1933

The issue carrying this column may reach your mailbox just about the time you are, we hope, taking off for Hanover and our 40th Reunion. All your class officers met in Hanover for Class Officers Weekend on May 4-6 and spent some pleasant time going over the final plans for our 40th with Bill Dewey. He has everything well mapped out so you have some organized things to participate in but he has also left plenty of free time.

Those taking part in the Class Officers' Weekend were Sid and Miriam Stoneman, Georgeand Polly Farrand, Wes and Jan Beattie, Bob andBabe Fox, Bill and Sue Dewey, Jud Pierson, and Jeff Davis. We attended eight sessions and listened to about 40 speakers, many of whom were students. I'm sure all the highlights will be covered in great detail somewhere in this issue. I thought you might be interested in some lighter comments. Some of the coeds are not happy with their situation. One said they were even blamed for the lack of snow last winter. In making his remarks Eddie Chamberlain said that some of the students thought he came up the river with Eleazar Wheelock and some of the faculty wished he had left with Eleazar. E. Gordon Bill was the first director of admissions in the world. He came to the office at 9 a.m. to read his mail, at 10:30 he saw people and then played golf or bridge - depending on the weather - in the afternoon. He had 1800 applicants from which to select a class of 600. This past year Eddie and his staff had 7300 applicants with about 200,000 pieces of paper.

The highlight of the weekend was the Saturday noon luncheon which was presided over by JudPierson in his capacity as president of the association of class Bequest and Estate Planning Chairmen. He did an excellent job. Wes Beattie was also at the head table as president of the Class Agents Association. President Kemeny spoke in rebuttal to the recent articles in The Wall StreetJournal and Newsweek accusing the colleges for reporting deficits in their annual reports. Several times in his remarks he referred to John Meek, so you see '33 was especially prominent.

Bob Guggenheim of Newport Beach, Cal., was recently crowned King Neptune at the 14th Annual Ball sponsored by the Newport Harbor Spastic League. This is a fund-raising organization dedicated to the aid of cerebral palsied in Orange County. Their goal is to join forces with Los Angeles Spastic Children's Foundation and build a resident and school facility for Orange County. Bob was selected for the honor because of his far-reaching humanitarian efforts on behalf of his fellow man. Highlights of his service to the community include a 10-year membership and four terms as president of the Big Brothers of Orange County, seven years on the board of trustees of the Children's Hospital, six years as a trustee at Chapman College, four years as a board member of the Newport Harbor Art Museum. He is currently vice president of the museum, trustee of the World Affairs Council, and on the advisory boards of both the Philharmonic Society and International Orphans, Inc. Unfortunately Bob and Shirlee will be unable to attend our reunion.

Howie Nichols has sold the family drug store in Orono, Maine, and now will be able to enjoy longer trips on his cruiser. Pete Hart has changed employment. He is now special representative for the Middle East and North Africa for the Becktel Corporation of San Francisco. He and Jane are living on Telegraph Hill when not traveling to far-off places.

Adele Colla wishes to thank the Class for memorializing Stan through the gift of a volume of Woodrow Wilson's Papers to Baker Library. Wilson's mother was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Adele was president of the Boston chapter from 1964-66. "Kindly express my thanks to the Class and extend my best wishes for a successful 40th Reunion."

Wes Beattie, with your support, has performed a miracle up to this point with over $100,000 pledged or paid to the Alumni Fund. If you have not sent your contribution, please do so between now and June 30th.

This is my final column after five challenging and rewarding years. The honor and task of writing this report will rest with a talented incoming secretary to be elected at Reunion. I wish to thank all of you who have furnished me with news, and I urge everyone to make it a point to drop a note to the new secretary at least once a year. My thanks also to all the class officers, Nancy Elliott of the Alumni Records office, Joan Hier and Dorothy Starzyk of the Alumni Magazine staff and Barbara Brown of the Acquisition Department of Baker Library.

I have resigned as business manager of Holderness School, but Bea and I will continue to live in Plymouth, so stop by.

Hope you all have a pleasant summer!!

Secretary, 2 Stoneybrook Rd. Plymouth, N.H. 03264

Class Agent, 4 Willow Spring Circle Hanover, N.H. 03755