1954
After a week-long battle with the flu you can get kind of silly, with things taking on meanings that were never intended. So, when I gather the few remaining pieces of printable stuff to write the next column I hope you will take into account the fact that my brain may be a little addled—from fever—and grant a degree of license to what eventually winds up on this page.
The following cryptogram was received thru our class treasurer postmarked 10 November, no town or city, but with a Lincolnesque jotting on the back of the envelope which reads: "Only news is move to Cincinatti, which is home—after 15 years away. George commutes to NYC and flies out of Kennedy." After some detective work I was able to discover that this wasn't the final plea for aid from a prisoner in a Chinese bakery, but rather the wife of George H. Hitchcock advising us all of her husband's rather bizarre method of getting his daily exercise. I have no idea as to why George takes this punishment, but now that our appetites have been whetted, I think it only fair to get the rest of the story in time for the next issue.
Dick Page has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of Cheshire Academy, Conn. Dick, a 1950 Cheshire graduate, is executive vice president and general manager of Boston's Fairfield & Ellis, insurance brokers. He has been associated in several positions with Travelers Insurance Companies. For Cheshire, he has served as secretary of the Alumni Association and as a member of the board. Schools should loom large for the father of four: Richard, Catherine, Elizabeth and Sarah.
Robert O. White, it appears, has changed teaching assignments and is now at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, "help- ing to renovate and nourish the liberal arts movement in a scientific, five-year college." Bob teaches humanities, French and literature and this past summer he and wife Del toured Ireland tracing the footsteps of such illustrious figures as Swift, Joyce, Behan and Yeats. Bob writes that all the news was of Ulster, internment and near civil war. He reports having seen many refugees but also states that the attitude of 26 counties of Irishmen is primarily patient, friendly, tolerant and open. Apparently the Whites attended some IRA rallies which they found colorful but not perilous, and the net result is that they commend Ireland to us all. Bob is even thinking of buying a writer's cottage and pub in Sligo which sounds a pleasant compromise and insurance against the uncertainties of becoming an author.
While we have many months to go before another football season is upon us, one more post-mortem will not be out of order, particularly since this news comes to us from Frank M. Weiser, M.D. Frank hosted a cocktail party after the Columbia game and among the attendees were Doctors BillCohen from Seattle, Wash., Don Brief from the Oranges, N. J., and Bob Rigrgrio from fun city. Riggio apparently brought along some local support in the form of ArtRauch, Dave Metz, and Dick Davidoff and Frank concludes his missive with the hope that a victory next year will be even more reason to repeat and enlarge the festivities. We hope you're right, Frank!
From across the seas comes word from Lt. Col. Endel Raidmets, who is Executive Officer at HQ special troops, U. S. Army, Ryukyu Islands. While his job is pretty much routine, he has managed a fair amount of travelling, most recently jaunts to India. Nepal, Tibet, Burma, and Thailand. He plans this year to hit the winter Olympics in Japan, but concludes with the note that while it all is very interesting, he prefers and appreciates the USA more each time he sees a bit more of the world.
Doctor Donald W. Belcher, seems to have found a meaningful purpose in working in Africa again, this time as part of a UCLA advisory group working with the Ghana Medical School and Ministry of Health in the Danta Health Project. The project is a six-year study of rural health, appropriate health personnel and facilities, family planning, and training of health workers. The joint group is working with 45,000 rural villagers and hopes to develop much-needed information for the young nations of the world.
Another interesting bit of biography reaches us from Jameson W. Doig, now a professor in the Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Politics, Princeton University. Jim has recently been doing research and writing on urban police, especially New York City, and on public authorities, two very ripe issues. Lest you think that this is an "ivory tower" effort, you should also know that Jim serves on the board of directors of the New Jersey Association on Correction, a private organization concerned with preventing "future Atticas" among other goals.
Well, that should wind it up for this month. Write.
UPI PhotoCyril Muromcew '55 (second from the right) accompanied Commerce SecretaryMaurice Stans (right) as part of the first U.S. delegation to attend a Supreme Sovietmeeting in Moscow. The other are Helmut Sonnenfeldt (left) of the White Housestaff and Harold Stott of the Commerce Department. A State Department ForeignAffairs specialist, Cy has served as interpreter in the past year at the SALT talks,the 4-Power Conference in Berlin, and the Incidents-at-Sea Conference in Moscowas well as on the Stans mission.
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