1960
When I took over the job of secretary three years ago, I was given a box of index cards containing the address of every man in the Class. All 780 or so cards were white, but the change of address cards that I began receiving after our last reunion were green. Slowly but surely the green began to gain on the white until I found that only 72 white cards remained. One of these was mine and knowing that 700 60's can't be wrong, I decided to join the majority. You'll please note my new address that appears above. We bought an old colonial (circa 1767) in the next village and plan to move on the weekend when this column is due. Most everything is packed except a few essentials and I am astounded by how much junk a family can collect in eight years. I'd swear that some of the things we've packed haven't been seen or used since we moved into this house.
Spence Morgan returned from his vacation on the Cape and asked me to remind you that several mini-reunions are planned for this fall. There is the dinner after the Penn game in Hanover on October 13, and we are trying to arrange something for both Harvard and Yale. Mike Heitner will again run the picnic before and after the Columbia game in New York on November 10. There will also be a party after Princeton on November 24 and details will be forthcoming in a special mailing. Of course, all of this is just a prelude to our 15th Reunion next June. You should be hearing from committee chairmen Brower and Moulton soon. Plan to get to Hanover for a game and let your eyes feast on the magnificence of a New England hillside in full autumn color.
The Class again performed well in the latest Fund drive, but lost the Green Derby race for the first time in many years. We raised over $31,000, a new record for us, but lagged behind in the participation factor. More and more we seem to be relying on fewer and fewer guys to carry the bulk of the burden. Strong performances by other classes were also a factor.
I received quite a bit of news over the summer from several world travelers. An obituary in a recent issue prompted Mel Small to write for the first time since graduation. Mel was saddened by the note which pointed out that the deceased had lost contact with The College and he said that he does not want that to happen to him. In any event, Mel and his wife, Sara, who worked at the Reserve Desk in 1959, have two boys, twelve and ten. Mel received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan in 1965 and moved to Detroit where he is now an associate Professor of history at Wayne State Univ. The Smalls had a good year at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in 1969 and are presently enjoying an idyllic existence as a visiting professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. In fact, they have elected to stay for another year before returning to the tensions, hatreds, violence and Watergates of this country. Mel has written some articles, edited a book entitled. Public Opinion and Historians, and co-authored another called. The Wages of War which was charitably reviewed in last March's Alumni Magazine. Sara has returned to school and is proving to be the real scholar in the family. The Smalls are gratified to see Dartmouth finally coming into the 20th century and are only a little remorseful about their complacency and lack of political and social consciousness which helped sustain the system in the late 50's.
Mai Churchill writes from the other side of the world. Mai has been in Manila since mid-1972 as Assistant Commercial Attache with the Foreign Service, and reports life in the Philippines to be very eventful. Following his arrival, there was a typhoon, 30 days and nights of rain that amounted to six or seven feet, and when things finally dried out, martial law was declared. Mai has been using the Manila Boat Club where he has taken up rowing again. While there are no eights or people to man them, sculling is proving to be equally satisfying. Mai has also taken time out to climb Mt. Apo, a relatively active volcano and the Philippine's highest mountain. His wife collects Chinese Porcelain when she's free from her main occupation teaching Philippine and Southeast Asian history at the University of the Philippines. Both their children attend a Montessori school and you might be interested to know that the school has been very successful in introducing speed reading to those between seven and ten. The entire class fell into the 1000-3000 words per minute range and had excellent retention. The Churchills are quite excited about the new horizons the program opens for their kids.
Just think, if you had taken a speed reading course, you could have read this column in under 30 seconds. If that isn't enough incentive to sign up, then I don't know what is.
Secretary, 857 Pleasantville Rd. Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 10510
Treasurer, 21 Barton St. Granby, Mass. 01033
