Houston

Secretary, 1838 Chimney Rock Rd., Houston, Tex. 77027

Charles R. "Chuck" Noll '53 assumed the presidency of the Dartmouth Club of Houston as Bayou City alumni gathered for their first meeting of the new year at Humble Oil's Petroleum Club. The first order of business was to thank past Club President George Murphy '41 for his outstanding leadership. Honored guests included two Class of 1973 entering freshmen: Bob Ferguson and Ray Wood from Houston's Robert E. Lee High School; John Sharpe '72 ready to return for his sophomore year; and William L. Lee Jr. '69 en route to his first of two years at Oxford on a Marshall fellowship.

Chuck announced his new slate of officers including Ben Page '42 (vice president), Burres Head '27 (secretary-treasurer), FrankStephens '61, Brock Lewis '52, and DwightEdson 'l8 (Executive Committee), DaveHedges '34 (Alumni Council Representative), and Bill Blue '61 (College Alumni Liaison). Dave Hedges announced the highlights of June's Alumni Council meeting in Hanover. He has been selected to serve on the new athletic affairs committee in addition to his Alumni Fund responsibilities. Dave's report on the "Parkhurst Hall" incident was well received by those in attendance including the Club's officers and John Biggs '6l, Steve Bickel '61, Bob Garrity "61, Prof. Louis Silverman '24H, Dick Zartler '62, Bill Lee Sr. '4l, Joe Hafner '66, Fred Sistaire '47, and Frank Weber '47. The very reliable KellyMcBride '53 was unable to attend as he is recuperating from an ankle injury, but sent word he'll be on his feet shortly.

Congratulations were forwarded to JohnWolfe '46 on his election as president of the Houston Sales and Marketing Executives Club.

With Frank Stephens' ('61) enrollment committee activities already in full swing, we all look forward to seeing and hearing from Eddy Chamberlain '36 in late September. The Third Century Fund campaign under the able leader of Jack Weingarten '51 will host a meeting at that same time. By the way, Jack and his staff have already surpassed the 2/3 mark and are to be congratulated on a splendid effort.

Regards to all from "Astro-Land."