Hartford

The good Hartford Club has been leading a very active, if not loudly sung, life since our early days of fall 1965. President Ted Rice '52 continues to go quietly and efficiently about the business of providing the best for the most, and a well-rounded few months he has given us, too. Coach Doggie Julian gave us his thoughts on the Dartmouth sports picture at a new location for our club - the Tobacco Valley Inn. An interesting note was made during his stay with us: each time Mr. Julian has appeared at our Dartmouth-Yale Smoker, we have been victorious the following day. Here's hoping the margin isn't so narrow and hairraising next time.

For our November luncheon, a tip was taken from the popularity and success of this year's second Alumni College, so we decided to go to the top for a guest speaker, and we came up with Professor James Cusick, director of the program. Excerpts of actual subject matter held a new set of faces to our meetings anxious to hear more, even with the of the hour.

During this time, Rich Fisher '41 and his enrollment committee were already hard at work interviewing high school boys with an interest in Dartmouth, and our acceptance score of top material promises to be ex- ceptionally high this year. Our thanks to the many, dedicated enrollment workers who help make Dartmouth what she is today. At the same time another committee, also of paramount importance to us and our scholarship, was doing its share to keep our present recipient flush for another year. This of course is Dick Page's '54 Committee of Fifty who each donate a very small annual sum until our capital goal of $25,000 is reached. Results this year have already surpassed last year's fine effort, and our hats are off to you Fifty - plus a few volunteers. Financially speaking, Ted Rice also has another feather in his cap, and that is our annual dues receipts equalling our best percentage of collection of two years ago. This may sound like we're on easy street, but 'tain't so . . . those dues just barely pay for the cost of informing you of our activity calendar, i.e. the mailings you all receive.

To get back to luncheons for a moment, December held a most timely subject in the talk of the Hartford Courant's political writer, Jack Zaiman. With Connecticut voters about to go to the polls to accept or reject a new, historic Constitution, Mr. Zaiman gave us his usual keen, responsible and humorous insights into the political background of the Constitutional Convention. Our good president presented him with a token gift in appreciation of the last three such times he has been with us.

Looking ahead (as of this writing), the January Luncheon will bring us the comments of Mr. Charles Zimmerman '23, president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. and trustee of the College. In addition, a special evening with Bob Black-man is planned for the 31st at Wampanoag Country Club. Movies of our team's greatest hour against Old Nassau will also be featured.

We hope more of you can become active as spring rolls around, for other, varied programs are yet to come. Suggestions are, of course, always welcomed.

Secretary, 317 Dug Road, So. Glastonbury, Ct.