1961

We received a letter from Whitie Dunphy, a pilot for pan American, that is of interest to those of us who may be taking a trip abroad in the near future. He writes: "My wife and I thought that if anyone in the Class were planning a trip we'd be glad to share anything we might know about their planned itinerary. Between us we have been to a number of places in the Pacific, Australia, Far East, South America, Near East, Carribbean and most of Europe. Sally also has a fair knowledge of what to buy where and in some cases what not to buy. Anyone desiring to tap this esoteric fund of knowledge might drop us a line at 4 Limekiln Road, Ridgefield, Conn. 06877." Thank you, Whitie, for offering your assistance!

Jay Torok has been elected by Wansau Papers of Brokaw, Wis., to the position of vice president, finance and treasurer. Jay joined Wausau in March of last year and will continue to serve as treasurer and chief financial officer for the company. Before joining his present company, he had been with the Owens-Illinois Corporation for nine years, the last three of which were as controller of the Forest Products Division in Toledo, Ohio. Jay lives at 620 Spring St., Wasau, and probably has enough paper to pen a response, if you want to write.

In the mailbox recently was a newspaper clipping telling of Lance Stoker moving from Brighton, Mich., to Lake Havasu City, Ariz., where he intends to practice osteopathy. We tried to reach him by phone, but the operator said she continually had trouble "getting over there." This aroused our curiosity as to what sort of place Lake Havasu City must be that it's so tough to reach by phone. We hope Lance will write us and describe his new residence.

When you think of the great number of our classmates that became lawyers, doctors, businessmen or stockholders, it is refreshing to learn about one of our fellows doing something off the beaten path. For instance, Jeff Brown is curator of the collection at the Indianapolis Art Museum. He lives on the 150 acres that make up the Museum's grounds. Jeff is responsible for additions to the art collection, a full-time pursuit that knows no regular hours. Currently, he is busy researching painters James Peal and A. T. Bricher.

Jeff received his master's degree in art history from the University of Pennsylvania, then did additional study in the history of American art at the University of Maryland. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania College of Art, and at the State University of New York, College of Cortland. He also was curator of education at Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York.

The other day we were looking over an interesting document called the "1971 Dartmouth Alumni Fund Participation Study." It shows that last year, as a reunion class, we did a notable job of raising $28,998. However, the disturbing thing is that this money was contributed by only 365 men out of an eligible group of 654 classmates. In other words, 289 men gave nothing or, putting it still another way, 44.2% of our classmates didn't bother to send in at least a couple of bucks.

You might say that to expect a high percentage of participation in the Alumni Fund is unrealistic. The statistics say otherwise, with 28 out of 73 classes having 100% or better participation. Our Class ranked a poor number 65 out of the 73.

Those of us who have had the pleasure of helping to support one of the country's finest private colleges during the ten years that we have been alumni, find it hard to understand why so many classmates give nothing to Dartmouth when it has given so much to all of us. Even the most financially hard-pressed member of our Class should be able to scrape together at least one dollar a year to donate to the Alumni Fund. It is not enough for the Class to simply reach its dollar objective each year. It is equally important for our participation to be as broad as possible so that everyone shares in the satisfaction of helping the College. In fact, the way the Alumni Fund is conducted each class is given credit for both the percentage of eligible contributors that give and the percentage of the dollar objective that is raised. These two percentages are then combined for an overall class rating. This means that for 1961 to do a truly outstanding job in the Alumni Fund requires every man to give something.

It would be interesting if some of you who have not been giving would write in and explain why you have not done so. If you prefer, your thoughts can be published anonymously. Perhaps some of our regular contributors would like to respond in print to these letters from non-givers. If the two halves of our Class can better understand each other, we may be able to show greater unity in supporting our great College.

Secretary,31 Adams St. Arlington, Mass. 02174

Treasurer, R. R. 2, Windsor, Vt' 05089