1949
With winter heading down the final stretch and local skiing aficionados seemingly quite oblivious to the fact, my thoughts turn from the early sunsets and assorted late winter maladies, both real and imagined, to warmer days and shorter nights. For instance, who among us in Hanover during the summer term of 1945 could ever erase the poignant memories of V-J Night? The calm and balm of an August evening were suddenly transformed into a giant mardi gras. Whistles began blowing and seemingly all Hanover began moving about. As center fielder on the Wheeler dorm soft ball team, I found myself unable to follow the action of the very game I was playing in because the field was quickly overrun. In fact, the last inning could not be completed until the next, week which apparently was a blessing in disguise as we came from behind to win the game and, the inter dorm championship as a result. Some students began pitching firecrackers much to the consternation of a few marine veterans on campus whose nerves were still pretty badly frayed from Pacific combat and didn't appreciate this form of celebration at all. A few of the tossers were given a tossing about themselves. Even though the governor judiciously closed all state liquor stores, a lot of fire water was consumed that night by a group of all night celebrants who gave Main Street its first block dance and Dartmouth an August night to remember.
Yes, summer in Hanover is indeed a real delight which few Dartmouth men will ever know. Summer campers and tourists learn to appreciate the beauty of the area during the summer months, and of course those of you who plan to attend the Alumni College can enjoy what has been described by past participants as the treat of a lifetime. If you find it difficult to resist those 'long, cool shadows floating on the campus" plus the opportunity to be intellectually stimulated, contact Mike McGean. He may have a few openings still left in his favorite summer-time project.
Peripatetic Bill Johns reported in January an address change from Sao Paulo to New York, but New York has now been superseded by the Far East. The Singer Sewing Machine Company has announced Bill's appointment as a vice president and general manager of the firm's operations in that area. He has been with Singer since 1963 when he joined as controller-treasurer. Two years later, he was named general manager for Brazil. He had previously been in South America as superintendent of finance and supervising auditor for Standard Brands, Inc. Accompanying him on his. travels are wife Marie and two children.
Marsh fielding was reported in this column some time ago as having become associated with the Kenneth Mouw insurance agency of Grand Rapids, Mich. We are happy to report that his outstanding client service and sales record placed him in the President's Club with a Palm Springs, Calif., educational conference as part of the program.
Clark Hayes has been elected an officer of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is assistant vice president for data processing. Pacific Mutual is a pioneer in the use of electronic data processing, and Clark was manager of this work for six years. Betty and Clark reside at 4831 Biloxi Avenue, North Hollywood, Calif., with their three children.
Gold Pick Axe Award winner Marvin Duming recently was guest speaker at the Tacoma Junior League monthly luncheon. He spoke on "Washington and the New Politics." He outlined the changing political issues in an urban affluent America thirty years removed from the great depression, and the new issues of an urbanizing Washington state from conservation and crime to constitutional revision. Durning was appointed a member of the state constitutional advisory council by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and he was recently a delegate to the national conference on crime control in the nation's capital as well as a member of the state's citizens' committee on crime.
We received a short note from Ort Hicks advising the class that after eleven years overseas with USIA, the last stop being Iceland, he was being transferred to Washington. His new address is 8006 Maple Ridge Road, Bethesda, Md. We already have mentioned that their third boy, Robert Thor Orton Hicks, arrived just before they left Iceland, but Ort embellishes the news a bit by telling us that the child was born at 2 P.M. on May 1 during the International Labor Day parade. The boy is obviously destined to become a labor organizer.
Dr. Nathan Gottschalk is in the news again. As executive director of Hartt College of Music, University of Hartford, he was elected regional chairman of the National Association of Schools of Music covering a thirteen state area. This is the national agency responsible for accreditation of all collegiate programs in music except for those in music education. Nathan directed the third annual non-production of Handel's "Messiah" at Cummington Village Church near Springfield, Mass., just before Christmas. It was interestingly termed a non-production because there are no rehearsals, no audience, and no tickets. Other than the participants,' only a few family members can attend. Singers and musicians simply bring their own sheet music and join in what has become a Christmas tradition in the small town. It would certainly seem that such a performance might well demand the full capabilities and patience of our eminent conductor, but his impressive musical background confirms the fact that he was more than equal to the task.
A little over a year ago, we were informed that John Borys was named short term institute coordinator for the Training Center in Youth Development at Boston University. His work centered around programs designed to assist youth agencies and courts in coping with juvenile delinquency problems. John has just been appointed to a new post as a staff member of the Massachusetts Governor's Committee on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice as a research analyst. He previously had spent fifteen years with the state Division of Youth Services in various capacities. At a recent church dinner in Peabody his subject was "The Cool World, Drugs and Youth." In this troubled nation where youth seems to be crying out for understanding and firmer guidance, we can be grateful for the likes of John Borys and only regret there are not many more men with his dedication.
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