1942
Yes, times and faces do change, as witnessed by a recent photo in the daily paper out of Hackensack, N. J. Pictured in "The Record" on September 26 above the caption "Coed Invasion" Gayle Williamson of Miami and Elizabeth Heaps of Villanova (Pa.) were shown clowning around as they unpacked in a dorm at Dartmouth College. They are part of a group of 70 girls enrolled in a special exchange program at the "all-boys Ivy League school" ... and News-letter Editor Milt Williams' spouse, Phyllys, referred to Dartmouth as an "all-male province." Retraction, Phyllys?
We are a lucky class to have a Class Prexy who is able to keep officers and executive committee liberally supplied with letterheads and envelopes which enable us to carry on Class and College contacts and business. ... President Dick Lippman, as most of you know, is the boss of Printing Services Inc. located at 919 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. Dick operates a complete off-set printing and direct mail organization, and the Class of '42 continues to be the direct beneficiary of "Lipp's" services as the top class officer and business mogul.
Reminder to those concerned with giving to the Dartmouth Third Century Fund You are on a winning team, Dartmouth '42 alumni, and within the next few months may be a most favorable time for providing capital gifts for "The Fifty-one Million Fund" that we shall see for some time....
This has to do with Federal surtax on income. In the future the tax advantages of making a gift may be less attractive than those obtaining currently.... Better look into this and act accordingly! (Suggestion: Securities in which you have an unrealized loss should not be used for charitable gifts. If you wish to dispose of such securities, it would be to your advantage to sell them for your own account to establish a capital loss which you may then claim for Federal Income Tax purposes.) "Is this any way to run a railroad?"
In considering and planning lifetime or testamentary gifts to Dartmouth one or more of the following publications may be useful and are available from '42 Bequest Chairman Guy A. Swenson Jr., 9 Capitol Street, Concord, N. H. 03301: ... "The Dartmouth Life Income Trusts"; "Your Life Insurance and Dartmouth"; "Women of Dartmouth"; "Have You a Contingency Clause in Your Will?"; and "Your Will and Changes in Your Will." If Guy runs out, not literally that is, contact Executive Secretary Bequests and Estate Planning, Crosby Hall, Hanover, N. H. 03755.
A tip of the Indian headdress to the following sons of '42ers who were accepted for admission to the Dartmouth Class of '73.... Can you believe that time has passed so rapidly? ...: Swift Churchill Barnes 111, son of Swift Churchill Barnes (Our Swifty must be the II); Douglas G. Britton, son of AllenH. Britton Jr.; Michael George Burke, son of William Harris Burke; John Richard Burns Jr., son of John Richard Burns, '42's baseball captain; Charles Nairn Hayssen, son of R. Goeres Hayssen; Thomas Douglas Headley, son of Robert Leigh Headley Jr.; Everett Perdue Johnson Jr., son of EverettP. Johnson; Christopher Doud Langdon, son of David D. Langdon; Mathew Hagen Montagne, son of John Montagne (de la); Anthony Charles Newman, son of EdwardCharles Newman; Robert Hull Page, son of Proctor Hull Page Jr.; Charles Brewster Scott, son of William J. Scott; and Walter Conwell Shoup 11, son of Robert W. Shoup. ... Afterthought and not original by the secretary "Small by choice, independent by birthright, Dartmouth has the strength and flexibility to shape a fresh response to the educational needs of today and the years ahead." We wish you well, sons of '42!
David Sills has been appointed director of the Demographic Division of the Population Council, a private, nonprofit organization in New York City. He will direct an expansion and restructuring of the Demographic Division, which is devoting increased attention to the relationship between population and such fields as anthropology, economics, ethics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Dave has been with the Council for a year as assistant director of the division. From 1962 to 1967 he edited the 17-volume International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. He received his graduate degrees in sociology from Yale (M.A.) and Columbia (Ph.D.).
We hope that most of you have received the First Day Cover bearing a new stamp which commemorates the 150 th Anniversary of Daniel Webster's triumph before the Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case. It was designed by John R. Scotford '38 and features Daniel Webster, Dartmouth Hall, and the words "The Dartmouth College Case 1819" in the traditional colors of green and white. It is a 6-center, so should receive relatively wide distribution ... this writer would be interested to know how many other colleges or universities have been so honored ... philatelists write!
NEW NOTES: David R. Sargent is chairman of the Wellesley Board of Selectmen and is president of United Business Services in Boston. Dave has served six terms as a member of the Wellesley School Committee. Robert N. Searles of Plymouth (N. H.) was appointed a couple of months ago to the position of Associate Director of the Squam Lakes Science Center. He is responsible for public relations and development. Bob is a specialist in educational fund raising and has served as development associate at Dartmouth, as special assistant to the president at New England College, vice president in charge of public relations and development at Skidmore College, and director of development at Holderness School. Bob obviously likes a challenge! His first task at Squam Lakes will be a one-million-dollar capital gifts campaign for a classroom and exhibits building. The Squam Lakes Center offers trailside exhibits at its 250-acre site, demonstrations and classes in life sciences for the general public, as well as a school program for grades one through twelve. It was chartered in 1966 by the State of New Hampshire.
Joe Wilder is still hooked by automobile racing and its mystique. He is fascinated by its violence, technology, and danger, and loves to interpret it in oils on canvas. His early interest was in Formula One but a race buff introduced him to Group 7 sportsracing cars and Indianapolis cars. Within a couple of miles of the place where Joe drew some of his preliminary sketches - Bridge-hampton Race Circuit - there was a show through August 19 of Dr. Wilder's most recent work, at the Benson Galleries in Bridgehampton.
All of the Dartmouth classmates of Robert P. Gill join in extending sincere and heartfelt sympathy to you who were so close to him during his active life, a life which our friend and classmate, Bob, lived to the fullest. A writeup will be carried in the obituary section of this or a subsequent issue of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
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