1919
Ev and Alice Moxon are in the process of spending three months in nearby Deerfield Beach, thereby making one more '19er in this area of Florida. Rock and Alice EarleHayes are on an extended tour of the West and hit, among other spots, Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe in Nevada after California. Boband Anne Lewis finished up their tour of the South Pacific by taking in Australia and the beautiful city of Sydney where your Secretary spent a fine leave from the wilds of New Guinea in 1945 (a long time ago), then to the Fiji Island, Hawaii, and home to Lebanon. A nice card from Constance Levy widow of Will I. indicates that she still maintains an interest in what goes on in Hanover.
Sandy Treat, son of San and Jane, still is a skiing enthusiast, and received a nice writeup in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He recently won a veteran's A competition near Cleveland (at the tender age of 45 - secretary's note). Quoting in part, "I've gotten more out of skiing than anything I have ever done. Otto Schneibs, my old coach at Dartmouth, used to say that 'skiing is a way of life.' And that it is. My three children ski with me all the time. I started as soon as they could walk. It's a family sport with us."
To us oldsters the word "Parietals" did not, if your Secretary's memory is correct, come up for much discussion in our undergraduate days. Rules were rules and if one got caught it usually meant departure from the Hanover scene. However, it is currently the hottest issue on the campus. The activist student leaders (quoting from the Bulletin) feel that any kind of parietal restrictions are moralistic, Victorian, and in violation of their individual rights. They contend that their private behavior is their business alone and they seemingly display a lack of appreciation for their relationships to other elements of society — their fellow students, the community and their own families. The Committee on Administration considered the various proposals and rejected them. The policy of the College in such matters is concisely and somewhat humorously expressed, "The Committee on Administration has been asked to approve a series of proposals which would allow a student to house a woman in his bedroom, on the condition that the woman and his roommates consent and that the woman stay no more than a few days. On this issue the Committee is anxious that its response be unambiguous. It is for this reason that we use a simple word which has gone out of fashion in this age of meaningful dialogue: NO."
Guy and Muriel Cogswell represented 1919 at '18's annual Pow Wow in Fort Lauderdale which your Secretary had to miss for the first time since it was started. From a report from Charlie McGoughran '20, Gene Markey '18 was in fine form and should feel better now, as Calumet's horse Forward Pass won the Derby at Gulf Stream. Hope Guy was on it.
Just a reminder, all of you have heard from Howie Cole in regard to the Bequest Program which is such an important part of the long-range financial program of the College. Please give it some consideration in your estate or trust planning.
Ernie Rautenberg reports that the birthday cards are "Like dividends on good stocks." Also that they saw Trace Kohl in Sedona, Ariz., and that they have a charming house right up among the red rocks. The Hayeses also called on the Kohls.
The Kenneth Knowltons were other winter travelers - their journey to Hong Kong, among other places, was on the Norwegian freighter, the "Sunnyville." Art Palmer checks in from Richmond, Va., quoting, "It is always a pleasure to receive this reminder of the fact that the years are rapidly catching up with us all but those of us who remain have had full lives in point of time, at least. I'm just a doting old grandfather."
Bill McMahon sends in his thanks for the class birthday card and states, "Sorry it was chilly on the courses down there but there is always a 19th hole. Hope you get that eagle on a par three before you leave for Hanover - if not get one up there." Ethel Parsons, widow of Hal, thanks the Class for placing a book in Baker Library in his memory.
Paul Halloran, the man of many projects, writes, "Right now I am in the midst of rejuvenation and digging out artifacts and memorabilia for the new Seabee museum in California. In postwar operations and reorganization many records were lost or destroyed — even the 16 mm. movies which I showed at a reunion in Dartmouth Hall with needling comments from Jeavons and Jack son. Now I am in the process of re-editing some 17 reels 400 ft. each plus an extensive log of the 6th Brigade. My new color polaroid is busy with reproductions for the museum which is headed by a spirited, talented and enthusiastic curator. So you see time does not hang heavily." Your Secretary considers this the understatement of the year.
Ernie Earley, longtime '18 class officerwho died March 9, shown with the silver tray, autographed by classmates, thatwas presented to him at the 40th reunion.
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