1950

Thanksgiving's turkey is essentially a skeleton. Outside the first winter storm is scudding up the Atlantic Coast with heavy rains driving before the wind. It is a good afternoon to sit inside and jot a few notes to you.

The hope that late news about the football team would prove to be better was vain. After Harvard the record was 1-4 and it was time to move to Yale bowl. The afternoon was warm and sunny, a delightful day for a game. Again there were two plays that spelled the difference. The first came during Yale's first series. It was third and one when the plunge was stopped on Yale's forty-five. But an overenthusiastic lineman piled on. First down on the forty. Another penalty and 12 plays later Yale scored. Five minutes and they scored again. We squirmed, but that was it. The Big Green outplayed them for the rest of the game, just missing a crucial pass from the ten in the last minute. Another frustrating loss after a tremendous defensive effort.

Despite the loss, the company was good. Chuck Gardner was the host, and before clearing the parking lot we discussed "what if's" with Wade and Caryll Abbott and Bob and DodieThompson. Later we adjourned to a dinner party at Chuck's. The guests included Paul and FranCanada and Ken and Suzanne Sutherland. The singing was superb with John and Ginnia Cornehlson '29 adding mellow voices to the harmony. The long day ended all too early.

Hanover was the scene the next weekend on another beautiful Saturday. The morning started with a long chat with Len Matless at his Hillwinds shop. When the sun suddenly melted the mists and chills, it was off to the soccer field where the first person we met was Swede Swenson, who was in town touting his hockey playing son to Ed Chamberlain. Webb Gault joined us in excellent stadium seats. As we talked about '50- ites King and Charlene Kenny turned around to say hello. King was East to attend the American Petroleum Institute in New York the following week. Just as the game started Jim and BetsyMoore appeared, and somewhere in the crowd Harry (Pete) Hall was hiding. The game? Dartmouth looked good but Columbia was hapless. Parton Keese was in the press box tracking the details of The New York Times.

After the team beat Cornell to raise the ante to 3-5, 3-3 in the Ivy League, we just had to go to Philly to see if they could win a third place position in the standings.A quick call to Ken andJill Edelson confirmed that they were going, so we joined them along with Dick and FlorenceEchikson. There was a bit more chill in Franklin Field, but a warming sun filtered through a cloudless sky. The Big Green out-hustled and out-scored Penn in the first half. We relaxed chatting to Bob and Carolyn Wilkinson. He practices medicine in D.C. Bob reported that Steve Pollack's son Dave joined his daughter Amy in the Class of 1978. Next we spent a few moments with Kinglsey and Marie Jarvis. Kingsley counsels in law in the Philly area and is thinking seriously about returning for reunion. Then to the second half, a different team, and an agonizing result. The zip was gone, except for brilliant goal line stands by the defense. There was no offense, no more Dartmouth scoring, no third place finish as the team suffered its sixth loss. At the museum post-game gathering we commiserated with Bob and Joan McIlwain and, a trim sight for sore eyes, Stu and Janie Young. Stu orders you waiverers to be in Hanover on 12-15 June or stand ready to answer to him.

So what was wrong? It would be easy to say nothing really, that after five championships the team just lost the breaks and missed by inches. But such a response is trite and glib. The offense was poor. It worked for yards, struggled for touchdowns, and erred too often. It was dull even without retrospect. Stalwart as was the defense, it was forced to hold too often and suffered accordingly. On to next year and watch Williams, Fleming, Griggs, and Oberg.

Now December sets in and skies gray. A snowflake floats down teasing. Christmas lights etch the shape of the center-campus tree. In the chapel the Glee Club gives its Yuletide concert. Night falls and a biting wind nips your cheek before you get back the warm dorm.

One promise for Reunion comes from Daveand Ann Steinberg, who have only been in Hanover once, ten years ago, since 1950. For the past three years they lived in Bangkok as regional research coordinator for AID (the Agency for International Development). There he kept in touch with the College through a small but active Dartmouth Club. Now stationed in D.C. he is the director of technical support for AID's Asia Bureau, a job that takes him from Yeman to Korea. With DaveHitchcock as a director of East Asian education and cultural affairs in the State Department, 1950 has the region under wraps. In 1971 Dave received an honorary DLitt from Sungkyungwan University in Seoul. He has published Korea: Nexus of East Asia and a translation In This Earth and in That Wind:This Is Korea. Between trips to Nepal and Afghanistan, Dave manages to keep better tabs on the Class and a few more minutes with Ann and their two sons.

Although he ventures back to Hanover almost every year to see a game or two, the news from Ted Prime has been skimpy. My last notes are dated 1954! Now some news. Ted is president of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company in Keeseville, N.Y. He is an independent owner and his firm serves a large portion of the Adirondacks, including his old hometown, Lake Placid. His interest in the soft drink industry has led to a position ad director of the national trade board and several N. Y. state boards. He also organized a large can cooperative in Syracuse. Ted calls himself "a real jock" as he continues to ski, sail, fish, and play tennis and squash. He thoroughly enjoys life in his mountains. Ted sees Lud Truscott on occasional forays to the plains, and he is really looking forward to June.

Tidbits here and there: N.J.'s Governor Byrne reappointed Dick Dale to the state's mediation board, which serves to encourage and maintain industrial peace. One congressman who weathered the onslaught was Minnesota's BillFrenzel, elected for his third term. We understand Bill is making a good name for himself. Dave Pittenger joins Dick Vaughn with a pair of progeny in Hanover; both are boys. Al Teel's son graduated in June and daughter Mary Lou entered this fall as a '78. The Class exceeds all others with 19 frosh; five are daughters, on campus this year. Among the young giants cited by Time in July was Don Hall of Hallmark, Crown Center, and Kansas City. Bob Jordan, Arnie Oss, and Dick Robie are on the roster for next month. Cal and Kaki Bauer can hardly wait for 12-15 June.

Did you hear about the parking attendant at Mt. Mansfield who answered, "It's pretty cloudy today", when the skier asked, "Have you seen my Sunbeam?"

The College has acquired John Wulp's Entrance to the Woods" for its permanent collection. The painting derives from the Nantucket novel This Side of Land by Elizabeth Hollister Frost. Last spring John was honored by the College with a small show in the Hop's Strauss Gallery.

The twilight's come and gone as the storm raged. It is calm here, still and quiet in the warmth of my desk lamp. These notes and my moments with you have passed too quickly Soon, again. Until then, a little squash and a try at the slopes. Stay well, and peace.

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