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With this column I start my second year in this spot and I'd like to thank all of you who have sent along letters, clippings, and word-of-mouth comments of classmates seen or news items which I can pass along. I would also welcome similar information and/or suggestions from any of you who feel the urge to write but haven't done so. Many of the reply cards for the address book revision are coming in now and I will relay some of the news included on them when I have a chance to sort it out. There seems to be quite a bit but too many merely give statistics and no explanation of such things as change of address and the like. No matter which you choose to do, please send along the card if you haven't already done so.

I'm sorry to report that this summer we lost six members of the Class: EverettBottjer, John Duffy, Charles Hoffman,George Makepiece, Robert Myers, and Rial Peck. More information will appear in the obituary section this month or in subsequent issues.

On the happier side, Andy Schmidt of Holyoke, Mass., reports he has recovered nicely from a serious heart attack earlier this year. Also on the plus side is the fact that as a Class we seem to be fostering a sizeable number of grandchildren. The cards I've received so far include a number of sixes, sevens, and eights with Seth Thomas listing nine and Chan Libboey claiming ten. Seth and Mary Jane live in Edgartown, Mass., where Seth is a glassblower. He also reports he has three waterfront cottages available between April and October. Chan and Mary live in Bozeman, Mont., where he is president of Cardinal Distributors (beer, etc.) See page 16, June Alumni Magazine.

Although fall and the football season are now upon us, I would like to mention two Class gatherings which any of you who are able should attend in the future if you can. The first was in Hanover last May in conjunction with the Class Officers Weekend when we customarily also have a meeting of the Executive Committee to which all members of the Class are invited. It included a gathering at Phil McInnis' and a dinner at the Inn. We had about 40 at this get-together. In August almost 55 husbands, wives, and a few children were at Tommy and Laura Thomas' lobster picnic in Maine. The weather was perfect and we were treated to a wonderful feast of steamed clams, lobsters and assorted food and drink along with lots of pleasant company. I believe Tithe will have a more detailed account of the goings on but I would urge all of you who can to join in these and other gatherings we have during the year.

The next one of such affairs, the Executive Committee meeting and informal Class Reunion, will have taken place at Stone End Lodge at Sunapee on the weekend of October 14, the Dartmouth-Princeton game in Hanover. I hope to see quite a number of you then. Also, we are planning to meet after the Yale game which is November 4 in New Haven. We will meet after the game at the Fairfield Motor Inn, 617 Boston Post Road, Fairfield, Conn., exit 22 on the Connecticut Turnpike and exit 44 on the Merritt Parkway. Both of these are on Connecticut route 135 to the Post Road (U. S. 1). Cash bar and dutch treat dinner, let me or Ray Builter know if you expect to come. Motel reservations for the night should be made direct, phone 203-255-0491. We hope to have more than the 40 who met last year.

A few news items: Ken Leiber, formerly executive vice president was elected president of Cyprus Mines Corp. in Los Angeles. Dr. Louis Benezet, president of the State University of New York at Albany has been elected a trustee of the National Savings Bank of Albany. Lou appeared as a panelist at an assemblage of educators, legislative leaders, and educational experts at a conference on "The Future of Higher Education in New York State" held at Skidmore College last spring. He also had published a long letter to the editor in the New York Times July 10 defending current trends in college study and maintaining that "interdisciplinary studies" are causing students to think and learn as students seldom have been required to do in the

Dr. William Garlick, clinical associate professor of surgery at Albany Medical College, has been elected secretary of the American Urological Association. Bill is an attending urologist at the Albany Medical Center, Veterans Administration, and St. Peter's Hospital. He lives with his wife Vivian in Albany and has two daughters, Ann and Joan.

The new president of Norwich University has announced a number of administrative changes including the appointment of Dr. Russell B. Capelle as head of the department of history and government.

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