1940

As Winter Carnival weekend approaches it is almost certain to be snowy enough to hold the races here in Hanover as scheduled. The past couple of years the thaws wiped out all semblance of winter just at the wrong time, but the snow supply is great enough and the start of the festivities close enough so that we should be able to put on the usual extravaganza without any trouble. Here to help run things smoothly at the Psi U house will be Jim and Miki Scott who are back for a repeat performance as chaperones. They did the same duty a couple of years back and have just gotten their ears back in shape so were up for the same stint again when son Jim, who has moved to Tuck School, invited them. Jim himself was at Tuck School for two days of interviewing about a month ago and reported the current crop of M.B.A. candidates an impressive, interesting group. We laughed together over the comparison of the starting salaries we both enjoyed with today's standards-laughed a little enviously to be sure.

One of our foreign representatives has been heard from, in the person of JimmyMcElroy, who hangs his hat at Lausanne, Switzerland, between trips all over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for Culligan. Jim was back in the fall and managed to make the Yale game where the only person he saw was Jack Willson. Jim was planning a lot of skiing this winter (don't we all, but I wonder if the snow conditions are as fickle in Switzerland as they are in New England), most of which would probably be based at their chalet at Villars-sur-ollon with the intriguing name of Chalet Susabel, which stands for S(wiss)-USA-Bel(gium), the last in honor of Belgian wife Elise.

The Rev. Dr. Larry Durgin has had a chair established in his honor in the department of religion and philosophy at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. The chair was founded with a $100,000 anonymous gift. Larry is minister of the Broadway United Church of Christ in New York and is a member of the college's board of trustees and has served as chairman of its development committee. Although integrated in both student body and faculty, the majority of Tougaloo's students are Negroes. Larry has been cited previously for his work in the Ecumenical Movement and maintains that "God does not discriminate."

A full complement of our class representatives on the Trustees and Alumni Council were in Hanover in January for the meetings of their respective groups. Tom Braden came on from California for the trustee deliberations, while Bill Wrightson, MickeyMiller, and Sam Williams reported for duty with various committees of the Alumni Council, and Don Rainie, as a former member, added prestige and maturity to all the proceedings. These names represent hardworking members of our Class in the glory of Dartmouth. Each serves on at least one Council committee which keeps them busy between sessions here in Hanover twice a year. Other classmates who are doing a job for Dear Old include Ben Webb, president of the San Franciso Alumni Club; FredEaton, secretary of the Caracas, Venezuela, Alumni Club; Scotty Rogers, vice president of the Cleveland Alumni Club; Bill Holman, area enrollment director for six districts in the Pacific Northwest; Bob Weil, area enrollment director for three similar districts in the Deep South; Powell district enrollment director for Central New York State; Dick Everett, co-district enrollment director for Georgia; Jabbo Blass, district enrollment director for Arkansas; and Dick Mather, district enrollment director for New Mexico. I'm certain this list is not exhausted either, for there are probably again as many who interview applicants, plan alumni club programs and events, host visiting groups and officers of the College, and all the other myriad details which make an institution function and grow. To all of you who so labor in the Green Fields our hats are off to you as well!

Henry Marlor has been appointed to the Naugatuck Advisory Committee of Colonial Bank and Trust Company. Hank took a law degree at Washington University in St. Louis following war service in the Marines. He is a past president of the Rotary Club of Naugatuck and currently serves as chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners.

Fred Pillsbury, who used to be chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners in Springfield, Mass., has resigned as a Superior Court Judge to form a new law firm with five other Springfield attorneys.

Jerry Schnitzer is hard at work on his TV spectacular on the schooner "America." He and his crew have been commuting from Hollywood to East Boothbay, Me., where the exact replica of the "America" is being built to star in the movie. He has filmed each step of her reconstruction from pouring the keel to the present planking of the hull. Actually there will be several films about the schooner- one is a half hour documentary drama, also a series of commercials and teasers to advertise the hourlong spectacular sponsored by Schaeffer Brewing Company to be screened next September. Jerry sent me a copy of the script which obviously required a mountainous amount of historical research and he admits to a problem of finding vessels which resemble the British ships beaten in the original race in 1851. If any of you have access to one get in touch, pronto!

That's it for now. See you next month at the same spot. Keep in touch with the Class through my address at the top, and don't forget to send your Class dues to Don Rainie's address also at the top.

Secretary, 5 North' Balch St. Hanover, N. H. 03755

Treasurer, 64 North Main St., Concord, N. H. 03301

Bequest Chairman,