1956

As reported in the February Magazine BillTell has recently been elected a vice president of Texaco and in addition to being an assistant to the chairman. Bill has responsibility for the company's government relations. The article on page 20 of this Magazine was originally prepared by Bill in early March for publication in this column; but, as circumstance has it, the energy situation is the topic of discussion in the front section of this issue, so Bill's views are presented there.

Em Houck is partiularly enthusiastic about this year's Alumni Fund Drive and along with George Records has set up a program where a group of our classmates has agreed to match on a $2-for-$1 basis, up to a total of $5,000, on increased gifts by any of us, including those who did not contribute a year ago. Doug Stevenson is particularly interested in receiving any complaints or negative feedback concerning Fund matters. Doug Keare is making a special effort with those who are major gift prospects. This year our class is making a particular effort to pull in new contributors from the non-giver group.

Rick Worrell has reserved 18 rooms at the Woodstock Inn for October 25 of which two have already been spoken for on that Harvard-Dartmouth weekend. Rick suggests a direct contact for a room reservation by writing: Woodstock Inn, 14 The Green, Woodstock, Vt. 05091. Tel. (802) 457-1100.

In closing, I should say that the response to request for information by postcard has been particularly good of late and I hope to share more of that input in next month's column. The following note from Steve Katz (Lt. Col. USAF) seemed particularly interesting, given the comment received from others on related subjects. "Having been preceded into print by my former roommate, Ted Briggs, I would like, albeit less eloquently, to expand on a point he touched only in passing. I find it somewhat incongruous that, after expelling ROTC from the campus the College would ask a career military officer to contribute to the Alumni Fund while declining to accept money fromn a far more substantial and generous source. For those of you who haven't heard, and who perhaps have children approaching college age, the current Air Force plan is a far cry from the "munificent" 90 cents per day we received during our last two years. Now, the Air Force (and I think the Army, too) offers qualified men and women full tuition, books, lab fees, and a substantial monthly stipend. This program is similar to the Navy's Holloway Plan, which put so many of our classmates through college and turned at least half a dozen into career Navy officers. The Air Force has made a conscientious effort to upgrade its program quality; e.g., today's AFROTC faculty member must have at least a Master's degree. This could mean that, if Dartmouth reinstated ROTC, your kids someday could be attending, on full scholarship, AFROTC classes taught by Dick Zock and me. Let me see, is that a positive or negative argument? Although I was not a very generous giver while ROTC was in vogue, I'll donate my money to my prep school until ROTC is back. I don't miss the Indian and I love the coeds, but if Dartmouth doesn't need ROTC scholarships, it doesn't need my money either. By the way, here's a footnote for those who wonder whether the Liberal Arts graduate has any chance to reach the top levels of the military hierarchy: The Air Force has 14 four-star generals on active duty today - three are West Pointers - two are Dartmouth men."

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