1900

In a few short weeks our reunion will be an accomplished fact. We now expect you are readied to be in Hanover June 11-13 to enjoy our Gracious 65th. By this time cards have been mailed to you which, if returned, give visible proofs of your intentions. Plans are well advanced, and details for an enjoyable reunion are being worked out.

The Ides of March or some bit of Roman mysticism have not been kind to two of our classmates. Early in the month Hod Cristy, while crossing a street in Worcester, Mass., was so unfortunate as to be struck by an automobile. He suffered a compound fracture of an ankle, and was taken to the Memorial Hospital in Worcester. Then later in the month Arthur Virgin entered St. Luke's Hospital in New York for minor surgery. Fortunately, in his case, he fully expected to be released from the hospital and back in his New York apartment in about ten days. Since this is being written nearly six weeks before the date of issue, we can now fondly hope that both our classmates are well on the road to complete recovery.

Your secretary was much pleased to receive an appreciative note from Erwin Paddock '27, son of Clarence Paddock, in which he expressed the wish that we might have a highly successful reunion in June. He speaks of his father's deep love for Dartmouth and the class of 1900. He says that over the years he has become familiar with the names of many of the men of our class through hearing his father mention them. Such a totally unexpected note of appreciation makes one feel a little "set-up" over the class and its modest accomplishments. While we have no nationally known men, the average has been good and we can face our 65th reunion with the assurance of a job well done.

Sidney Phillips, son of Julian Phillips, and his family returned from Pakistan last August. Sidney has again taken up his duties as professor of business administration at Syracuse University. For the past two years he has been teaching at the University of Pakistan, and in many ways participating in the activities of the Pakistani. In speaking of necessary adjustments to living again in the United States he says of himself and wife: "We are now successfully (we hope) overcoming the reverse culture shock after Pakistan. The fact of the matter is that Americans certainly do some things in a very peculiar manner," and of the children, "on the whole they have completely adjusted themselves to living in the States after what they term a very productive and fruitful visit to Pakistan." Sidney shows his versatility with reference to the everyday life of the people, for he comes back to this country with the "ultimate terminal degree overseas. He now is a "First Class Camel Driver Retired." As proof of this there is hanging on his study wall a framed diploma of this unusual award to a foreigner. The surprising fact about all this is that the people of Pakistan themselves have dodged camels completely. So where does this leave Sidney! Sidney says of his mother that while physically well she has trouble with memory. She is at present in a well-known nursing home in Syracuse. He speaks of his mother as "cheerful, friendly, and outgoing in terms of personality."

For three weeks in March Bob Jackson was in the west on a business trip. He was located 200 miles north of Reno where, he says, "one can drive 50 miles over a magnificent Federal road ... and not see an animal or man; nothing but countless square miles of sagebrush and in the remote distance the majestic ramparts of the snow clad Sierras." Bob expresses mild regrets that during his stay in Nevada he was pretty much out of touch with national and world events. The press of the Rocky Mountain states, in Bob's words, "is stubbornly provincial," and in the main reports only local news.

Secretary and Class Agent Box 714, Hanover, N. H.