Georgia

Secretary, 2670 Ridgemore Rd. NW Atlanta, Ga. 30318

The red clay of Georgia hardly compares to the granite of New Hampshire, but the Dartmouth Club of Georgia is establishing itself on a rock-hard basis. (After the shameful hedonism of our Christmas party, however, I wonder if perhaps too much of the granite is intercranial.) Under the able leadership of Jack Huber '63, Buck Lattimore '52, Frank Finsthwait '63, and Ben Read '63, an impressive and varied series of events has been planned and executed with great success.

For the New England emigres among us, the summer clambake brought back good memories. It featured clams flown in from Boston and beer bootlegged from out West by our Colorado connection. Highlight of the evening, however, was "Steak Dartmouth," a tribute to Thayer Hall dining: hot dogs, carefully and lovingly prepared. Bill Messerle '63 hosted the Oktoberfest celebration and wore his lederhosen for the occasion. The food, which was authentic as well as delicious, provided, along with a stray keg or two, a festive evening. Everyone's knees were probably shaky by the end, but Bill's were the only ones we could check.

Because, after all, Dartmouth is an institution of higher learning, the Club does feel its obligation to enlighten the minds of area alumni as well as intoxicate them. Frank Finsthwait '63 was responsible for organizing, in cooperation with the College and with the Princeton Club, an alumni seminar on the southern literary tradition. Faculty from Dartmouth and Princeton were flown in for the occasion and provided some much needed mental stimulation for many of us. The afternoon was capped by the football victory over Old Nassau which supplied the objective proof of the superiority which we trust in as an article of faith.

The Christmas party, hosted by Ben Read '42, drew more than 80. The promise of a "serious" evening, heralded by the theme "Mistletoe Mop-Up," was fulfilled by a bar and table stocked better than the average cornucopia. It may be far from the Hanover plain, but Georgia is beginning to welcome the Green.

The Dartmouth Association of the Great Divide welcomed '76 classmates (from left)Ann (Stockmar) Upton, Martha Hennessey, and Laurie Hawley to a fall picnic.