1932

Nancy Elliott, the Alumni Recorder, has furnished me some data which you might find of interest. Thirty-eight years ago, 586 young men matriculated in the class of 1932. By June 1932, 598 were in the class, of which 451 (75%) graduated. Non-graduates then numbered 147 (25%). As of midSeptember this year, we had 521 in the class - 87% of 598. Of our current total, 399 (77%) are graduates and 122 (23%) are non-graduates. We have lost 77 men, 13% of those in the class in June 1932. Of those who have passed on, 52 were graduates (12% of the 451 who graduated) and 25 were non-grads (17% of the 147 total nongrads). Is there an actuary in the house?

William A. Lieson has been named president of the Valley Bank and Trust Company in Springfield, Mass. Bill has been with the bank for 33 years.

Jim Ballou also demonstrates stability with his 32 years at Greenfield (Mass.) Tap & Die, where he has been manager of sales training since 1957. He and Ruth have two sons (one married with two offspring, at last report).

Thanks to W. B. Swift '31, we have a fragmentary story on Dick Statham. He and wife Florence are operating the National Forest Tours in Estes Park, Colo. If you want really to see the Rockies, contact Dick. Maybe this will encourage Dick to send us more details.

Herb "Buster" Sails says modestly that his Northampton insurance business is "expanding all the time — thanks to the terrific drive of my younger partner." Herb and Bunny enjoyed a tour of Nova Scotia last summer.

Dick Hazen is to be an "unpaid consultant" to the recently appointed Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity in New York City. The principal problem there seems to be the shortage of water. Anyhow, the NY Times item did not mention gas or electricity.

Received a modest but justifiably proud note from Bainbridge Davis: "I retired from U.S. Foreign Service in 1962 in order to free myself for varying types of work within the Society of Friends (Quakers). Because of the variety of assignments (nearly all on volunteer basis) I have no handy label, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. My work includes Board of Managers of Pendle Hill (Quaker center for study and inner renewal); Friends World Committee; American Friends Service Committee; Race Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meetings; long range planning with Media Friends School. I am deeply distressed over the immoral and short-sighted U.S. policy in Vietnam which is weakening the moral fibre and international influence of our nation for years to come. Do other Dartmouth men feel this way?" What is your response, gentlemen?

John Keller gives us all a brief, sharp self-analysis with a massive conclusion that demands a reaction: "In my middle 50's I am amazed at the persistent grip the years before Dartmouth have had on my personality; thus Victorianism, 18th century optimism frozen for a 100 years bv an American small town, the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism have never been eradicated although D. gave me the means of viewing these influences on my upbringing as 'mere' concepts. I wish I could say that history has taken care of them and that they sank with the Titanic when I was two. They were almost, not quite, fatal for me. If these stands are also in the American charter, I'm afraid they have hardened and caked. Do I hear them snapping on the Asiatic mainland? I am curious about whether the average Dartmouth man of our time, already an apostle of Establishment thinking, believes the establishment story on why we are in Vietnam and why we can't get out. I doubt if we line up in the usual Tom Curtis-Ping Ferry array on this one. Any ideas?"

Clarence Willey, accompanied by his wife Florence, attended the 18th International Congress of Psychology in Moscow, on a tour sponsored by the American Psychological Association. Clarence reports that "coverage of the Scandinavian capitals and Helsinki was followed by two days in Leningrad and a week in Moscow, and this in turn by Budapest, Athens, the Greek Islands, and Rome. Perhaps the most notable feature of the Congress was the almost but not quite total absence of unfortunate allusions. No affair with caviar, but much mergin' with sturgeon."

I invite your answers to Davis and Keller. I suggest that they arrive at essentially the same conclusion.

Anne and I have decided to go to the Princeton game. May be more relaxed after the team lost that squeaker to Holy Cross.

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