1951

A few days ago, a memory from our sophomore year surfaced from my sub-conscious. One of our classmates, whose identity I shall not disclose, was a night editor for the Daily D. Somehow or other, one evening he left Robinson Hall at midnight without taking the weather forecast from the AP machine print-out. When Ed, the pressman, discovered this omission a few hours later, Robinson was locked, and our classmate composed his own weather forecast, which went something like this:

"There will be weather today. It might rain, or it might snow, or it might not."

John Stearns '49, then editor-in-chief and now a New York lawyer, was furious and made his displeasure known at that day's 1 p.m. staff meeting.

Why did this memory surface? I suspect because, but for a few choice morsels shared with me by Newsletter Editor Pete Bogardus, I would this month be in the same position as our erstwhile Daily D night editor classmate. The only difference is that it was you out there, not me, who forgot to supply the news.

Rog McAlister retired as a U.S. Navy flyer a few years ago and settled in rural Oregon. He is an artist and has a 46-mile commute to his job as chairman of the Art and Applied Design Department at Lane Community College in Eugene. He writes: "For an artist/academic, I've got about the best job in Oregon: excellent studio facilities; a staff of ten professional arinvolving around 900 students per term in art classes."

Rog lives in Blue Rivgr with wife Stevi, Holyoke '56, and daughters Sue, 11, and Katy, 8, "plus 6 cats, 2 ponies, 34 chickens and assorted wildlife (nearest neighbor 1/4 mile; 45 minutes to nearest chairlift)." As for skiing, Oregon offers "deep powder, the likes of which we never knew in Hanover, Stowe, Mt. Tremblant, and elsewhere!" Rog, by the way, did the drawing of Baker Library which appears at the top of our Class Newsletter.

According to wife Mary, stockbroker DaveLeslie is "suffering through the emotional market" in Minneapolis, where he is with Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc. As for their brood of five: "Chip 22, now a senior at Prescott College, Prescott, Ariz. (Chuck Kettering '52 founder and trustee of Prescott prior to his death.) Cynthia almost 20, finishing school in January to be a medical technician. Marci, 17, a junior in high school, avid horsewoman, very interested in Hanover; Peter 15, will own a garage some day; and Betsy 14, good at everything."

Even though they see lots of classmates and other Dartmouth families in Minneapolis, Mary writes: "We can hardly wait 'til Reunion it will be so good to be in Hanover and see good Dartmouth friends again." '51's glorious 25th takes place in June 1976. It's not too early to start making your plans NOW! For those of you who departed the Northeast for the "boonies," take advantage of the opportunity to show your children not only Hanover but also where this country started back in 1776.

New Jerseyite Bill Birkenmeier is vice president of Welsh Company. He, wife Sandy, and sons John. 12, and Bruce, 10, live in Fair Haven. Bill and son John went to Mountain Climbing School in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the Grand Tetons and "found there are more reasons for climbing that mountain other than 'because it is there.' As a sport it is physically demanding, as a recreation it is a total release from the rest of one's activities because of 100% concentration required and, finally, aesthetically there is a serenity and beauty one finds up on the mountain that is somehow missing down below looking up, regardless of how beautiful it may seem. We recommend the sport wholeheartedly."

Manhattan lawyer Ed Tolley is a partner in the firm of Brown Wood Fuller Caldwell & Ivey, which also has offices in San Francisco and Paris. Ed's work in securities underwriting and corporate finance does take him to Paris. He, wife Carol; Alexander, 15; Brook 13; Edward, 11; and Caroline, 9, live in Port Washington, Long Island. Ed says he has turned into a "tennis fanatic." The family has a summer cottage in Quogue on Long Island's South shore.

I hope you read the March 25 Bulletin about the energy crisis and its impact on the College's financial situation. I heard President Kemeny tell an alumni gathering in New York in January that fuel oil price increases would add seven figures (that's seven to the left of the decimal point) to the College's annual budget. Keep that in mind as you write your Alumni Fund check this year.

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