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Here are more regional agents for '4ls 1976 Alumni Fund campaign, from Bud Hart, following the list reported a month ago: Al Van Wie Jr., 3 Seaforth St., Troy, N.Y. 12180; C. B. Higgins (Red), 904 St. Stephens Rd., Alexandria, Va. 22304; Dan Provost, Apt. 113, 4001 Deep Hollow Dr., Raleigh, N.C. 27612; Al Boyd, 19692 Fleetwood Dr., Harper Woods, Mich. 48225; Stace Hill, 132 So. Green Bay Rd., Lake Forest, Ill. 60045; Clyde Martin, 1260 E. Loren, Springfield, Mo. 65804.

Dr. Jack Selby, 1617-27 th St., Lubbock, Tex., 79405; Ed Small, 6267 So. Kearney St., Englewood, Colo. 80110; Bill Power, 3484 Blackhawk, Lafayette, Calif. 94549; Joe Kipe, 4015 Bon Homme Rd., Woodland Hills, Calif. 91364; Maj. George Schroeder (ret), 1702 Juanita, Arlington, Tex. 76013.

It's not too early to dwell a moment on two reunion events: 1) for the weekend of the Harvard game in Hanover next Oct. 15-16-17. Frank and Shirley Simpson will hold reservations for '41 until August 1. If the house hasn't been filled by the Class he will open up remaining rooms for anyone. He set this deadline date "because the Harvard game weekend in Hanover is like the Kentucky Derby or the World Series. I can't wait till the last minute because so many requests from a variety of individuals and from other classes have already been received. Will confirm each reservation made earlier when $50 deposit received." In other words, they are holding off everyone else for us, and if past experience counts, there won't be a spare room available between Manchester, N.H., and Montpelier, Vt., that weekend. Address Dexter's Inn, Stagecoach Road, Sunapee, N.H. 03872, to reserve; condo and housekeeping suites available along with inn rooms.

2) Another date to mark now is the 35th (I prefer XXXVeme) Reunion, in Hanover June 13-15, 1977. To that effect Howie Wilson, Ed McMillan, Dutch Cotton, the event's chairman, and I met recently for a lunch punctuated by much laughter and twinkle-eyed reminiscing. Dutch will have much more to report after a meeting in Hanover later this spring, but the main thrust is an event stressing fun and relaxation in Hanover, without, as he puts it, "people feeling they're being herded around." Dutch is working up a committee, and a list of interested classmates across the country to promote the get-together.

The annual "Is There Life After Dartmouth?" careers seminar originated by and sponsored by the Class took place in Hanover in mid-January, amid deep snows and some somber notes. The latter developed, as they had a year before, because of the difficulty seniors have encountered in finding jobs. (There seems less interest than in recent past in graduate school.)

"What's the use of a $25,000 education, when you can't get a job?" asked one senior girl; any number of male students voiced the same general thought. The crowd was, as in past years, alert and personable; perhaps the best answer an elder may give is to remind the students of their very sizable potentials. Anyone from my field (publishing) may well feel like a standing target since the industry has little in recruiting/training programs, and much is haphazard. In all, the students seemed not basically downhearted, but very frustrated, and some of that sense of temporary helplessness invariably enveloped the visiting panel.

Bruce Friedlich and Ed McMillan, with the help of the sponsoring student organizations, once again assembled a varied group from films, business, labor relations, government, law, diplomacy, medicine, the Congress, education, publishing and print and broadcast journalism. (George Herman of CBS covered broadcast, and was the unflappable, precisely-timed master of ceremonies at a discussion of career options with the students which opened the two-day event.) Happily, two young men attending sessions in earlier years with whom I stayed in touch have gotten through crannies almost inadvertently discovered and into publishing, one in newspapers, the other in magazines.

Bob White became the Northwest Region manager for the Pay Line Division of International Harvester at Schaumburg, Illinois, near Chicago. He had previously been regional manager for construction equipment sales for the same region, having joined IH in 1955. Before that he had been in advertising with the PaloAlto (Calif.) Times, and had served as president of the Dartmouth Association of Northern California.

A nephew of the late Phil Shribman introduced himself to classmates at the '41 Cornell game picnic last fall, affording a pleasant personal contact, and recent news from Hanover advises that David M. Shribman '76, of Swampscott, Mass., has won a Reynolds scholarship. He will study at England's Cambridge University, for an honors in history. A biography of Hank Frechette, who died in Keene, N.H., January 25, appears this issue; his widow Sally who accompanied Hank to numerous events in Hanover over the years, has recently been named chairman of the company, Kingsbury Machine Tool Corp., Keene.

An absorbing Christmas card from Stu and Audrey May finally snags some deserved space. Excerpts: "All of this started a couple of years ago when conditions in the New York area became intolerable for business. In June '74 we decided to close the N.Y. office and expand the Mass. factory (optical) which my brother operated 15 years. The resulting problems with lawyers, labor, accountants, realtors, etc., etc. were almost overwhelming - but we're here (Olde Field Farm, 64 New Bedford Rd., Rochester, Mass.) The company suffered an almost 'disaster' - the family never knew what was going to happen from one day to the next - but with everyone pulling together, we made it.

"In March '75 we arrived at our new home, a 200-or so year-old farm, of which we have house and 6 acres. We love it. It's 10 min. from the office, another big difference for us. Nancy graduates from the local school this June and Cindy goes into high school. Audrey has been through a wild couple of years but has kept the home going ... I set up a vegetable garden which she harvested. This is a beautiful area, halfway between Cape Cod and New Bedford. We are five miles north of the ocean, Buzzards Bay, with the town of Marion on the shore. If you get anywhere near us, stop by - please save our address and use it."

Secretary, Box 1108 Concord, N.H. 03301

Class Agent, 422 Benner Road, Red Hook, N.Y. 12571