1910

That unanswered and disturbing question: "Will Dartmouth go coed?" seems similar to the one in the minds of political candidates. Different polls produce different results or forecasts. As Tenners, with our eyes mostly on the past—our hopes of the future colored and greatly affected by our pasts every scrap of news on the subject is of more .than passing interest. Bert Kent over a year ago polled the members of the Pioneer Valley (Mass.) Dartmouth Club. He found that the vast majority, just as in our class, opposed because they believed such a change would spoil the College in the eyes of loyal and concerned alumni.

Bert has passed along newspaper clippings on this subject which is bothering many New England colleges, some of which are struggling with the matter—some before the actual changeover, and some after having hopefully settled the question by changing.

Bert's latest contribution to our education on the subject is a pamphlet titled "Goodness, Alma Mater, How You've Changed!" This opens up with this sentence. "If you're a college graduate, over 30, the college you knew may have changed so much you wouldn't recognize it." Then following are nearly sixteen full pages of discussion of cause and effects of many sides of college and the present-day problems facing colleges today.

Almost in the same mail came a letter from Ray Seymour with a clipping from the N. Y. Times headed "The Girls are Having Second Thoughts." Ray comments in his letter to Bert Kent "Perhaps the girls, God bless them, will come to our rescue, after all." Bert's observation: "Our trustees certainly must take notice!" As a side-line observer of the afore-mentioned observers we add, "The changes of attitude in many prominent women's colleges plus the high grade character of applicants for our next freshman class seem definitely to change the character of Dartmouth's situation."

The foregoing is written to give assurance that there are some Tenners who are vitally concerned about the solution of this problem, and are following every item of information, discussion, and action around the college world.

Since he took up residence in Fort Myers Ned Loveland has spent a great deal of time and energy digging into the history of some of the old structures in Florida. One such structure was the Pirate Playhouse on Sanibel Island. This charming little arena theater originally was the last of the frame schools on Sanibel, and as such was among the buildings the history of which Ned developed by studying records from Board of Public Instruction and from old issues of the "Fort Myers News Press." Ned is another Tenner who though retired ha, made for himself many interesting and extensive experiences.

We must report another loss. Clifton Edgerly passed away April 14. He was one of the youngest members of our class Entering with 1911 he caught up with us by graduation time.

1910's Chairman-Secretary continues to play with dynamite, having been reelected to serve his third term as president of TNT—Trojans for a New Troy. The group in '69 alerted the voters to curb the political parties by substituting the election of Council members-at-large to replace the ward politics of district representatives Their current battle is getting the voters to adopt a new county charter providing for a County Manager.

Not all of us are able to attend the final services of '10ers. Herb Wolff was able to represent the Class at Lenny McClin-tock's funeral in Bronxville.

Informal reunion in Hanover June 14. 16.

Secretary, 501 Cannon PI. Troy, N. Y. 12183

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