1935

In these days of confrontation, student riots, the generation gap and a general malaise that seems to infest the young, it is reassuring to return to The College and view the Hanover scene.

This has been my rare privilege on two successive weekends this fall. First, to view The College ... its students, faculty and extracurricular attractions ... through the eyes and reactions of our 17-year-old son, as he weighed Dartmouth's advantages against M.I.T. and a handful of other well-known schools. Second, with Betty to join some 50 classmates, their wives and families at the informal fall reunion of the class.

SOME LASTING IMPRESSIONS: Sure, we have had a blackeye or two recently in a couple of widely-publicized incidents. We have our share of bearded ones, and what doesn't? From time to time, a hardcore group of SDS troublemakers makes its presence known. Yet, this by no means appears to be the prevailing stance, style or mood on campus.

The vast majority of undergraduates seem dedicated to the same tasks which we considered important some 35 years ago. The serious job of getting an education. The fun of touch football games. A rally 'round a huge bonfire on the eve of the New Hampshire game. Spirited participation in a wide range of sports and extracurricular activities.

Perhaps most important of all was the realization that Dartmouth still retains its priceless heritage as a "small" college. Professors interested enough to have a group of freshmen to the house for a Sunday picnic. Classes small enough so that students can become involved in active dialogue with learned and able professors. None of the impersonal and indifferent atmosphere of the big educational "factories," where students complain about inferior instructors and mass-production educational techniques.

'Lest this reflect too much personal bias, let me also share with you the impressions of Kay and Ted Harbaugh, who spent two weeks at Alumni College this summer along with Skip and Wayne Geib and Harriet andLou Bookheim. Ted writes:

Kay summarizes our experience in one word - awareness. Even the newspapers seem to have more meaning. We considered three major problem areas - the Vietnam War, The Racial Conflict, and Student Unrest around the World. It seems to me that Dartmouth is facing up to these problems, directing talent, money and, above all, clear thinking toward ultimate solutions. It is a real satisfaction to know that student activists are being met by projects in which they can do important work. Full course credit is given for educational projects in urban areas, in an "outreach" program directly related to current problems.

We shared many stimulating discussions with the Geibs and Bookheims. Wayne and Skip came all the way from Rapid City, S. D., where Wayne is a pathologist. He and his colleagues serve a wide open area where the minority group is the American Indian. Dartmouth, too, is working with the Indians, bringing ten of them to White River Junction this fall to study in the local high school. A group of undergraduates from Hanover will serve as tutors and counsellors.

Yes, there are many things in Hanover to gladden the heart. Not the least of these was the fellowship shared by one and all at the class reunion.

REUNION FUN: This year several new faces made the scene. Marge and Carl Crane who brought their twin 16-year-old boys for a get-acquainted-with-Dartmouth visit. Also, John Gilbert, Jack Rubin, and Jack Raphael. For Jack Raphael it was his first trip to Hanover in a dozen years, although during this time he has travelled extensively behind the Iron Curtain (China, Poland, and Jugoslavia) in quest of top-quality pig bristles, which he imports.

Several reunion regulars were missing. Ruth and Doug Ley were in Munich for the Oktoberfest, after seeing son Andy '67 safely married. Peg and Ed Mitchell, about to transfer to Hamburg, Germany, where Ed will be consultant to Texaco's German subsidiary. Jim Huntley, now retired to Deming, N. M., whose piano playing was sorely missed.

Once again Don Richardson took longdistance honors, flying in from Palo Alto, where he heads a vital space research facility for Philco. Gladys and Bud Childs turned up in a handsome old Rolls Royce, as they and a group of antique car buffs made an autumn tour of New England.

CLASS MEETING: Warner Bentley reported on the activities made possible by the Class Memorial Program. The group then voted to commission a new musical work in memory of deceased classmates, which the Glee Club will present next commencement in a special Bi-Centennial Concert.

A new Distinguished Service Award was established and Cramp Carrick voted the first recipient for winning a second-straight Green Derby victory for the class. DickMuzzy and Reg Bankart were named to plan for an expanded football reunion next fall, tying in with the Bi-Centennial celebration. Our next official reunion comes after this epic event... in June of 1971.

PERSONALS: Bill Feingold, with three daughters, now has a "son" at Dartmouth. His youngest daughter, Virginia, is one of seven girls enrolled as juniors, studying a special course in drama. Daughter Cynthia is teaching at the American School in Sao Paulo, Brazil, while Katherine is teaching English at North State College in Aberdeen, S. D)., where she is married to the head of the department.

Don Cameron, now recovered from a serious operation for diverticulitis, has moved from director of placement to associate director of employee relations at the College. He is responsible for liaison with 1800 faculty, staff, and other employees.

Margaret and Don Radasch just returned from a three-week trip to Milan, Lake Como, Baden Baden, and Zurich. Their number one son, Peter, a Northeast Airlines pilot, was married in May. Second son, Mike, Dartmouth '64 and Tuck '66, is now secretary of Boston's State Street Bank.

From St. Louis, Bill Chapman reports that Boyd Rogers, Harry Deckert, Dan Kerwin, and Frank Cornwell all wear their years gracefully. Bill's two daughters are married (one has two sons), and his son is a college junior in North Carolina. Kerwin's daughter Peggy is married, but he regretfully notes that he is not yet a grandfather.

Bob Smith has taken a year's leave of absence from Time, Inc., to become Public Relations Director of the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. AIT, an international institution of higher learning, was established in response to the great need for graduate engineers and scientists in Southeast Asia. At Time, Bob served as Special Assistant to the Vice President-International. A Director of the International Advertising Association, Bob is past chairman of its sixteenth Annual World Congress and recipient of its 1967 Medal of Merit. His wife Gertrude accompanied him to Thailand.

Yank Price, who lost his wife in midwinter, finds solace in the birth of twin granddaughters and the marriage of his son, Fred '67, who is now doing graduate work at Wharton School. From Babe Peirce a note that he has now observed his 25th anniversary with Eli Lilly, where he is director of the Industrial Medicine Division. Son Jeff is working for his master's at Chico State and son Tris is a sophomore at Pikesville College in Kentucky. Babe adds "no '35ers in the Indianapolis area, but see brother Hank and 'Burpo' Sweeney '34ers frequently."

The American Bar Association recently appointed Sid Diamond to be a trademark division chairman of their Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section. Sid has been active in that section for a number of years and is a former chairman of the Copyright Division. Besides his Dartmouth degree, he has one from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler in New York City. Sid and his wife and family live at 1130 Park Avenue in the big city.

Bob Hage has taken a year's leave of absence from his financial aid responsibilities to tackle a special assignment for the Sloan Foundation. He and Henrietta are touring ten of the top, privately-endowed Negro colleges, in a comprehensive analysis of their admissions, financial aid, and endowment programs to determine how these activities can be improved. They will continue to make their base in Hanover.

Lois and Chuck Aaron '36, shown infront of Dexter's, at Sunapee, N. H.,recently celebrated their first anniversaryas innkeepers. The Class of '36 madeDexter's their headquarters for the Dartmouth-Princeton weekend.

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