1936

It was a beautiful autumn day in Hanover for the Dartmouth-Penn football game. The leaves on Balch Hill have been more spectacular with autumnal color, but the weather was ideal, the score and game all Big Green and "36 was well represented. Dartmouth assistant treasurer, Phil Mclnnis, was observed rushing up the stadium stairs just before the kick-off to take his place in the press box as official statistician for the game. Norb and Pic Hofman were in the stands paying close attention to the cheers, since their son, Peter '68, was one of the Dartmouth cheerleaders. Dr. Bill and AnnSicher were watching the game, while their son, David '67, was in the press box directing the radio broadcast over WDCR. Ed Higbee, Arnold Hatch, Des Stewart, Dick Morton, Don Erion, Hesty Hirst, Mac Rowell, Boyce Price, Jacko Morrison, and George Conklin also enjoyed the game.

Between the halves, Boyce Price revealed that he had been elected President of Wood Marketing, Inc., a new and independent cooperative marketing organization formed by companies in the lumber and wood products industries. He had been a vice president and account supervisor at McCann- Erickson and the Marschalk Company,. advertising agencies within the Interpublic Group of Companies. Boyce has specialized in the marketing of building products and is a former editor of "Architectural Forum" and "House and Home" magazines.

Some recent organizational mailings revealed '36 activities on behalf of professional groups. Hesty Hirst as vice president- secretary of Blackstone Mutual Insurance Co. is a member of the Insurance Planning Council of the American Management Association for 1965-66. Their annual fall conference is scheduled for November 8-10 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. The annual report of the National Association of Accountants listed Roy A. Adams of the Greenwich-Stamford Chapter as a member of the Committee on Accounting Development, and as a member of the nomination committee which presented the national slate of officers in Miami in June.

Art Appleton, president of Appleton Electric Company in Chicago, sent a most welcome letter to bring us up-to-date on his family. His two oldest sons, Tom and Arthur, have been graduated from Cornell University. Jim is a senior at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill., and has expressed a desire to go to Dartmouth. He is co-captain of the Northbrook varsity football team. His brother, John, is a sophomore at the same school and also on the football squad, and sister, Linda, is in the freshman class at Northbrook. A younger son, Bill, is still in grammar school. Art must be proud of such a fine group of children.

Louis Benezet, President of the Claremont Graduate School and University Center in California, was elected Chairman of the American Council on Education at the Council's 48th annual meeting in October. He succeeds the President of the University of North Carolina as chairman of this principal coordinating agency and spokesman for higher education in the United States. The Council has a membership of more than 1400 colleges, universities, and education organizations. Louis will serve a one- year term.

During October Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn., launched a new communication center. One of the speakers at the formal opening exercises was Robert E. Button, executive assistant to the chairman of the Communications Satellite Corporation. Bob said in his speech, "The idea of this center fills a definite and vital need. We fall short these days of effective communication and persuasion. We sometimes over- communicate and under-persuade."

The May Department Stores Company is also invading Connecticut. Morton May, president, announced the acquisition of G. Fox & Co. of Hartford for $41 million in May Co. stock. We Connecticut nutmegs love G. Fox & Co., but we bid Buster welcome. He is just in time for the Christmas rush.

Three - Oh! A Go - Go. You will be seeing this frequently during the months ahead, for it is the watchword for our Thirtieth Reunion. The committee met at the Yale Motor Inn the night before the Yale game and the many jobs to make June 13-16, 1966, a memorable reunion have been assigned. Gil Sykes is chairman aided by Norb Hofman in charge of publicity - so expect anything in the mail. Bob Fernald will be gathering prizes while Phil Mclnnis lines up the entertainment, Ray Reitman, the liquid refreshment Cuttysark naturally, and Gene Tamburi, the food, or should we say the cuisine. CliffEngland will be putting together the budget. Dick Jewell will be assembling a new class directory. Chuck Sims is designing costumes for the occasion. Bud Titcomb will, no doubt, come up with a discotheque for the younger group. The golfers will be led by Frank Weston to the fairways. ReverendJim Lancaster will conduct our memorial services. Harry Coronis will desert his insurance brokerage business to take up movie camera and record the whole affair for future generations. Our class had the largest percentage of members ever to attend a 25th reunion five years ago. We hope to achieve the same record for the thirtieth.

Most of these committee members and their wives were at the Yale Bowl for a close game. In addition we spotted Ed Merrill, Brint and Doris Schorer, Pep and Ricki Minte, Theo and Bob Prentice, Jack and Florence Kenny, Dan and Addie Barker and Frank and Gerry Kappler. The Barkers and Reitmans have joined the grandparents club during recent months.

Gil and Ann Sykes' son, Robert, is enrolled in the freshman class at Parsons College in lowa. Ann Sykes spends considerable time at their summer home in Dorset, Vt., and plans to sell real estate there. If you are interested in a small Vermont retreat, drop her a line.

The class of '69 at Dartmouth is just finishing its first semester and the sons of '36 are well represented. Twenty-six of our sons applied for admission and seventeen were accepted or 65%. Since those who obviously cannot qualify are steered to other institutions by guidance counselors, this represents largely those who have a chance of acceptance.

Sons of '36 in the freshman class are Robert U. Blades Jr., Samuel H. Crawford, John S. Gilbert, John L. Higbee, Christopher O. Kern, Peter C. Martens, Donald C. Morton, Stephen S. Page (Russell). David L. Prentice, Frederick A. Putnam, Bellamy H. Schmidt, James B. Treadway, Robert M. Tyler Jr., Kendrick Wilson, and Geoffrey C. Young.

Secretary, 90 North Cedar Rd. Fairfield, Conn.

Treasurer, E. . 139 Burbank Rd., Longmeadow 6, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,