1925

Two more recent reports are at hand from classmates who have retired in the state of Connecticut. If you combine that state with nearby Cape Cod it must be almost as popular as Florida.

Karl Friedmann is in Old Lyme and says "since '69 I've had an active, healthy, happy enjoyable retirement - and that, according to present day reporting standards, isn't news. Except for my son, class of '53, I rarely see any Dartmouth men, let alone classmates." While agreeing with Karl about today's reporting in general, it is pleasant to have some good news once in a while.

Lee Burgess is in Farmington where he "retired seven years ago from data processing work at Aetna Life and Casualty Co. in Hartford. Much of my time since then has been spent in goifing, working a couple of mornings a week and becoming involved in service club work, having held or holding various jobs in the New England district of Kiwanis International, such as a divisional lieutenant governor and a district secretary. My favorite color is still green although I am unhappy about two related happenings in Hanover these past few years (1) downgrading the Indian and "Wah-Who-Wha" and (2) the advent of coeducation. ... At last reports, I got a good bill of health from my doctor."

And at least two other classmates are discontented with the handling of the Indian symbol question, as evidenced by letters in the February issue of this publication from "Scoop"Newton and Line Davis, both living in eastern Massachusetts.

We have authors who are still working. Perhaps you saw in the same issue of the magazine reviews of Drama on the Connecticut by Bob Pike and The Mythic Image by JosephCampbell.

Since our alumni gatherings in Hanover are almost always in June or October we are inclined to forget the beauties of winter. In February I made a trip west from Maine to "Norwich, Vt. and Hanover, N.H." which brought back a lot of this enjoyment.

There were signs of spring on the highway on a bright day - truckloads of boats going into Maine headed for dealers' showrooms, and here and there on the lesser roads red flags warning of frost heaves - warnings it was wise to observe.

Sunlight reflected from fresh white snow in the fields and on the ice-covered lakes. Rivers were rushing because of melting snow and in the smaller streams black water contrasted with the white islands made by snow covered rocks.

Approaching the New Hampshire boundary, mountains came into view and after winding between the lakes and hills crossing the state there were the hills of Vermont on the other side of the Connecticut River. The scenic interstate highway parallelling the river soon brought into sight the tower of Baker Library.

In Norwich there was the pleasant company of good friends and classmates and in Hanover there was all kinds of activity including weekend hockey games in the splendid new Thompson Arena, a facility made more interesting to '25 because the training room was given by BobMcKennan, timekeeper at Dartmouth home hockey games "for longer than he likes to remember," and the varsity dressing room by Cliff Fitzgerald. Both these rooms, with their complete modern equipment and wall-to-wall carpeting, must be at least equal to anything in the opulent NHL.

And a skillful, youthful, aggressive, and well coached Dartmouth hockey team beat Princeton and Penn on successive nights in games packed with action from start to finish.

As the late Parker Merrow used to say in ending his classic "North of Boston" columns, "I kind of wished some of you fellers had been along. You might have liked it."

Peter Kiewit '22 (I) receives a handshakeand the Distinguished Nebraskan Awardfrom Senator Roman L. Hruska. Peter'scareer is highlighted in montage, rear.

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