1938

As this is written, Carnival is less than a week away. Practically all the snow has gone off in this part of Maine, and, if conditions are in any way comparable in Hanover, the snow sculptures will be hurting. On the other hand, the thaw is over; so any snow that has to be trucked in won't melt. And undergraduate youth is energetic and enterprising. Even as we were energetic and enterprising at Winter Carnival times 36-38 years ago.

If most of us would feel like anachronisms at Carnival now, none of us will be out of place at our 35th Reunion, and let's all start planning now to be there, not this coming June, but in June, 1974, when we'll be joining (or joined by) '39 and '40, as reported by Dan Marshall in the January 9 Pace Setter. Dan also noted that Carl VonPechmann will be our chairman, and that we're going to have another auction, under the hammer of Whitey Mays.

Jim Cotter sent me a most impressive, almost full-page ad from the Sunday Herald Advertiser, featuring Brad Jenkins, together with his fellow executives of the Boston real estate firm of Nordblom Company. I am most grateful to Jim for this and previously mentioned news ... Your secretary would like to be grateful to many more of you. Our fine former secretary John Emerson used to collect class news items in a shoe box, and occasionally he'd mention in his notes that the box was almost empty. That situation will soon obtain here.

It is a source of gratification, to me and, I hope, to most of you, that an active unfavorable reaction to the Administration's efforts to phase out the Dartmouth Indian symbol has developed among undergraduates. In late January The Dartmouth ran a front-page news story under the headline, "Group Seeks Referendum on Symbol" with a cut of our Indian emblem. The caption under the cut read, "Students may have a chance to vote on whether the Indian symbol should have been abolished if a new student group has its way." The lead of the article was, "A growing backlash of sentiment concerning the College's abolition of the traditional Indian symbol seems destined to bring the controversy to the CCSC - Green Key Referendum." Other quotes from TheDartmouth story include: "... alumni reaction " ... (to the replacement of the Indian symbol) ... "was largely negative" ... "Condemning the administrative move as 'undemocratic' some alumni went so far as to establish an entirely independent Fund Raising Committee whose avowed purpose was to preserve existing traditions." ... "A principal focus of this Committee was, and continues to be, the Indian symbol."

The article continues, "The crusade has now gained a Student Committee for the Restoration of the Indian Symbol, headed by two Phi Tau fraternity members, Paul Strohl '74 and David L. Harkcom '74 ... 'Dartmouth's Indian Symbol is the most appropriate symbol of the College's tradition, its association with American Indians, and its rural surroundings,' Strohl said."

As I'm sure you've noticed, Letters to the Editor about the Indian symbol continue to appear in the Alumni Magazine, the vast majority of them defending the Dartmouth Indian traditional emblem. Especially poignant, I thought, was one in the January issue from Eleanor E. Mensel, who wrote, "As a daughter of the late Dr. Charles A. Eastman, a Sioux Indian and a Dartmouth graduate in the class of 1887, I am saddened by the demise of the traditional Dartmouth symbol. My father was very proud of his ethnic heritage and was also very proud to be a 'Dartmouth Indian.' "

In the same January issue, the Undergraduate Chairperson refers to "the issue of the Indian caricature." I believe that to the great majority of Dartmouth alumni, and undergraduates, the Dartmouth Indian is not a caricature but the honorable and honored traditional emblem of a great college.

An El Paso Times headline of several weeks ago read, "Ambassador to Speak on Campus," and the reference was to John Jova. John lectured to the students of the University of Texas at El Paso on the subject, "U.S. and Mexican Policies in International Organizations." The news story went on to say that John is the-U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, by appointment of President Nixon in 1969. As head of the United States permanent mission to the OAS, he is in charge of the entire range of United States participation in what the newspaper described as the world's oldest international organization.

The Elgin National Bank of Elgin, III., has elected Bud Hanley to its board of directors. Bud is vice president of Metal Impact Corporation and president of Hanley and Associates, Inc., sales and marketing. He is also secretary and a member of the board of Metal Impact. Elgin National, with resources of $36 million, welcomed Bud as "... a longtime resident of Elgin. His knowledge of the area and his insight to the needs of the people will be an asset to our bank's goal of increased service for the community."

Another news release reports that HamMitchell has exchanged the title of president for chairman at Dun & Bradstreet, the business information and services corporation. If BankAmericard or Master Charge think you owe them more than you think you do, refer them to Mitch.

Secretary, Box 187, Damariscotta, Me. 04543

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