1934
Another year slips into the past, and a new one beckons us to whatever adventure lies ahead. As we fix our sights on the future, we take one quick glance at 1964 and review some of the past.
For the Class of 1934 and Dartmouth, the old year brought its quota of satisfaction and of sadness. There was the joy of seeing 15 sons of 1934 Dads join the Dartmouth fellowship last September. And the College broke new ground in the academic world with its experimental junior year Peace Corps Program, its Alumni College (in which 1934's Len Harrison and Dr. JimKeeley and their families matriculated), and the start of its magnificent A.B.C. (A Better Chance) program, which gave 55 boys from disadvantageous backgrounds eight weeks of academic opportunity at Dartmouth. The Class of '34 distinguished itself with its highest Alumni Fund contribution ever - $30,900. And there were Wah-Hoo-Wahs for numerous members of the Class for achievements in various fields; and for the football team which had a winning season (6-3) though it finished fourth in the Ivy League.
And there was sorrow - the passing of four classmates: Deane Howland, Jack Madden, Walt Keady, and Bob Miller. And the loss of Ernest Martin Hopkins. And in the passing year, the College received a $30,263 bequest for the establishment of the William Harnest Callihan 1934 Memorial Scholarship Fund. The bequest, from the estate of his late mother, perpetuates the memory of Bill, who died June 22, 1956.
We bridge the past and the future with news of the present:
HONORS: Bill Judd elected vice president and legal counsel of the North & Judd Manufacturing Co., of New Britain, Conn. . . . Bob Brown, publisher and editor of Editor & Publisher, elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the Inter American Press Association. . . . Bob Rodman, author of just published three-volume Third Edition of "Massachusetts Procedural Forms - Annotated." Bob, outstanding Boston lawyer, has authored other books. In fact, his publishers say there are more of Bob's books in law school and libraries than any other book on Massachusetts law. . . . BillEldridge, a management consultant executive, elected president of Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles County. . . .
NEWS NOTES - Hafey Arthur now teaching history at Arlington (Mass.) Junior High West At last reports, Dr. Perry W. Gilbert was on an expedition from Tahiti to Tikehau, a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago (you know where that is, of course). . . . He's investigating behavior of sharks - especially their feeding and attack patterns - for Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It says here that "the force exerted by the jaws of a large shark when biting will be recorded on a gnathodynamometer" - and everybody knows what that is. . . . Stan Smoyer's sophomore son, Bill, single-handedly — or rather, singlefootedly - booted Dartmouth soccer team in tie for Ivy title with two dramatic goals against Cornell - one to tie the game in last 12 seconds and one to win it in overtime. . . .
THE CUSTOMERS (ALMOST) ALWAYS WRITE - Gillie Gilmore sends us from Manchester, N. H., an investment publication tearsheet showing our Dave Callaway wearing artist's version of Beatle mop-top. . . .
From Bud Yallalee, a letter from Burlington, Vt.: "Long time no see or hear from me. Well, here's a little - Having swapped the New York City rat race for easy-going Vermont some two years ago (prompted by persistent military injuries); since then we've had a number of varying outdoor jobs, including planting trees for a forester, guiding at Shelburne Museum and helping operate the big lift at Glen Ellen, new ski area. . . . Because such seasonal jobs are short-lived, right now we're working for University of Vermont on the grounds crew. ... All of which is one way of saying we came to Vermont after health, and we're getting it." (Bud also reports he is still scribbling a bit of light verse on the side, some of it published or to be published in Golf Digest, Golfdom, Skier, and Wall Street Journal.)
TRAVELOGUE — As we promised last month, we present herewith a travel report from our most faithful correspondent, HankWerner:
"Since last writing to you, Liz and I returned to New York from three weeks' vacation in Spain and Portugal . . . had a great time. We had never been to either country before and found that prices and living costs are more reasonable there than anywhere else in Europe. We were thrilled with the art in the Prado, Toledo, and Seville. After spending two days in Majorca resting up after strenuous sight-seeing, we flew to Paris to take the plane back to New York. Paris is very expensive but the food is superb and the fact that Liz and I speak French made us feel quite at home. Unlike many tourists we found everyone very pleasant and anxious to talk to Americans. I guess the high spot of our stay there was going to the opera and hearing 'La Traviata.'
"Dave Hedges had mentioned that Ethelyn would be in Paris at the same time staying with friends. I spoke to her and she had just returned from Italy. Unfortunately we were unable to get together, but their younger son Danny spent Thanksgiving Holidays with us here in New York. He and Peter are classmates in Hanover. (Danny was an end on the fine freshman football team.)"
WEDDING BELLS - For Bob Allabough's beautiful daughter, Barbara Ann, and R. Bruce Hunter of Cambridge, Mass., a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, at Ridgewood, N. J. . . .
PLEASE! - Don't know whether our esteemed treasurer, Ed Brown, was trying to save us money, but when the 1964-65 class dues statement went out without the usual fold-over page for classmates to jot down news about themselves, we were struck a ghastly blow in our quest for items for this column. Unless there is an epidemic of writer's cramp and undue modesty among members of '34, we expect every man to do his duty and write to ye old scribe at the above address. Tell us about yourself, your family, your travels, your successes. Do it now! WRITE!!
FLASH! - Lois and Moe Frankel became proud grandparents November 27 when daughter Debbie gave birth to 8-pound, 9-ounce boy named Michael John.
"He has the hands of a promising quarterback," writes Grandpaw Moe, who used to be a pretty good center in his day, "but I shall do everything I can to develop him into a center for you know that the real intellectual direction of any ball club resides in that position."
(We will be glad to give equal time to other linemen and backs.)
Secretary, 681 Overhill Rd. Birmingham, Mich.
Treasurer, Thayer School, Hanover, N. H.
