1941

By the time this is published the second "Is There Life After Dartmouth? candid seminar on careers for students sponsored by '41 will have taken place - as this is written, the undergraduates have shown marked enthusiasm for the event held January 18/19, for which a revised format was developed.

The first of these events, last April, was marked by a gaggle of over-fifty worthies haranguing around 150 students on the pluses and minuses of various fields, with some minor though inadvertent exhortation to the troops to be Brave, Clean and Reverent. With the thought of absolutely minimizing this last and presenting a broader spectrum for the undergraduates, several '41s will be joined by a number of young alumni, circa '65, one or two non-alumni and the first lady graduate of Tuck School.

Bruce Friedlich, who conceived the idea of these gatherings - as being far more useful than the familiar corporate recruiting pitch, and class president Ed McMillan gave bounteous time to set up the January event. More encouragement is being given to juniors and sophomores to sit in, the original event catering almost entirely to seniors. The date was moved back to January from April to give all students more time before graduation, summer job-seeking, and deadlines for selecting courses.

That there was a response from the students was testified to best not by the numbers who came but by the fun and stimulation we panelists derived in meeting a cross section of the undergraduates. Much of the two-day '73 event was passed with each panelist talking with one or two students at a time. This "one-to-one" approach will be continued.

(One thing noted last year was the students' almost utter lack of knowledge of how to go about looking for a job. A glaring shortcoming of the present younger generation, you say, and of the college? My own reaction was that things hadn't changed much, as I remember vividly an invariable propensity, in a job interview, to step on my own foot, forget my name, perspire like Niagara and get my thumb caught in my watch pocket. Perhaps the event may help banish that baleful Q.E.D.)

"Have been down in Washington since March working in the U.S. Dept. of Commerce as Director. Communications Division, Office of Joint Commission Secretariat, Bureau of East-West Trade. My Bureau Director, Steven Lazarus, is a Dartmouth man, about '53, as is the Assistant General Counsel. Interesting work with the feeling of real participation and contribution where the action is, although I don't particularly appreciate commuting from Rye to Washington weekends via Amtrak. My daughter, Shawn, is a junior at the University of California at Davis, in environmental management, and my son, Scott, is a freshman at Ohio Wesleyan. I still have a soft spot for Dartmouth despite some of the stuff that's put out. So we beat Cornell - I'll never forget 'your game,' Lou. Best, Bob Frothingham."

Another note enclosing class dues to Lou Young is from Dick Spillane: "Was elected Chairman-Director of the Dept. of Urology at Hartford (Ct.) Hospital in April. Richard graduated with an AB from University of Miami. Fla., in '73, while Patrice is a freshman at Greensboro College, N.C."

"Suggestion! Re class treasury, invest in Building and Loan or other opportunity to add income to the Rare Book Fund and other projects each year. I see no crime in having a surplus wisely invested - but I'm further to the right than Goldwater. Anyway, here's the check - very best, Larry Tennant." Another: "A granddaughter. Lindsay Atherton Frantz, born Oct. 19, 1972, to son, Richard Frantz and wife, the former Nancy Carter, of Hillis, N.H. Best regards, Chuck Frantz."

Arrival of a photo from Chuck Bolte reminds me that I have received in recent months shots from Dan Provost, Joan Harper, Prof. Al Foley, Dick Hill, Hal Newell and Bob Dixon. Our contest continues - in these freshly Damoclean Days has anyone been photographed holding not a grandchild, nor skis nor a boat tiller, but a saw or an armload of firewood?

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