1937

The Alumni Fund is now in full swing. As you know, Fred Asher stepped down due to pressures of business after hoisting our class performance to new heights and Marsh Roper has taken over the reins. The all-over goal is the same as last year plus one cent so let's get behind Marsh and give him an abundance of support in his initial year as class agent. There is an untold amount of work attached to an agent's job, lining up his team and then riding herd on them until, hopefully, we come somewhere near 100%. And please don't overlook that we get two forms of credit — dollar amount and participation. So it's not only bread we need, man, but you.

From the Naples, Fla., branch comes word that Bill Douglass has been made president of the New York based Turner Corporation. He was moved up from vice president. Bill joined Turner in 1966 after more than 20 years with G.E. as legal counsel to the purchasing organizations of many of the company's defense-oriented divisions including atomic-power reactors and jet engines. Turner is presently engaged in land related activities in Florida, New York, and California. Highland Citrus Groves near Immokalee is one and Big Cypress Ranch, another division, will soon encompass more than 16 square miles of improved ranch land. Turner-Florida division is interested in limerock, timber, oil and farming leases. Bill states they are presently embarking on several new major projects in Florida where he believes continued growth will occur.

Tom Reck, president of the Ross-Fraser Supply Co. of St. Joseph, Mo., formerly with Smith Barney, New York investment bankers, has been elected to the board of directors of The First National Bank of St. Joseph. He is also a director of the St. Joseph Light & Power, chairman Industrial Operating Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Missouri Western College Foundation.

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal both carried the news that Bill Cash resigned as president of Hanes Corporation in Winston-Salem, N. C. The reason was described as policy differences with the board of directors.

A nice note and accompanying clips from the Durham newspaper tell us Frank Young, professor-scholar in New Testament and patristic studies, has been appointed to fill the recently established Amos Ragan Kearns professorship in the Duke University Divinity School. Frank has twice served on the Duke faculty. While working on his Ph.D., 1944-46, then until 1950 as assistant professor and dean of students. He went to Yale Divinity School for four years and then the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas, for five. Then for nine years he was professor of religion and department chairman at Princeton. In 1968 he returned to Duke. He is co-author of several volumes on New Testament understanding and has authored special articles in "The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible" and the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

On April 1 the kick-off dinner for the Alumni Fund in Boston was held at the Parker House roof. Among the 200 attendees were Monk Amon, Stan Berensou, and yr. obt. svt. Our new president, Dr. Kemeny, was the principal speaker to this group of Dartmouth workers of all ages, many hearing him for the first time. His talk encompassed current issues facing the College, co-education, under-privileged students, student activism, and the future role of Dartmouth in the world of higher education. For any alumni who have reacted against coeducation (and there were many at the dinner) we will only discuss that issue here. With the growing clamor for co-education in both male and female schools Dartmouth will not be an imitator of Princeton or Yale but will make up its own mind in the time it may take through discussion with alumni, faculty, students, and all within the cONfines of plant facilities and the funding for such a step. At this time there are no finances available anyway so the matter lies completely in the future. He indicated in his quiet manner that whatever is decided will come as a result of agreement among all factions and he will not be swayed by either the loud voices of those for or against. He closed his talk saying "We are now entering Dartmouth's third century and, gentlemen, I propose to lead the College into it."

The reaction to his speech? Every man in the room was on his feet clapping like it was the eighteenth curtain call; complete enthusiasm. It was generally agreed in pinvate that the committee to find a new president had fulfilled their task beautifully but why did they delay so long in choosing this completely outstanding man?

As our departing crowd awaited the elevator it arrived loaded with a bevy of grim-faced men with brief cases. We recognized George Skinner who paused only Jong enough to say he was rushing to another meeting. We had to call wifey Ethel to find out that George has been practically a missing person for over two weeks attending constant New England Telephone rate meetings - weekends included!

Anyone here remember that Bert Geller studied in his undergraduate years to be a city planner? Anyone recall we got out of school in a recession year? This all came out in a feature article in the "Dallas, Texas, News" when Bert was interviewed by one Betty Preston. In 1937, among other things, he found no cities needing planning so joined up with the Andrew Geller family business of women's shoes in New York where he is now president and chief designer. The article had lots of good information on styles, color, heels, the soft look, etc. (wife Katie ate all that up) but we had a more practical eye for facts. For years, Bert said, women were shown samples of shoes in size 4 which is about as ridiculous a foot as one could find — outside of Cinderella's one and only. So he pitched size 4 in favor of 6½ as most women are 7½ to 8. Women, he says, are much less vain today and don't really care who knows what size shoe they wear. (Oh, Oh, here comes Katie again "They're wonderful shoes and I'll need several pairs of low cuts to take to our new winter home on the Riviera next door to Princess Grace!")

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