1911

Our Secretary Jim Malley has run into some difficulty with his back which required the attention of the Maine Medical Center in Portland. This has temporarily passed on to your president the job of putting together the class notes for the May and June issues of the Magazine.

Results of the 1911 questionnaire on ROTC and the Indian Symbol which was sent to the Class in the February issue of 'LEVEN UP have come back from 41 or 86 percent of the 48 'Leveners still living and from seven of the 1911 widows:

Question One, "I favor restoration of ROTC on campus": Men, yes-39, no-2; Widows, yes-6, no-1.

Question Two, "I favor restoration of the Indian Symbol": Men, yes-36; no-4; "Ho-Hum"-1; Widows, yes-6, no-1.

Of the men voting no, one said, "Too controversial - suggest 'The Owls' One said, "Should have a symbol about the North Country try and ice."' One said, "Would change to 'yes' if 75 percent of the Indian graduates expressed a desire to have it restored." And one added, "But undergraduates interviewed all like the Indian Symbol."

About half of the men voting YES added special comments such as "Never could understand or follow the logic of the decisions reported to us" and "Never should have been dropped." Two words really express the gist of the special comments - "Emphatically YES.'

We have lost Harlan Don Carlos, HenrySeaver, Clyde Locke and Ralph Whitman. Obituaries will appear in this or later issues of the Magazine.

Ken Clark writes: Kay Sterling died at Delray Beach, Fla., on March 21. A memorial service was held for her March 25 at Christ Church in Greenwich, Conn. I saw Marian Agry but did not have a chance to speak with her. Kay was quite a gal in her own right and she had a large number of friends who held her in great affection. I know she had been a strong right arm for Chub during his latter years.

Hillis Garlick Zapletal, the daughter of George and Miriam Morris' girl twin, Hillis senior, is living in New Hampshire with her charming Czech husband, Jiri Zapletal. They were married behind the Iron Curtain. After 18 months, Hillis' husband obtained an emigrant status visa from Czechoslovakia and came to live in the United States. They drove all over the Country and decided they wanted to live in New Hampshire. Jiri is an excellent metallurgical engineer and has a job with Thermal Dynamics Corporation in West Lebanon and Hilly has a job at Baker Library, Dartmouth. They have also bought a house with 30 acres of land (Box 55, Cornish Flat, N.H. 03746) and have wonderful dreams of their future in the State of the Class of 1911 of Dartmouth.

Spim Norris is especially happy these days. His 6' 4" grandson Andrew Breen is a talented athlete and basketball co-captain and star of the North Andover team which has just won the Division II Massachusetts State championship. So pleased were the townspeople, they raised $4,800 to give Andy and the team a special trip as a reward for winning the championship. Andy has been accepted at other colleges but is holding off waiting decision from his first choice, Dartmouth. We can all share with Spim his dearest hope that Andy may have the Dartmouth experience which was denied to his only son by the war. His son was at Dartmouth for just one month, then chose to join the Navy Air Force in 1943 instead of using his option to complete his college year. Just before receiving his wings, he was in a fatal crash at Pensacola while maneuvering with his squadron.

If you happen to be deeply concerned with Dartmouth's "worst financial crisis in several decades" as reported in the College Bulletin of February 4, 1974 and the entire subject of financial management, the Saturday Review/WorldMagazine of March 9, 1974 contained a thought-provoking article "Are College Trustees Obsolete?" If interested in more details, write to us and we will try to furnish some.

Secretary, 14 Crescent View Ave. Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107

Class Agent, 206 Hale St. Beverly, Mass. 01915