1950
Returning to the Hanover Plain in early spring is refreshing. The season's change this year, however, is late. The remains of record snows throughout northern New England linger in not-so-hidden nooks and crannies. A five-foot drift hugs the north side of Alumni Gym.
The first weekend of May and only a hint of green on campus lawns and trees. The greening spring rampaging in New Jersey became progressively less apparent during the trip north. The Vermont hills were brown and its mountains coddled skiers loathe to abandon the waning season. The trails on Mt. Ascutney were visible from Hanover, glinting white in the sun.
The campus on Saturday afternoon abounded with youthful activities. Lacrosse teams, eluding residual mud on the verges of playing areas, battled strong contingents from Brown on Chase Field. The baseball team lost a heartbreaking two-hitter in extra innings before beating Harvard in a second game. Memorial Stadium was the scene of a track meet, and varsity tennis hosted the championship squad from Princeton. The Connecticut, still cold with the swelling runoff from mountain snows, swept crews along at a record pace. Pickup Softball games filled the campus. Athletics pleasingly expend the energies of youth.
A previous column announced an Alumni Ski Weekend scheduled for March. Its success resulted in plans for a Golf/Tennis Weekend over the Fourth of July holiday. The charge of $120 per couple is a bargain for four days of lodging, some meals, and special fees. Post reservations to 203 Crosby Hall.
Return of the prodigal: Cal andCynthia Minor have been repatriated after twenty years of wandering in Latin America. Texaco hired Cal as a raw recruit in '50 and almost immediately exported him. Now he is back as vice president in charge of sales in a small territory—the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. After such an extensive sojourn, returning stateside results in a reverse cultural shock. Cal seriously observes that some of the undeveloped emerging countries may have something to teach us. (Perhaps it is a quality of living that we sometimes miss. An insight may be gained by comparing the pace of any metropolitan area with an isolated Vermont village on a lazy summer afternoon.) Cal plays golf, tennis, and squash; but he has developed a special penchant for gardening. He and Cynthia have filled their home with paintings and sculpture collected in countries where they have lived. They are still settling their family of three in the countryside at Princeton.
Paul M. Canada strikes again. His firm, Ivy Graphics and Planning, Inc., has had a wholly-owned subsidiary, Markmakers, Inc., operating in South Bend, Ind. Recently he has expanded with the acquisition of Miles R. Grove, Inc. of New York City. The Ivy group develops corporate and institutional identity programs. Their releases stress their creative talents and assiduously avoid any mention of advertising, which is evidently excluded from their range of professional services. Paul, Fran, and their four children live in New Canaan, Conn., the home base for Ivy.
My reports on skiing probably caught the attention of Jack Elliott who takes great pains to keep himself in shape for competition (at the veteran level), jack is now vice president of the Rhode Island Textile Company in Pawtucket; he and Ann live in Barrington with their two boys two girls. But the real news is his extracurricular activity. He was recent' featured as the "mystery rider," exercisiing in the half-light of winter mornings dressed in sweatsuit, turtleneck, windbreaker start ing cap, gloves, and, when winds Were particularly severe, a protective mask. His early morning jaunts are preempted only by northeasters and blizzards. Not only are his half-hour rides invigorating, but also they fend off colds. The physical conditioning compensates for the aging process. Jack has developed an interest in measures to clean up the environment and heads the environ, mental health committee of the Pawtucket-Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Briefly noted: Bill Broadbent has beer appointed second vice president and director of advanced underwriting by the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Horn and Hardart recently elected Roger S. Hillas, the president of Provident National Bank in Philadelphia as a director. Carroll A. Huntington Jr. has joined Kenyon & Eckhardt of Boston as an account executive. Bob Kilmarx, your harried head agent, has been appointed director of the Providence Journal Co. in addition to his regular duties as executive vice president of the Industrial Nations Bank of Rhode Island. Next month's suspense item: a note from Jim Cavanaugh. Dr. Galen E. Jones has been named to a three-man environmental advisory board by the Hartford Electric Light Co. and Northeast Utilities to assist in the design of the new electric generating station proposed for Stamford harbor.
Eugene A. Ulrich has concentrated on finances ever since leaving Dartmouth and Tuck. After thirteen years with Arthur Andersen, he moved first to Sinclair Oil and then to BP Oil as controller and assistant treasurer. Gene has now joined American Airlines and assumed responsibility for their revenue accounting operations in Lake Success. His substantial experience as a CPA may contribute to America's return to profitable operations. Gene will commute to Long Island from Chappaqua in Westchester County where he lives with Carol and their daughter and son.
The deadline for the Alumni Fund is nigh. You have been implored to give and to give generously. But one further thought. If you have been a member of the swelling ranks of the Century Club, have you considered moving beyond that plateau?
Summer is upon us. Have a happy Fourth. You will not be chided about going near the water.
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