1941

Among class peripatetics, Bob Thorne must be one of the foremost, and here's a note detailing recent journeys: "My own activities have been the normal, mildly adventurous botanical ones, with the usual academic travel. Last July my wife and I attended the 12th Intern. Botanical Congress in Leningrad where I chaired one session and gave an invited paper in another symposium, on tropical botany. The Russian botanists were very friendly and went out of their way to put on a good show Leningrad teemed for a couple of weeks with some 5,000 botanists (bet you didn't know there were that many) including some 600 from USA

"After Russia we spent a couple of weeks in Finland and Norway botanizing... esp. in northern Lapland and in the fjords of Norway along the North Sea (mighty cold and snowy there in mid-July). Back for a few days with family in New Haven and Northampton. Also had to fly east for meetings in Gainesville, Cambridge, (still trying to save Harvard from itself) and St. Louis, as well as north to Corvallis. Except for the usual botanizing activities in Fla., and the mts., islands, and deserts of Calif,, I don't seem to get around much anymore mostly have to stick to the classroom, lecture halls, herbarium and my typewriters... get my exercise watching the LA Rams on TV, from Claremont, Calif.

From Chuck Bolte in Maine: "I've had a couple of recent freelance writing and editing assignments, and working on a new one now. It's a perilous way of life but at least there's no danger of falling into a fur-lined rut. Bill Danforth, who lives not far away (Boothbay areaEd) invited me to join him in interviewing an applicant for admission. I thought he looked awfully young, until Bill pointed out what class he was applying for (1980). We had a good visit with Charles and Carol McLane at their place on Penobscot Bay... also saw Tom Braden '40 in Washington, and Craig and Sally Kuhn '42, but no other D contemporaries in sight... Mary is fine and working at her new vocation of cabinetry."

From California, Fred Eaton has thoughts on another issue: "There's an unmistakable tang in the latest winds from Hanover suggesting anew that it's time for forward-looking alumni to batten down the hatches and prepare for the gale to come.

"When the die-hards among us digest the January statement by the Trustees, you'll hear anguished cries ranging, at the very least, from 'Foul!' to 'Perfidy!'

"Before it happens, then, might be a good time for all 41s, in our 35th year as alumni of Dartmouth, to face the real question: Where would we be if the first 35 classes had opted to exclude all Blue-Eyes - with the Long-FireSticks?

"It's something to think about while the gale blows."

Pleasant running into John Everett, "writes Dick Sawyer, "the morning of the DartmouthPrinceton game. My son John '74 has become a resident of Hanover. Bought a house and supports it and himself by working at the Hanover Inn. Best regards..." Lew Johnstone says, "Still hard at work in the paper fibre business. Remarried in '74, as I'm sure you saw in the Class Notes. Am planning on being in Hanover for our Reunion, and am looking forward to it as always. Hope this finds you and family well and happy."

All the foregoing notes were to Lou Young with class dues payments and Lew's remark re the Reunion reminds that the XXXVeme is coming in June, 1977. There should be a goodly carload of data on '41 plans after Dutch Cotton, chairman, attends an organizing meeting in late spring in Hanover. Another date to mark is August J, deadline for reservations at Dexter's Inn, Sunapee, N.H., for the Harvard weekend October 15-16-17).

From a couple of New Hampshiremen: John Eckhoff, of Ossipee, now running the Carroll County House of Correction while his wife Ruth is County Register of Probate. They have two married daughters, Tiffany Jean and Devon Flizabeth and two sons, Stephen and Peter. Ed rage writes: "Still in Exeter, still a Judge of the Dist Ct and practicing law. Carl, 20, is in Salzburg Austria, in Jr.-Year-Abroad program of IJNH- Edward, IS, deferring college for a year, taking UNH courses; Tom, 15, soph at Exeter High Susan, 7, Ist grade. Wife Peggy entered UNH in Jan., known as a non-traditional student AMEN.

"I'd like to suggest that in place of a donation of $3 to Rare-Book-Living-Memorial," writes Charlie Kazaross, "that the Class of '41 set up a scholarship fund. Going to Dartmouth today costs $6,000 or more annually. Perhaps this is dramatized for me, since my son David is preparing for college. "(The whole matter of use of class funds will be discussed at the Reunion — and may we have further thoughts, shouts and murmurs, slams and bullets on this from any and all? .

"Our first son, Ed Jr. '68, was married last fall, and some Dartmouth people attended, including Zeke Billings. Second son Michael graduated in Class of '75 and we have a hopeful for the Class of '80 Peter.... Ed Marlette." Jake Gidney to be president of the Nevada Society of CPA's.... George Simpson had a trip to and floated through Denmark last year (per Walt Winchester)... "Thanks, Lou, for helping to keep us together"... Lee Grace.

It finally warmed up a bit. Slipped into old pants, etc., and we stepped around the last windrow left by the snow plow to look at the woods. They was blowdown all over the place, meaning plenty of firewood for next time. The big trees skyed high, the littler ones had sprang back after being hit with six foot of snow and tons of wind. Bulbs was pushin' up green slivers. Two tiny evergreens planted before winter - had they made it? They had, and that multiplied the pleasures of the woods' show, as we tramped around on an indulgent pine-needly carpet. I do wish you fellers could of ben along, to take in this first sign of summah - you'd of liked it.

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