1933

At the time of this issue many of us will begin to make our plans for our Alumni Fund contributions. Let's all resolve that '33 participation during 1965 will be the best that it has ever been. Some of us, I am sure, have not increased our contributions over the years in line with our increasing financial ability, and it might be a good time now to take stock on this score. Let's all make our contributions thoughtfully and I am sure that they will be substantial so that '33 will show up very well in comparison with other classes. This will be a nice present for EdKnapp who takes over this year, as you know, as our Head Class Agent. (I have already sent my own contribution in with an increase so I am not embarrassed to suggest that you do the same.)

Had a wonderful letter from Wil Jaquith enclosing a clipping from the Lexington Mmuteman showing a picture of William J. Donovan (son of our own John), receiving a most valuable player award for his participation in the Thanksgiving Day game between Concord and Lexington. In spite of the fact that Bill was pretty well banged up, he ran 38 yards for Concord's first touchdown and passed for Concord's second score so that they were able to win 12-8. John, we can use a guy like that up in Hanover as you well know.

Wil also reports on his own family. His son, Laurence, is now in his sophomore year at Hanover College in Hanover, Ind. Incidentally the town name comes from the fact that persons from Hanover, N. H., settled it and Jake reports that the town reminds him very much in terrain of Hanover, N. H.; and the college architecture is much like Dartmouth, having been designed by the same architect (Larsen) who designed many of the buildings in Hanover. Their daughter, Cindy, has been accepted on advance admission at Carlton College in Northfield, Minn., and has been the Jaquith's pride and joy as far as scholastic achievement is concerned, having been in advanced groups ever since junior high school. Their two youngest children Bruce and Diane still have a few years to go before college.

Keeps a guy pretty busy keeping up with Jus Stanley's doings. The Wyoming, N. Y., Reporter tells us Jus was named a director of the P. R. Mallory Co. of Indianapolis, a leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic components. Congratulations again, Jus.

By the time you get this, you may already have read it in Bob Fox's Newsletter but just so that it doesn't get lost completely, the Don Darcys have announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan, to Jeffrey Steven Tallackson of Oak Ridge, Tenn. Susan is a member of the Class of '67 at Smith.

For those of you who do not receive "The Bulletin" from Hanover let me quote the issue of December 9. "Coach Whitey Burnham enjoyed his most successful soccer season with the team co-champions - tied for first with Brown - of the Ivy League. Dartmouth was selected for N.C.A.A. eastern soccer championship playoffs opposing Trinity in Hartford. Trinity won 2 to 1. The Soccer team was led by Captain Ron Knapp '65, son of Ed Knapp '33 of Canton, Conn., who has produced another Dartmouth son and soccer player, Captain David Knapp '68 of the Freshman Team." If Ed is half as good at raising money for the Alumni Fund as he is at raising soccer players, '33's share of the Alumni Fund should be terrific. Congratulations to both the Knapp boys and to Peg and Ed.

On to a few thumbnail sketches of classmates gleaned from questionnaires.

Stan Colla has been with Socony Mobil Oil ever since leaving college and is now General Manager of the New England area. He is active in various and sundry oil trade groups and is also a director of two casualty insurance companies. He and Adele have two sons, Coleman, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1958 and from Thayer School in '59 and Stanley Jr. who also attended Dartmouth. Coleman married Leslie Collins, daughter of Bob Collins '35 and they are parents of Philip born in May of '63.

John Merrill is living in Snyder, N. Y., and is an attorney for the U. S. Veterans Administration with offices in Buffalo. He took his law degree at the University of Buffalo He and Dorothy have 2 sons— John Jr. in the Class of '66 at Hobart and James who is still in high school.

Bob Goodell went on from Dartmouth and took his Master's at Princeton in '34, studied at the University of Munich and was awarded his Ph.D. by Columbia. He is a foreign service officer with the United States Information Agency assigned in Washington to the Voice of America with the responsibility for developing a number of radio series for the teaching of English in all parts of the world. He has been with the U.S.I.A. since 1956. Before that he taught German language and literature at Bowdoin, Washington and Lee, and Williams. As of the time of his questionnaire he was unmarried (but these things do change!).

Cutting and Dora-Jane Johnson are living in Norwich and their son, Brian is at the University of New Hampshire in the- Class of '67 as a Math major. Cutting is associated with Thayer School in what is called the Radio Physics Laboratory. It's a division and a part of the School but engaged in research rather than in the academic life. They are involved in programs in low-frequency natural noise (whistlers), vertical ionospheric sounding, scintillation of signals from satellites, irregularities in the ionosphere, ionospheric drift, auroral studies and soon expect to have some equipment on board one of the orbiting satellites. I am sure you fellows all know what Cutting is talking about (I don't!).

It seems that the only time Jack Masden s tracks cross mine is when we are both involved Since there hasn't been a capital fund drive for a couple of years now, I haven't seen him but did hear from him in response to the questionnaire. He graduated from Yale Law in 1936. Jack is on a sub-committee of the Trustees studying some of the College's fund raising problems. He was a member of the Alumni Council m 57 guess you all remember that Jack is vice president and secretary of Phelps-Dodge. He is also secretary of the International Copper Research Association, the research arm of the Free World Copper producing industry. He is active in various organizations in Rye where he and Laura live. Their daughter, Elizabeth, is at Mt. Holyoke in the Class of '65 and son, John, will be graduating from high school this year.

Bill Shaughnessy returned a questionnaire to me several months ago from Lagos, Nigeria. These notes were just ready to go in the mail to Hanover when my wife called me to tell me that I had received word from Hanover that Bill had died on December 20 in New York City. So I have the sad duty of revising this last paragraph in this month's notes and preparing an obituary which will appear in this or a later issue. I would just like to quote from remarks which Bill made which will probably remind many of you of the kind of a fellow Bill was: "As I was graduating from Dartmouth John Moffatt Mecklin said to me 'Shaughnessy I think you will be a good citizen.' I thought at the time he was paying me a pallid compliment, since then I found that this is a hell of an aspiration to live up to. In any case, I have been on many boards, committees and what- not in about seven countries."

Secretary, 303 Roanoke Rd., Westfield, N. J.

Treasurer, Young & Rubicam, Inc. 285 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017