1949

"Bollie" Bollenbach, in response to my plaintive query for class news, claims that he is growing balder, greyer, and probably enjoying it less than he did five years ago. Bollie is all for the sun, boats, and loafing, but he has gone and built a new manse as a leisure-time stopper and a memorial to the architectural and building trades. He says that his three lovely children may turn out to be the crutch of his reclining years but as with most of us, he can't spend the proper amount of time with them and away from Edward E. Johnson, Incorporated Saint Paul.

Syracuse, N. Y., and its environs have always appeared to me to have some sort 0f magnetic charm. I have known several families from other parts of the country who have moved there and who have in their sublime contentment actually turned down attractive business offers elsewhere to stay in the area. "Doc" Eaton and his family have recently moved into this upstate paradise and show the familiar preference. Doc is a resident salesman for the United State; Steel Corporation in Syracuse. He states that he misses New York City now and then but not too much and is looking forward to our big reunion next June. As a member of the National Ski Patrol, he has only a short hop to the Toggenberg Ski Area in Fabius where the skiing is grrr-eat.

Big John Daukas sends word both 0f himself and brother Paul "Toli." John's address is Rock Rose, Watch Hill, R. I. He works in Middletown, Conn., fitting contact lenses. Paul also works there running an optical store and lives in Rocky Hill, Conn, with his wife Anne and four boys. John and his wife Virginia have two little boys and a two-year-old girl Joan Beth. He enjoys the shore with its surf, fishing, and boating especially line surf casting but bemoans the fact that aside from Mr. Rhode Island himself. Bob Zeiser, he never sees a classmate. Maybe he ought to invite us down for a swim, right gang??

A very happy Wade "Kansas" Elliott wrote to tell us that his oldest son Bart has just received his acceptance to Exeter for next fall. Jessie and Kansas are justifiably proud of him and grateful for his opportunity to receive a fine prep school training. Brothers Keith and Blake also living a: home in Boxford, Mass., will probably be looking for him to blaze a path to Hanover for them to follow. Of course in this time of supreme youthful independence and "doing your own thing" (whatever the devil that means I am still not quite sure), we parents scarcely dare ask our kids just what they look for in their future. It is nice to hear about boys like Bart who realize the importance of a fine education, and I suppose it is a bit unfair to our young ones to ask them to think about their future when none of us adults can so much as predict what tomorrow will bring. I know that a great many of us would like to see our children receive a Dartmouth education but purposely don't brainwash them on Dartmouth in order to respect their youthful sensitivities toward independent selection. We may subconsciously want to steel them against the disappointment of possible rejection from their father's alma mater, in the minds of most alumni a fate worse than falling into the hands of the Chinese Communists and often the trigger for such vile things as nonsupport of the Alumni Fund and cancellation of ALUMNI MAGAZINE subscriptions. Of course, this position today is rather ludicrous in light of the unbelievable competition and sheer numbers seeking college entrance, but there are many loyal alumni still clinging to the outdated theory that a place should be reserved for their sons deserving or not.

How did I get on this kick? Well, I ran into Pat and Bob Goetz a short while back in Ridgewood, N. J., at the "Dartmouth on the Road" performance mentioned in this column last month. Bob whispered to me that son Dave, a high school junior, had just sent for the latest Dartmouth catalog on his own. In other words, he had come to & conclusion in his own mind that he was interested in Dartmouth. His parents appreciated that fact that this was the important first step. If his interest is aroused sufficiently by what he learns himself and what his parents can tell him about the place we shall be able to share in the final phase which is simply to say a quiet prayer that he is accepted.

On a hedgehopping one-weeK business trip through the mid-western heartlands I was able to reach a few of our classmates by phone. John Sweetland, sultan of Minnesota pee wee hockey, wasn't in but his wife Joan informed me that one of his teams ranked second in national competition again this year. John is teaching hospital Administration at the University of Minnesota and maintains a hospital management business as well. The family is flying to Europe this summer on a convention related to this work.

Paul Denecke is well and thriving in the wholesale carpet business with Carson Pirie, Scott also working m Minneapolis and still eager to talk about that African safari the family took last summer.

I was well pleased to'reach Dick Hanselman in Indianapolis. He and his wife Beverly were about to leave for Louisville and the Kentucky Derby and promised that they would make every effort to head the family car towards Hanover for our twentieth next June Dick has just climbed another big rung'on the RCA ladder. He is now vice president of product management m charge of advertising, product planning, and merchandising of the company's five basic consumer product lines.

With no intention of slighting the following men but with my allotted space fast running out, I want to mention briefly the good news that Tom Huggins is the new regional manager of the Charlotte office of Markem Corporation (yes, Tom, we finally bought your newest labelling machine). John Borys has been appointed director of probation for the First District of the Connecticut Juvenile Court headquartered in Bridgeport. Joe Simons is a new assistant vice president with Merrill Lynch in Boston. Roger Bailey has been promoted to vice president of the personnel trust division of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis. John Wheeler of Westport, Conn., is now a director of the local brokerage firm of Carreau, Smith, Incorporated, and last but by no means least my old roomie Jay Urstadt has been advanced by Governor Rockefeller to Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal for the state of New York. We are extremely Proud of all of you.

Gordon Thomas just advised me at the Class Officers' Weekend in Hanover that the room situation for the Fall Class weekend next October 10 and 11 is extremely tight, and he must hear from you by July 15 for a confirmed reservation. Contact him at RD #1, New Canaan, Conn. Also please don't fail to include in your long-range planning our twentieth reunion next June 19-20-21 along with the classes' of 1950 and 1951. Great plans are being drawn up for both adults and children. Make sure to be there.

Secretary, 15 Twin Oak Rd. Short Hills, N. J. 07078

Class Agent, 62 Highland Ave., Roslyn, N. Y. 11576