1949
Once a month comes the time to remove v thoughts from daily business problems, "lose my ears to younger domestic squabbles and dream of those long, cool shadows presaging football season, bonfires, camaraderie and all the nostalgia of the Hanover Plain The first color of the autumn is touching the maples in upper Westchester and soon the snap of fall will tingle the tips of finders up here in north country. More and more. I find in correspondence with 49'ers, that the good four years in non-polluted air, sparkling waters and problems no more critical than a Monday-due paper, are drawing the granite-skulled sons of Dartmouth into a closer bond of reminiscence and challenge to develop equally rewarding opportunities for following offspring. It is our responsibility—it cannot be delegated further. .
Hot news for the politically inclined: Quent Kopp's campaign as candidate for the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco the ruling body in that Golden Gate city) is in full gear. Stan "Shrimp" Nelson '50 has sponsored a cocktail, fund raising, party for the eastern contingent—those that figure they may need political or influential help in the Gateway to the Orient some day in the future. By the time of publication, October 6th will be long past but if you hurry you can get campaign contributions to Quent at 5017 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Calif.
At the rate the Class of 1949 is going, Dartmouth will soon be within our control. Harland W. Hoisington Jr., our most recent addition to the infiltrators, has been appointed as Director of Off-Campus Study and Job Placement for all pea-green undergraduates effective September 1, 1971. Harland, who formerly was Director of Financial Aid at Columbia, took a newly created post to supervise the expanding program of Dartmouth students broadening their educational experiences by relating to current problems through studies and on-the-job confrontations in areas less appealing than Hangover. Thus ends a full circle of financial experience which included the post of Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Dartmouth in 1961, Investment Advisor in Princeton, N. J. for twelve years and Vice-President and Director to the Nassau Fund.
Andy Cay has-been elected controller of the Kendall Company of Boston, manufacturer of surgical dressings and related projects. He had previously served as Kendall's secretary, and from 1955 to 1964 he was a specialist on corporate and tax matters in its legal department . Andy, who graduated from Tuck in 1950 and from Harvard Law School in 1953, is a member of the Boston Bar Association. He and wife Marion and their two sons are now New Hampshire residents, in Chesterfield, that is.
Every week I receive notices from the College about changes in address. Woefully my inquiries anent same bring few responses. No one could be that busy! would appreciate any news of the following: James Mytton, Denver, Colo.; Gene Taylor, Dalton, Ga.; Allen Brooks, Toronto, panada: Ed McAlister, Burlington, Vt.; Lou Gluek, Sudbury, Mass. All of the bodies listed above are basket cases with amputated arms—help out a comrade in distress!
From a classmate with intact forearm—J. Paul Erwin Jr. (Flash) has hit it big and now resides at 122 Valley Road, Ardmore, Pa., 19003. If you move enough you, too, can escape all creditors!
Seward (Buck) Weber got smart and left Chicago pollution for the clean air and granite of Barre, Vt„ now hanging hat at 305 Tremont Street. He also suffers from forearm affliction as does Andy Kelsey who is now relaxed, fat and sassy in Williamsburg, Va.
The Big "Q" is not alone among political aspirants in our class. One who has already made his mark and may look soon to a governor's mansion is Dick Mallary about whom I wrote last year. Brother Mallary was the key actor in an article appearing in the Valley News this past summer. Presently Vermont Administration Secretary, the hand-picked political advisor to Governor Davis, Dick was the key man responsible for guiding the present incumbent governor into power—the Power Behind the Throne! Although once a member of what was called the "Young Turks" in the Vermont House of Representatives, Dick is considered a conservative by today's standards. He has been described as having great ability to understand problems and quickness of mind, and as a "pragmatist working to achieve the politically possible." To those who work with him comes the following respectful acknowledgment: "No one around knows more about state government than he does." Keep your eyes on Mallary—when you are with a cow milker, you are in strong hands!
Another 49'er who professes to be non-political may soon find he is politically in the limelight. A recent Associated Press column links Gold Pick-Ax recipient, DaveBergamini, with "Tricky Dicky" in the headline. The columnist felt that it was indeed unique that merely a few days after President Nixon's meeting with Emperor Hirohito in Alaska Dave's new book (over which he has been toiling for over two years to my knowledge), "Japan's Imperial Conspiracy," will hit the bookstands, decrying "Foul" in many ways the escape of some Japanese war criminals from post- war retribution. As you know, Dave is a past native of Tokyo and has recently spent time in the Orient documenting the claims in his new book. He claims that the image of Hirohito as an innocent ruler pushed by militants was a deliberate fraud to conceal the true rapacist tendencies of the monarch. Classmate Bergamini has apparently documented facts that the "innocent abroad" had true designs on an empire stretching from Iran to Hawaii and north from Manchuria to Australia on the south! And we thought Caesar and Hitler were voracious! Without a doubt Dave's book will cause a great stir among political circles—I, for one, plan to read the classic in its entirety and appeal to you all to do so.
And thus spake Zarathustra! Saw the Green's defeat of U Mass. last Saturday and predict we are in for another interesting season.
Dapper Charley Eaton was there broiling steak. Reunion helper Bud Lynch '72 was back in football action and promises to join our class dinner in Hanover on October 9. Some new faces are joining us for the fall get-together, but not enough. Put the Columbus Day weekend on your calendar now for next year. Has your family ever seen the glory of the autumn in upper New England? Nuf said!
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