1934

Commencement is one of our favorite seasons on the college calendar. It is a time of fulfillment and new promise, of valedictory and beginning. Best of all, for the old grad, it is a time of coming back to the campus and of calling the roll of achievement for classmates with whom we stood in the Bema that magnificent morning 34 years ago.

So, we start with:

HONORS - Gard Brown, President of the First Agricultural National Bank of Pittsfield, Mass., tapped for the Presidency of the Association of Business and Commerce of Central Berkshire County. ... BobEngelman, Executive Vice President of Spiegel, Inc., named Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Crusade of Mercy, which will raise funds for 138 welfare agencies in the Chicago area. ... Art Grimes, now Vice President of McCann-Erickson, Inc., advertising, in Hong Kong. ... John Murphy, President of the Wirehold Co., elected a Director of the Hartford (Conn.) Specialty Machinery Co. ... Bill Stowe, now Sales Agency Supervisor of Olivetti-Underwood Corp., in Minneapolis ... and, the Class of1934 which, at this writing, was leading the pack in Group IV (Class 1929 through 1935) of the Alumni Fund's Green Derby. Now let's stay right there to the June 30 wire!

NAMES IN THE NEWS - Recent feature story in the Boston Globe reports that Priscilla and Stan Neil! have been the prime movers and shakers in making the ancient art of curling the latest fad among teenagers at the Winchester (Mass.) Country Club, of which Stan is president. It says here that Stan, who did some effective goaltending for the Big Green hockey team way back when you and I were young, has been curling since 1946 and has competed in major bonspiels all over the United States and Canada. Priscilla also has been competing at the national championship level. And son Ted '67 is highly proficient at the sport, too.

Moe ... Oops! ... Dr. M. L. Frankel, Director of the Joint Council on Economic Education, has been doing a headline-winning job for the JCEE. We have at hand a story from the Paterson (N. J.) News reporting that Moe was guest speaker at a program launching a workshop series on economic education for a group of teachers. We happen to be familiar with Moe's work. He rates a 21-gun salute for his untiring efforts. ...

We also proudly note that Mollie andRuss Smart have been breaking into print as one of the nation's outstanding wife-husband lecture teams in the field of child psychology and family relations. ... Both have been serving on the faculty of the University of Rhode Island. Mollie, a graduate of Toronto University, has done graduate work at Merrill-Palmer School, the University of Michigan, and Cornell. Russ went on from Dartmouth to the University of Minnesota and Merrill-Palmer; has written college textbooks; served as a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Baroda, India, in 1959-60, and is President of the Rhode Island Association for Mental Health. ...

Recent issue of Editor & Publisher reports that Laurie Herman has resigned as Advertising Director of the Detroit News. ...

THE CUSTOMERS (ALMOST) ALWAYSWRITE - From Operative X, our Faithful Correspondent (Hank Werner, just returned with Liz from Palm Beach and Nassau holiday): . . Stew Anderson now located in New York. He and Jerry Danzig are both working for Nelson Rockefeller. Stew loves his work as special assistant to the Governor. He is in charge of entertaining visiting international dignitaries and is the liaison man for 76 consular offices in New York City and 120 U.N. groups. ...

Son, Stew Jr., is about to graduate from New England College; daughter, Susan, will graduate from Goucher. (She is majoring in Political Science and, at the moment, is working for Senator Jacob Javits.) Daughter, Marilyn, is attending the University of California in Berkeley. ... Made a phone call to Henry Reck who is busy teaching at both Columbia and the City College of New York and says 'Hi!' to all. ... Before closing, I caught Alan Hewitt's fine performance in 'How To Murder Your Wife,' one of the most amusing pictures I have ever seen."

Speaking of 1934's pride of the theater, we have a letter: from Alan Hewitt (himself), Hollywood, Calif.: "I must get rid of this feeling of guilt at having contributed nothing to your space. Soon after our 25th in Hanover, I drove my car out to Los Angeles. That was short of the ultimate step, which I stubbornly refuse to consider: to give up my apartment in New York and establish residence in California, where I have done most of my work since 1957. ... At intervals, I have done 'The Defenders' and 'The DuPont Show' and have greatly enjoyed recording a number of books for the blind. When the right opportunity comes for another Broadway play, I hope I'll recognize it. Moviegoers who may have seen such entertainments as 'That Touch of Mink,' 'The Days of Wine and Roses' or 'The Absent-Minded Professor' can find me currently in 'How To Murder Your Wife' and a Disney film to be called, perhaps, 'The Monkey's Uncle.' For the home-screen, I have filmed so far this season a number of episodes of 'My Favorite Martian,' among others, and I'll be seen eventually as Thomas Jefferson in two segments of 'Profiles in Courage' and a Perry Mason who dun it. Suppose it is too late for me to look for another profession. Those nights in Webster and Robinson Halls made me want to try this, and I haven't been forced to do anything else. I've met many interesting people and am willing to admit that a lot of it has been fun."

Thanks, Al, and we might add that we're glad you haven't looked for another profession. You have brought enjoyment to many millions of us.)

From Dr. Frank J. Lepreau, Medical Director of Hopital Albert Schweitzer, SaintMarc, Haiti (via Bill Wilson, who writes from Hanover that Frank "is a really dedicated missionary in this matter of sharing his surgical skills" ...): "It would take several pages to tell you about this exciting operation. ... It is busy with varied activities. The hospital is only one of them. I think our rated capacity is 104, and we have an average daily census of 140, and usually see about 5,000 out-patients a month. Come see us on your next winter vacation in the Caribbean."

(Frank, we are proud of your magnificent humanitarian work).

LAST CALL - Only a few days left to contribute to the Alumni Fund. Let's ante up now and assure that 1934 finishes first in the Green Derby.

AND — Have a great summer!

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