1915
So—here we go into June! And I'd hate to admit how many smokes it took to produce this essay!
A couple cards from George Ingalls (my twin) indicates quite a tour, including Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Panama, Brasilia, Los Angeles, and a bunch of other spots which most of us only know about from reading classmates' missives. Out of them all, George seems to label Rio de Janeiro "the most beautiful city in the world." George was scheduled to be back in his home town, Boulder, Colo., by mid-April. Some trip!
Duze Lounsberry expresses thanks for my "newsy column" and says to put in a plug for the Alumni Fund which, if I haven't already done so, here it is. Duze referred to our lead in Group I of the Fund and hopes we can keep it that way and "sport a Green Derby."! He winds up with: "any way you look at it, we're lucky to be alive, aren't we?" Amen to that!
A letter from George Martin late in March quotes Kike Richardson to the effect that next fall's football team will at least be heavier than the 1970 team. A visit with Nut Norwood revealed him in good spirits and never suffers any. Kent Smith was in Tucson visiting his daughter, has retired from most of his active town jobs and feeling OK. George missed PaulRothery in Florida on his way back from Coral Gables to Sarasota. George attended the first meeting to form the Dartmouth Club there some years ago. George further reports he flew to Miami early in March, then drove to Sarasota and started home March 14 to find over three feet of snow, setting an all-time record for the winter. He reports contacts with George Simpson,Dick Wyman, Bush Campbell, and Norvie Milmore, but missed out on several other classmates whom he was unable to contact for various reasons. Give him credit for trying!
A further missive from Eben Clough contains a number of wise-cracks that only he could perpetrate; "Daffy-nition—lncome Tax—Status Woe," "MBTA—Mash Transportation," "Split Second Sermonette: Some folks are so heavenly-minded they're no earthly good," and "Hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes!"
Eben reports Kike Richardson had another check-up and came through OK. Eben further tells of the world's most ferocious beast—the Orangutan—who chases maidens up coconut trees and that accounts for the hair on coconuts and the milk contained therein!
The Art Sterlings spent most of March in Florida and report the weather was not up to usual summer pleasantry this year, probably the result of continuing winter storms sweeping across the nation. They returned home to Rockford, Ill., by way of Tallahassee and Pensacola, visiting friends across the bay from Mobile where they had quite a joyous reunion. Art reports they had the opportunity to look over a fabulous resort at Point Clear across from Mobile. Art says much of his spare time was spent watching his old favorites, the Phillies, play exhibition games, one of which against the professional champion of Japan, the Tokyo Giants. Art offers to repay some of us by working up a cartoon or two if the occasion arises. We'll look into it, Art!
George Dyke also reports Florida windy and cold down there for a large part of the winter but later, after they left, it turned very warm with strong winds. Referring to coeducation at Dartmouth, George reports that a large percentage of answers to a questionnaire were not in favor, adding that the great problem is money. His suggestion is to build such an institution in that part of the country—separate from Dartmouth—if that is what is wanted. To which this writer is in accord!
With which we will wind up this issue with best wishes to all for a happy summer and a fruitful return to ALUMNI MAGAZINE activity—come the return of fall. And now for a three months' sojourn!
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