1921

An interesting letter from Allison van V.Dunn from Berkeley, Calif. He is having trouble with his back, having mashed a couple of vertebrae just before our 46th reunion, which he missed. Also he had a slipped disc and trouble with his hip at the left leg joint. However, though partially crippled, he and Marghie went to Europe in April, spending time visiting three grandsons in Brussels, ancestral sites in the Netherlands, a week's tour of Switzerland, a week in Paris, more ancestral sites in England and Scotland; then home via Iceland, Greenland, Hudsons Bay and the Canadian Rockies. Talk about a Cook's Tour!

Ned Price tells about the recent celebration of Bill and Alberta Embree's 50th wedding anniversary, put on by Bill Jr. '50. The Prices have also been on the move with a summer visit to the Virgin Islands. He regrets not being present at the homecoming Princeton game weekend since he will be roaming around Europe at the time.

The Chicago Daily News carried a story about Everett "Fez" Taylor of Sun Valley, Idaho, which again emphasizes the social aspects of that great resort. There was noted the presence of Charlotte Ford Niarchos, Mrs. George Plimpton, Ethel Kennedy, Steve McQueen, the Gregory Pecks, Andy Williams, Jim Garner and Raquel Welch (to mention just a few). Dorice Taylor is the publicist for all these notables. Some favor the winter playground because of its remoteness and the primitive country. However there is nothing primitive about the "velvet resort." The skiers are coddled and looked after by a staff of 1,000, which operates the various facilities, such as the ski school, the two outdoor swimming pools, the sauna, and the lodge itself which includes a half dozen restaurants and a discotheque called the Boiler Room.

A note from Joe Lane written from Lookout Mountain claims that Switzerland is the only place he knows that compares with it as God's gift to mankind. We asked Joe if he had lost the New England twang. The people out there say "no," but back in New Hampshire they say he talks like a southerner. Regarding his family, the Fifty Year Book lists his children but Joe tells us that he is now a patriarch with eight grandchildren.

Erling Hunt has now retired from the State University of New York, but instead of giving up teaching entirely and living the bucolic life of a Vermonter, travels to Northampton once a week to teach a course at Smith College.

A feature in the local Valley News recently portrays the career of Ralph Steiner in his retreat on Thetford Hill, Vt., where he continues with his photographic studies. His latest effort is called the Joy ofSeeing in a series of documentary films. Ralph started in Hanover as an undergraduate when he took a course in photography from Leland "Doc" Griggs to avoid becoming a chemist, the profession which his father preferred.

He gained fame in New York by filming The City which was shown daily at the 1933 New York Worlds' Fair. Another masterpiece was The Plow that Broke thePlains. This dust storm documentary was attacked in Congress, and he was accused of carrying around carcasses and cow skulls to make the western plains more devastating than they really were. He has gone to color from black and white. Several grants have been exhausted, but he has signed up with a distributor who is honest—different from most. When asked when he is going to retire for good he will say "When I can't lift a movie camera."

Our president, Ellis O. Briggs, writing from Kaiowaza in Topsfield, Me., has commented to his classmates, the Alumni Council, the Trustees of the College, and President Kemeny about their stand on the recent happenings at the College. It appears that the older classes up to around 1940 take a dim view of recent changes— the dropping of traditions, the banning of the Indian emblem, ROTC, the Wah-Hoo-Wah cheer because of its nasty connotation, the Indian cheer leaders and the name of the Glee Club's Injunaires.

Tom Staley reports through DanaLamb that the most distinguished person attending the International Atlantic Salmon Symposium at St. Andrews in New Brunswick, Canada, was Ellis Brings.

Ken Thomas once again reminds 21'ers about the Florida reunion on February 20-21, 1973 at the Holiday Inn, Lake Placid, Fla.

Phil Noyes reports through Tom Staley that although retired as a teacher in the Fairhaven, Mass., schools he is still a substitute and is called upon two or three times a week. His daughter and family have moved from Tacoma, Wash., to Marion, Mass., and Phil is glad to have them nearby. His wife is hospitalized suffering from arteriosclerosis.

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