1940

Hanover is just returning to its more normal appearance and pace after the holidays. The wreaths are gone from the windows on Main Street, the lighted Christmas trees are removed from the campus, and the lights are burning again at night in the dormitories. The leisurely pace of the college on vacation has once again quickened with the return of the undergraduates and the resumption of athletic events and concerts and lectures and all the other facets which make this gem-of-a-town shine. During the vacation the social scene is as gay and busy and calorie-filled as any place, but the presence of the students on the campus fulfills the purpose of the college in such a way that everyone in town is glad to see their return. The lighted Christmas trees are a joyful sight, but the lighted dorm windows shine on a present promise that is warm and wonderful too.

Didi and Bob Gensel returned to their favorite room at the Inn, overlooking the campus, again this year for several days of rest and relaxation during the holiday week. Their youngest daughter was attending the Hanover Inn Ski School and was up bright and early in search of skiable snow but the old folks sacked out until late, then spent leisurely days reading and eating and walking the dog and getting ready for the new year as lived in Garden City, N. Y. Bob is the owner of a furniture store and is amazed at the inflated budgets the just-marrieds operate on these days - spending as much on one room of furniture as you and I used to for the whole houseful when we started. It was good to have part of an evening with them and to know that they will be back in June for our 25th Reunion.

Speaking of reunion — and doesn't everyone you meet these days? — Fred Porter, attendance and promotion man for the whing-ding, was in town for a few hours just before the holidays, bubbling over with ideas and plans for getting word out to you all. The first broadside has reached you already and set the scene and, we hope, whetted your appetite for more. Scotty Rogers is making plans for the children's program and the MacMillen children know from experience that anything Uncle Scott sets up is a winner, so they are eagerly awaiting June 17 and the weekend of surprises and fun which is in store for them. Be sure to bring your kids back too!

An able and experienced account executive in the advertising field, Calhoun Sterling has just been appointed vice president of Conklin Labs and Bebee Advertising and Public Relations in Syracuse, N. Y. Cal has been in this field for the past sixteen years so brings to his new position a diversified background of experience in national, regional, and local upstate New York accounts. Perhaps the Sterlings will team up with the Jim Scotts and the Powell Holbeins who also live in Fayetteville for the trek back next June.

It's just been announced also that BobArmstrong has a new title and a new business connection. He is now director of public relations for the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, a move which will center his activities back in his native New England. Bob has been manager of public relations for Whirlpool Corporation in Michigan for many years and, more recently, managing editor of Building Supply News in Chicago.

Another of our men in the Mid-west showed up in Hanover during the holidays, and I hadn't seen Will Pitz since graduation until then. Will is president of a marine contractors and engineering firm — McMullen and Pitz — in Manitowoc, Wis. He had brought two of his eldest daughters east on a college tour and since Penny is interested in skiing they were basing in Hanover for forays on Colby, Middlebury, and Skidmore. Will has made plans to bring the rest of the clan back for reunion in June.

One of the thrilling stories of this or any other winter in this region is the newspaper account of a mountain ,/escue co-led by Grafton Burke up Mount Monadnock on January 2. Graf and five other volunteers braved the hard glare ice and winds up to 50 miles an hour, with the "trails like frozen waterfalls," to bring _ down an injured mountain ciimber. Adding to the hazards of zero weather and darkness was the burden of oxygen, plasma, a fiberglass sled, and other supplies both ways. The mile-long descent took more than three hours under the worst possible conditions, reported Graf, who has seen all kinds from his early days in the Yukon where he was born seven miles north of the Arctic Circle and lived until he was 12. What a lucky thing for the injured climber that Graf, with his medical skill and mountaineering prowess, had recently moved to Dublin, N. H., from New York City, and was able to utilize his life-saving skills so dramatically.

Our man in the shadow of a western mountain - Mount Rainier — is Bill Holman, who is president of the Dartmouth Club of Seattle. He wrote recently of building a new colonial house, "with a large overhanging mortgage" on a golf course. He and Emily and their three youngsters are planning on returning east for the reunion and a visit with relatives back here. Bill is kept busy with a flourishing law practice as well as his club work for Dear Old and also finds time for tennis. It will be good to see you back in Hanover, Bill.

A recent issue of Printing News carried the announcement of Hector Sutherland's appointment as associate director of the School of Printing, Rochester Institute of Technology. He has been a professor there for the past twenty years during which time he has served on numerous faculty committees and been faculty advisor to the Institute's newspaper. His M.A. came in 1951 from NYU and he is currently a member of a score of professional groups and craftsmen.

We still have space for displays in the 1940 Hobby and Craft Show to be unveiled next June 17 in Carpenter Art Gallery. I have gotten word of several entries which sound intriguing but we do need more for a really bang-up show. Please send me a description as soon as you can of the items of painting, sculpture, wood carving, photographs, ceramics, furniture, or whatever else you or your wife have fun doing. No prizes will be given or judgments passed but maybe you'll find a buyer for your efforts! The more the merrier and don't be bashful if you feel your hobby is too off-beat or amateurish. We need variety!

Best to you for another month and keep in touch.

Secretary, 5 North Balch St. Hanover, N. H.

T reasurer. 78 School St., Concord, N. H.