1950
Early September in Hanover has a special quality. The summer season and evening meal on the Inn's terrace end with Labor Day, but the warmth and lazy days of summer linger. The College is between sessions and the ambient hustle and bustle of student activity is missing, except for the football team's double practices daily. Yet there is a feeling of anticipation and wonders about the new year and the fledgling crop of freshman. It is a good time to be there to spend a few days relaxing.
The morning mists arrive early, leaving the campus fog-bound until 10. The river is quiet under its blanket. And as the month progresses under a clear sky and a full moon the cold creeps in with the first frost. Soon summer ends and classes begin. The farmers run down from Verrmont on an afternoon with a truck filled vercider, which turns in the warm days and cool-nights to a tantalizing brew. Thus it is as thus it was.
A group of us gathered last May in Mendham, N.J. Bob and Joan McIllwain came from just down the road. Walt and RosemaryLindenthal arrived with Jim and Mary Lyons. From Westchester came Bill and Judy Cross, while Ken Edelson and Mai Hill appeared alone. The occasion, however, was sad. We had the chance to be at the memorial services for Scott Olin's wife, Betts.
Recently finance companies in New state have had a problem determining the ditions for collecting from a borrower after he defaulted. One of the industry's attorneys who drafted amendments to the state law was John DeGraff. The amendments are now law.
John "other attorney, Richard N. McKee of New Castie Pa., was recently reelected to the House of Delegates, the policy-making board of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Dick, who received his L.LB. from Michigan, is president the school board and the Republican county The PR release noted that Dick is Carried and has four children, but the release was silent about their names.
After a rich and rewarding 25-year association with NBC as producer and director of programs for Project 20, Don Hyatt is leaving to become an independent. Characterized as one of the truly authentic creators in television, Don has had an enormous impact on the industry. He has merged information and entertainment in his programs, pioneered new techniques, and consistently achieved quality in his programs. Don looks forward to continued success in producing films dealing with both historical and contemporary themes on American life.
Last May we chanced to see the revival of King Lear at the Hopkins Center. The scenery was superb; the production, magnificent. But the play failed to achieve its promise. My standard remains Ken Clark's Lear in the 1949 production stage managed by John Morton. That cast included Cal Minor, CharlesHamilton, and our classic player, the late A1Tarr, under the direction of Henry Williams.
The house organ for Peat, Marwick's Chicago office credits Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy as a mentor of the sometime philosopher of the windy city - Charlie Davison. After graduation Charlie won his spurs in New York, returned to Providence to join his father's firm, merged with PM and became its Northeast area partner, and then, transferred to Chicago as managing partner and midwest regional partner in 1967. He lives in Winnetka with wife Lessie and three sons. The article notes that Charlie is "... an eclectic man whose range of interests and activities defy the clock. He is a patron of the arts, a civic actionist, an aficionado of fine food and wine, and an avid skier and tennis player." After that comment any mere litany of his activities would be paltry.
Tidbits here and there: Joel Leavitt's daughter Amy prepared for initiation into the Class of '78 by spending the last part of her senior year working on a kibbutz in Israel. The West was explored this summer by Bob Kilmarx and his family in the comfort of a camper bus. En route he visited Bob Waterman. A visit to Concord revealed that Tom and Janot Ruggles have moved across the street within the boundaries of the town's historical region into a house reputed to have been built around Thoreau's pencil factory. A lot of hard work has restored the house to its original beauty. Tom reports having seen Johnny Knapp at spring sing in Hartford. JohnCraver continues as official booster for the Big Green's national champion yawl crew. The navigator was Jack Elliott's son.
The last report indicates that Ben Shaver, who spends his working hours worrying about Goodyear's money, is recuperating satisfac- torily from a serious eye operation. Emil Hudak is looking forward to Reunion and seeing all his old friends. Bob Ayres regrets that all three sons chose to attend other colleges. Commencement at Dartmouth brought Larry Batty back from California to watch his son receive his sheepskin - "a proud moment filled with moments of nostalgia." With son Peter checking into '78 and Carol in '76 Dick Vaughn now has a coed pair on campus. Pieter von Herrmann has bought a house with an ocean view in Wilmington, N.C., after being moved by GE to become manager of fuel process technology in the nuclear fuel department.
Since the countdown has now reached seven (months until Reunion), a picture or two from you could minimize the shock of the intervening years. June is soon upon us.
The new football season has begun and the first report reflects the dismal start of last year. This time, however, I will withold my judgement until all the evidence is in. By the time you read this column, you should know. My reports will fill you in over the next two months.
In the meanwhile dig out the squash racket, polish the skis, and mend the snowshoes. Any sport is better than the temptations of Thanksgiving. Fare thee well.
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