Christmas day and now.
This is a truly international settlement and one can learn from his neighbors daily about customs and styles of the various countries represented. Haircuts 15 cents and gin and tonic 20 cents at the bar. Should any Dartmouth '42's be coming this way have them drop us a line and stop by.
(Editor's note: Anyone passing up this offer must have flunked some important courses! Address given on request.)
William H. Gray has been elected to the New Rochelle Hospital board of governors. Bill has been engaged in the insurance brokerage business since 1946 and is a partner in the firm of Van DeWater & Gray in New York City. He and Joan with their two daughters reside in Pelham Manor, where Bill is active in civic affairs. Dex Richards has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Investment Management Trust of Boston. Richard M. Riggs will direct one hundred civic and business leaders in the Oklahoma City symphony orchestra fund drive this spring. Dick is a member of the Symphony Society's board of directors and has been active in its activities since 1947 when he moved to the city, where he is a consulting geologist.
Dick Baldwin reports enjoying BuckyStrader's company at lunch recently. Bucky is with Lehman Brothers investment firm as administrative manager for their investment advisory service. He manages some individual accounts that have assets exceeding my space limitations! Last fall the Straders spent a month touring Europe and thoroughly enjoyed Spain, Portugal, and Paris. Bob Campbell is directing Vermont Academy's capital fund campaign to raise money for a new dining hall. Bob recently received an award at the 11th Columbus, Ohio, Film Festival for his documentary color film "Children of the Silent Night." The film shows how deaf-blind children are educated at the world-famous Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass. Bob has had a long association with the school.
Neil Barber's sophomore son Peter is off to a great start as a pitcher with Dartmouth's varsity baseball team. He was credited with a win over Duke and a save over Old Dominion during the spring trip. In the save he retired the side with none out and men on second and third in the bottom of the tenth. Quite a feat! Overall, he pitched six innings on the trip, giving up three hits and one run, striking out eight, and walking one. Incidentally, his freshman record was 3-0.
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