Alumni College Association

The complete story on the Third Annual Alumni College appears elsewhere in this issue. In mid-February all Dartmouth alumni will receive a booklet about Alumni College '66. Everyone is invited, but all who hope to attend are urged to apply promptly. Because of a shortage of facilities during the last two weeks of the very busy Summer Term in Hanover, the Alumni College- enrollment will be limited. We must follow the "first come, first served" rule.

Following the brief announcement of Alumni College dates and costs in the November issue of the MAGAZINE, 71 applications were received - 45 adults and 26 juniors. There are some interesting facts about these people. Of the 45 adults, 20 will be freshman participants, 15 sophomores, and ten juniors - that is ten "junior" adults.

It will be difficult to look around in Hanover next August without seeing a member of the family of Al Fisher '29. There will be seven of them including his son Jim '54. But the '29-'54 Fishers have lost the numbers honors on a technicality to Luke Case '54 who will have with him his wife Ann and their four children. Luke is a double winner - the numbers and distance prizes - because he will be coming from Brazil where he is vice-president of a Lamson & Sessions subsidiary. Now if Luke's father and Al's classmate, George Case '29, wants to clinch the numbers honors for the Cases, he and his wife Katherine can join Luke's family and the score would be Case 8, Fisher 7. But if George really wants- to snow the Fishers, he could bring his two daughters and the children. Then we might arrange for the '29-'54 Cases and the '29-'54 Fishers to live together in a fraternity house all their own.

Now let's carry this somewhat further, undoubtedly to the ridiculous. There were ten of the class of '29 in Alumni College '64, four in '65. If we can get a few more class of '29 participants in Dartmouth Alumni College '66, they, with the Cases and the Fishers, could be housed in their own dormitory, the name could be changed to "Class of '29 Alumni College," and the faculty and the whole curriculum (less 500 gallons of New England rum) could be-who else? - President Dickey, Class of '29.

There are others who are not completely outnumbered and outdistanced. The Ken Rileys '49, who brought their three children by train from California in '64, will be back. The four Geibs '35 from South Dakota and the four Bixbys '23 are returning this year and we have reservations for several freshman families of four and five.

For two years Roger Brown '05-Jane was here too - has been the Senior Participant, and we expect him to continue in that role this year. But we will have a member of the class of '64 - Stuart Brown (not related to Roger) - as the youngest participant ever in Alumni College. Stuart is a real exponent of continuing education.

We do not have news about many members of the Dartmouth Alumni College Association. This first edition of "Class Notes" may encourage some to send in reports of activities, theirs or others.

The Clark Blyths '28 ('65) have come from behind the lines in Santo Domingo and after some re-orientation in Washington by the State Department (everybody's doing it), they expect to return to their beloved Mexico.

Some people of DAC write as well as read. Jane Mcllvaine (Mrs. Nelson C.) McClary '43 ('65) has a book in process, "To Win the Hunt," which Barre Publishing will bring out next fall. Beautifully and powerfully written, this book tells of her wild and wooly fox-hunting experiences in Ireland. (Editor's comments, not Jane's.) That should be on our reading list after DAC '66.

Barre has published "Woodsmoke and Water Cress" by Dana S. Lamb '21 ('64, '65). Dana's classmate, Jack Hurd, reviewed the book in the January issue of the MAGAZINE. It is Dana talking, as he does in discussion groups, to all who love nature. Read that before the DAC '66 books arrive.

Honorable William H. Timbers '37 ('64 and '65), Chief Judge, United States District Court, Connecticut, has an article in the September 1965 issue of the Connecticut Bar Journal entitled "The Criminal Justice Act: A Lawyer's Call to Duty." Those qualified to comment praise this article. Bill said modestly that if it is good it is only because he wrote it in his spare (?) time in Baker Library while attending DAC '65.

There will be Association notes in the March issue only if we receive reports. Give!

('64,'65)