1959
Well, HAPPY GROUND HOG DAY to you all! You know, I feel like our Class is starting to raise its head out of the hole! It appears as if more and more guys are starting to communicate with each other. But, nothing like it should be! Not even ten percent of the Class has returned our questionnaire. I hope the rest of you aren't the ones that feel like nothing's happening in the Class. I must admit, I felt like that once; so, the only way I saw that it could be changed was to help myself. You can do the same: whether it's contacting an old friend; or setting up a local class function; or even dropping a note to me (assuming that you no longer have the questionnaire) to say how things are going and what new ideas we can employ. We are trying to put together a class directory that will have a complete listing of addresses by state so that we can make this communication alot easier. Maybe by the time you read this issue of the Alumni Magazine, it may be well on its way!
John Towle (Suite 501, 1451 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Fla. 33132) has learned the art of communication very well. He said, "I will" to Carol Home last June! Having been bitten with the communications' bug, he then saw MikeTighe in Chicago in September; talked with John Marsh; and went rafting on the Wolf River in Wisconsin with Don Peterson, his wife Peg, and their two boys!
It seems as if Bob Weston has done some travelling recently as well. This Navy lieutenant commander is now out in Imperial Beach, Calif., in a helicopter anti-submarine squadron. I don't know about you, Bob, but when we were kids and took our dates to the "submarine races," we didn't get that serious about it!
But, then again, would you believe bear races! Norris Nims is up in Alaska and, in addition to avoiding the noise as the Alaskan pipeline is being built, he has to kill the bears that are killing his livestock! I guess that training he got in the wilds of New Hampshire really paid off!
From all over the country, we have little tidbits of news: Lieutenant Colonel Bob Young is still in San Antonio, Texas, as chief of endocinology at Lackland Air Force Base. That, and three kids: 12, 14 and 16! John Hanson writes all the way from Oregon that he continues to thrive! Is there anything else to do out in that great expanse? From Illinois, we hear that Carl Schulz is in his second year at the University of Chicago working on an M.B.A. But, during this past summer, he was able to sneak away with his wife and newly-adopted daughter (September 1973) to visit Dave andFrancis Allen (of Philadelphia fame!).
Bill Ardiff (of Ardiff, Ardiff & Morse, Danvers, Mass.) was kind enough to send a congratulatory note to Mike Hurd as the leader of the class' new five-year plan! He also advised us that Hugh Bishop had the wisdom to get out of the securities business and is having one hell of a time pulling in the nets as an offshore lobsterman! Hugh, my personal congratulations. As Bill indicated, I'm sure you're really enjoying it. Just be sure that the lobsters learn to get along with you.
And speaking of getting along, this month's "Most Imaginative Contribution to our Society Award" goes to Dave Viscott, who has just authored a book entitled, How To Live WithAnother Person. It got rave reviews in TheBoston Globe. Evidently, Dave was so moved by the awful state that our society is in today, he felt that he could write a book that would "be helpful to people in the language of the people I'm trying to help." Let me quote the reviewer: "It is a sensible and readable (no big words) in describing relationships not as fusions but as constantly renegotiable ways of living together, and as 'a place for loving.' Living together is a job, he suggests, and most of the work is done by saying what you feel and want." Evidently, Dave, a psychiatrist and author of more than a dozen other books, really believes that he can contribute to society; so much so that now he practices his profession for free and on friends. How is all of this affecting Dave himself? His reviewer describes him as "the slightly rounded, dungaree-uniformed psychiatrist from Wellesley, who lives in a state of contagious delight with himself." Dave, best of luck with the book. You know you've got over 700 classmates who could learn a lot about the art of communication!!!
Just to give you a pulse of some of the events on the Hanover Plain, here are some headlines taken from The Dartmouth: "Results of ROTC polling show students opposed to renewal"; "College ready to purchase new computer"; "Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra gives solid premiere." And finally, a closing line from a recent Dartmouth editorial that I think is quite appropriate: "The College has been through some rough times, and more are apparently in store. Doubtless, the institution will survive. If however, the institution fails to maintain what made it special in the past, and what keeps it special now, it will survive only as a barren and unproductive thing. The many alumni of Dartmouth look back on their educations as special times in their lives. Dartmouth College still retains many of the things that have made the experience of education here unique and rewarding. We hope that they will remain a part of Dartmouth."
A nice thought for all of us to have during Winter Carnival season!
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