1934

Personal note (one-time-only): It's good to be back - after thirteen years in Hollywood, far from the haunts of men - back in the metropolis that bred me; and, thanks to this Secretaryship, back also in a fellowship that has become increasingly meaningful to me.

Revenons a nos moutons. Forasmuch as my distinguished predecessor racked up his typewriter some time before Reunion, considerable activity, classmatewise, has gone unreported, except maybe in the Newsletter. But can good news stale in the telling - when there's like two full columns to fill? To ask the question is to answer it. So:

In May - Bob Newman, Librarian of the Berkshire Athenaeum, took over as president of the Massachusetts Library Association. ... Mac Collins, Penn Central's managerconcessions, New York, was named aide to PC's New York director-real estate, F. J. Gasparini ... and the prestigious "Massachusetts Physician" reprinted Dr. John Spiegel's timely Lowell Lecture (delivered in March at Tufts-New England Medical Center) on "Hostility, Aggression and Violence."

In June - Nick Xanthaky was promoted from instructor to assistant professor of business administration at Salem State College (Salem, Mass.) ... and Sol Jacobson was beaver-busy publicizing the New York City appearances of France's Theatre de la Cite and Yugoslavia's Atalje 212.

In July - Rollie Morton was named executive vice-president of the newly formed New York municipal-bond house, Altgeld & Company .... Ernie Barcella was elected to the Alumni Council for a three-year term by the Class Secretaries Association ... and LexParadis was named to the Board of CSFA, the identity of which will be disclosed next issue if we get even the slightest feedback from Lex or the Board.

In August - Everybody looked at the Conventions on TV.

During the period under review, the Second Generation also was in there making news. The Fred Robbes announced the engagement of their daughter, Pamela Jeanne, to William Michael Burke in May ... and Mrs. Ned Mudge announced the engagement of daughter Joanne Elizabeth to Richard Bancroft Hovey. June saw the marriage of the late Hank Rigby's son, Henry Ward Rigby, to Mrs. Frances Grainger Pierce. Reunion Month also marked the graduation, with the Class of 1968, of fifteen sons-of-'34, making a total of 125 who have followed their fathers unto the College on the Hill. (Among the parents of these new alumni who, according to Stringer Scherman, stayed over for Reunion were Bill Barnet, Bob andMary Engelman, Bill and Corinne Gay,Dave and Ethelyn Hedges, and Jack Lynch; among those who couldn't remain were LeeO'Keeffe, Hank Werner, and Fred Wolf - and possibly others; nobody, not even Scherman, is perfect.)

The summer brought sad news as well: the passing of Marjorie Powers, widow of the late Ike Powers ... and the death in combat in Vietnam of Lieutenant William S. Smoyer '67, USMC, son of Barbara and StanSmoyer. Representing the Class at the memorial service held at Princeton, N. J., were Tom Beers, Dottie and Rollie Morton, and Bill Scherman.

Letter of the Month (from C. LawrenceHolt, M.D.): "With reference to the Class Notes of 1934, I fear that with a few exceptions. as Dr. Ed Bishop, Dr. Fred Sanborn, and John Lyle, my name will make little if any impression, since I left Dartmouth after my second year (1932) because of (1) distaste for the importance of the fraternity house system that played such an active role and, in some cases, directed men's courses in life; (2) desire for geographic proximity to Tufts College, Medford, Mass., since I was actively courting my girl (now my wife of 35 years) at the time and found Harvard College much handier. Dartmouth, however, has, and always will hold, a warm spot in my heart. After 25 years of private practice in Portland, Me., in the specialty of internal medicine, I am heading for the new School of Medicine at Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, where I have been fortunate to be chosen for one of the faculty appointments in the Department of Medicine."

"Dartmouth ... has, and always will hold, a warm spot" in many '34 hearts, apparently. Final results in the 1968 Alumni Fund campaign show 388 gifts from our 484-man covey, totalling $44,823, or 96.9% of our assigned objectives - and giving us the Avis, or #2, spot among the seven classes from '32 through '38. An outstanding achievement, for which all contributors and agents, led by Abou Bill Emerson, rate a crescendo of kudos and a beer at Gitsis.

Now, could we please have some recent news?

Secretary, Apt. 1-B, 333 East 55th St. New York, N. Y. 10022

Treasurer, Thayer School Hanover, N. H. 03755