1933
Last year 1933 won the attendance cup at the Boston Alumni dinner and entrusted it to Wes Beattie for safekeeping. I assume Wes had to release this to some other well deserving class this year — hedoesnt say so - but he did send along this interesting news: "Here's the list of '33ers at the Boton Dinner at the Harvard Club: Don D'Arcy, Norm Erlandson, Hal Hackett, Whit Kimball, Arch Lade, Bob Mitchell, John Scanlon, Sid Stoneman, and John Thompson.
"It was a nice affair. Ernie Babcock '70, representing the student body and football team, did an excellent job in putting today s Dartmouth student in proper prospective m relation to national and international unrest. If he is typical — and I believe he is — of today's Dartmouth student — not the headline-catching minority which all colleges have today — but of the mainstream unheralded majority of the student body, I think we can have confidence that today s Dartmouth product is not much different basically, in seriousness of purpose and principles than was the product of our generation.
"President Dickey paid tribute to the dean who had educated him during his tenure in his introduction of retiring Dean Thad Seymour, the guest of honor, who regaled the gathering with choice examples of humorous episodes during his ten years as dean. He, too, strengthened my confidence in the job Dartmouth is doing today.
"The biggest change that I noted was the prompt dispersal of '33ers at the close of the meeting - unlike earlier years when we hung around until the wee hours. I attribute it of course to 'hazardous driving conditions on a stormy night.'" Thanks, Wes!
Van Collins is retiring this June as president of the State University of New York at Albany. This was reported last January but since then some very exciting information has come to light. In June 1967 Van was named an officer of the Order of Academic Palms by the Minister of Education of France. Then in November 1968 he and Virginia went to Strasbourg at which time he received the degree of Docteur Honoris Causa from the University of Strasbourg. His citation spoke of the rapid development of the State University of New York at Albany, and the close relationship developed between the University and France - an active exchange program for students and faculty, including several members from Strasbourg. Congratulations, Van, on this special honor!!
" The Third Century Fund is over the halfway mark and quite a few from our class have been serving as Area Chairmen. They are Bill Dewey, Horace Shaw, Byron McCoy Page Worthington, Bill Raoul, Lym Wakefield, and Wood Foster. I am sure there are many more who are actively working on this campaign and they all deserve our thanks and support
In January Bol T. cox expressed concern for the apparent lack of interest in Dartmouth activities on the part of some of ou classmates in the Los Angeles area. Th Dartmouth Club of Southern Ca ifornia, with headquarters m Los Angeles, is start ina a brand-new project known as "Friena Indeed Committee." It is directed toward older alumni who feel the need for comfort or support in connection with problems arising out of illness, disability, old age, misfortune, personal matters, loneliness, .... whatever. Dr. Allen Leslie 30, 525 North Saltair, Los Angeles, Calif. 90049 is the man to contact. Perhaps someone in the class may wish to avail himself of this friendly offer.
In Bennett Cerf's column, "Try and Stop Me" the following choice bit appeared re one of our members: "Fred Birmingham has an ingenious friend who takes advantage of the free facilities provided at Grand Central Station to enhance his love life. He makes a date several days a week with his dream girl for noon under the Concourse clock. Then they spend a happy hour or two rapturously kissing each other in front of any gate announcing a departing train - moving on to the next departure when the gate closes - while boarding passengers smile tolerantly to see love still conquers all."
The Class has received a letter of appreciation from Ward Donner's widow, Hilda. "The children and I are deeply appreciative of the gift of a book to Baker Library in memory of Ward. He had been apparently so well - walking to school; exercising each day; swimming all summer. We have to think he was lucky to go as he did. Life as even a semi-invalid would have been a terrible situation for him.
"The past ten years we have spent traveling back and forth in the beautiful Pioneer Valley, visiting our children at college. Sally, Mt. Holyoke '63, has been in Washington for five years and is now a secretary for the fund raiser of the Urban Coalition. Wayne, Amherst '67, and his wife, Linda, Mt. Holyoke '67, are at the University of Massachusetts doing graduate work. Wayne is in physical education and is hoping to coach after his tour in Army OCS where he will go in April. Our sincere thanks to the class of 1933 for its memorial gift."
The Alumni Fund will be under way by the time these notes reach you. We know Wes Beattie, our new Class Agent, has spent countless hours reviewing records, lining up assistants, and planning the campaign. His effort and enthusiasm will help our class to have a most successful drive. In the last analysis, however, it is really up to us. We may have fallen into a pattern of merely doing what we have done in the past without examining our own personal growth and our ability to do more. Please think about this before you contribute this year.
A recent session of the House ForeignAffairs Subcommittee on the Near Eastbrought together '33 classmates JohnMonagan (r), Congressman from Connecticut and committee member, andParker T. Hart, Assistant Secretary ofState for Near Eastern and South AsianAffairs.
Secretary, Holderness School Plymouth, N. H. 03264
Class Agent," 80 Mooreland Rd., Melrose, Mass. 02716
