1950
Discount a day of pouring rain, a phenomena not necessarily endemic to Hanover, and we finally had a magnificent early May weekend in the North Country. True, spring had not advanced quite as far as it had at home in New Jersey, where the season arrived early and lingered in an increasing profusion of color, but the campus was greening and elm, those few remaining, and maple vied to be first in leafing.
By arriving early we had a chance to enjoy several Dartmouth classes again. They are still stimulating, and the old excitement in the interchange of ideas returned. A concise report on one innovation is due: the coeds are an integral, unobtrusive part of the scene.
As usual the formal session included a panel of students. Their views were a surprising and welcome change from the recent past. There was no rancor or bitterness. There was no caviling about alumni or the administration. Instead there was a positive statement of affection for the College. This meeting reaffirmed my observations last fall at Dartmouth night. The old spirit has returned. Enthusiasm abounds. The campus is alive with activity - then touch football, now softball. Students criss-cross with books, gloves and bats, various rackets, lacrosse sticks, or track and swimming gear. The scene is once more familiar and reminiscent.
One aspect of the weekend is the chance to meet with your other officers. Eric Miller and Joe Medlicott arrived unattended, but both had progeny to visit. Sandy and Dottie McCulloch stopped on a brief hiatus from travelling throughout the country in support of the Alumni Fund.
One new attendee was our 25th Reunion chairman, and we thoroughly enjoyed three days of visitng with Nev and Vally Chamberlain. An adjunct of the Reunion is the special 25 year gift program, and Bob Kilmarx, who will be urging us on to new records, stopped by briefly. NewcEldredge, chairman of the 1950 tree program, had hoped to attend the Saturday session and the tree planting ceremony (hopefully depicted in this issue) but the good weather forced the honoring of prior commitments with his son.
Our Head Agent Jack Harned spent the weekend at home pondering his illusive objectives. The formal goals are in sight. Achieving them depends upon you. The toughest one is an increased level of participation. So my last appeal for this year is directed to those few of you who missed last year. Perhaps the deadline just slipped by; if so, act now. Perhaps you have personal reasons; hopefully my reports on the state of the College will convince you to return to the fold. Dartmouth needs the Class of 1950 to sustain her now just as she needed the Class of 1925 to sustain her and us when we were undergraduates. If anything, the need is greater.
An unexpected dividend was seeing JohnWulp, who was honored at a reception in Hopkins Center where several of his painting were exhibited. One, "Entrance to the Woods," a portrait of twin girls in front of a hawthorne thicket in Nantucket, dominated the entrance. Four works were part of a series of window paintings, abstract representations of a single second-floor window in his Nantucket home. John moved to the island about six years ago. There, in addition to painting, he is a producer for the Nantucket Stage Company, which incidentally highlights his talent as designer and playwright. One of last year's productions was "Margery Kemp," which won him a Rockefeller Grant. John's plays have lately been produced at New York's Living Theater, the Provincetown Playhouse, and the Poet's Theater in Cambridge. Discerning his primary interest is difficult, since his talents are diverse.
The new general manager of GE's audio electronics products, part of their home entertainment business, is Paul Van Orden. After a stint at Northwestern's School of Commerce, Paul went into marketing. He joined GE in 1955 as a marketing trainee. Until his latest promotion he held a series of positions in sales and marketing with continuously broader scope. One advantage of this latest move is that he will stay in Syracuse, which, despite its reputation for horrible winters, at least must be better than Owensboro, Ky.
Electronic Associates of Canada, Ltd., has appointed Nelson Graves vp of corporate services. The Canadian corporation is a leading North American manufacturer of process control systems for the pulp and paper industry. Nels had previously worked for its subsidiary, Electronic Automation Systems. In his new position he will be reponsible for directing corporate advertising, promotions and conventions, public relations, training, personnel contracts, and licenses. Since Nels will continue to be headquartered in Grand Island, he and Mary will remain in the vicinity of Buffalo.
Dave Hitchcock is now director of the office of East Asian and Pacific programs for the U.S. Information Agency in the Department of State. His job will be to direct the cultural programs for the Far East. Dave first joined USIA in 1957 and has had extended overseas assignments in (pre-war) Vietnam and Japan. He returned to the Washington area with Lee and their four children in 1973 to attend Foreign Service Institute. The USIA presented Dave with its superior honor award.
Gene Carver, president of Hoffman Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, has been initiated to membership in the American Society of Real Estate Counselors. This is no meanhonor since the society is limited to realtors whose broad professional background and experience qualify them to advise on all kinds of realty problems, and memberships is only 435. Gene, as chief executive of Hoffman, specializes in evaluation of mortgage loans and equities for individuals, pension trusts, and other institutional investors.
Tidbits here and there: Sherwood (Sherry) Marchant has joined the Bank Building Corp. of Farmington, Conn., as manager of consultant services. The chairman (and probably the prime mover) of the first department of immunology in an American medical school is Tom Tomasi. The school is Mayo Medical, where Tom occasionally sees Phil (W.) Brown. Bob Kelley (of Short Hills, N.J.) has three delightful daughters. The youngest, Karen, takes care of his correspondence sufficiently to update my file. Second daughter Robin, sat next to me in the rain at the Princeton game; her knowledge of the team and the game impressed me. Al Durand's son will move into the Class of '78 after being an exchange student in Dusseldorf. Beau Oakes who deserted the now defunct Newark News for N.J. Bell, reports that Carol is as young as ever despite five offspring and the passage of years
The "Intrepid" will, enter the trials for the defense of the America's Cup again. One of her new owners is Fritz Jewett, who will become an Easterner for the campaign. John Craver, another dedicated sailor, reports that the land-locked Dartmouth sailing club won the Kennedy Cup, the equivalent of a national championship. For October, notes from Arnie Bockstruck. DonHannigan, and Bruce Rogal.
A sad note. Scott Olin's wife Elizabeth Ana died suddenly in May. During Scott's long tenure as class secretary, Bets came to know a number of classmates. We were fond of her and we shall miss her.
Suddenly, the year has gone. May slips into June. When September comes, the countdown starts. And then, 25. Would you believe? But firs,t enjoy your summer. We will wait. We will wait until the fall And the Harvard game m Hanover. followed by winter. Then another June, and reunion. Pax.
The Class of 1950 added another maple to the campus (corner of Main Street and TuckDrive) at Class Officers Weekend. From left, Nev and Val Chamberlain, Jacques andAlison Harlow. Sandy McCulloch, and Joe Medlicott.
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