1941
XXXVth REUNION, June 12-15, 1977
The Trustees' late-winter vote on admissions has been reported in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, dispelling fears of many over possibly radical changes. Here's the athletic department reaction from Athletic Director Seaver Peters '54: "Generally speaking, we are pleased with the decision since it will add numbers to our women's program, while the reduction in males is less than a number of us thought it would be. In short, it appears ... a very satisfactory compromise." (Gal's ski team won the national women's college championship.)
John Kelley and his brother Richard '43 have sold their insurance firm in Minneapolis to the international company, Johnson and Higgins, both brothers being elected vice presidents of the latter. Friends will recall that Kel, a lean, swift end and hockey wing, served in the Marines; he has been active in community affairs such as the Viking Boy Scouts Council and the Community Health and Welfare Council. He hopes to attend the June reunion.
The Duke Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Invitational advises that Dan Provost will join two younger alumni in running the annual Duke Children's Classic golf tournament in May, in Durham, N.C. Like Dan, Hank Maxwell, from his perch in Claremont, Calif., hopes to visit Hanover in June, and is recorded in a Dartmouth Club of Southern California release as active in promoting enrollment and the Alumni Fund. He had sent this golf comment in a note to Lou Young: "I'd like to get you and some of the other St. David's guys to some of these California canyon courses ... barrancas, rattlesnakes, canyon winds, greens that break sharply (and always the wrong way). And we can play 'em the year 'round!"
With the clock turning more swiftly as the reunion dates draw nearer, more immediate news will be covered through newsletters. One matter requires a Signals Over: the College now advises that those planning to join in the fun on Sunday June 12 should plan to stay at an inn or motel in the Hanover area that night. Dorms will be open Monday morning for Monday and Tuesday night occupancy. My apologies for contrary word earlier, in which Dutch Cotton and I were given to understand that dorms could be occupied Sunday night, as they were at the 30th. He remains certain that there will be a late afternoon Attitude Adjustment gathering in Gile, Streeter or Lord that Sunday. (An horrendous storm delayed student exodus two years ago, thus the Sunday change.)
As of March, when this is written, there had been 67 classmates planning definitely to attend the reunion, with 100 hoping to come. From experience, the College reunion office says that up to half the latter category will actually come, and the numbers promise a '41 barnburner. Dutch reports that the tax for the event will be around $60 per person for the three-day event. This covers dinners, the clambake, soft and hard drink, cocktail party, set-ups, beer, ice, the tent, piano each evening, student helpers, gifts for all attending, our own concert by the Dartmouth Aires and Woodswind (formerly the Distractions), golf and tennis tourneys, and activities for young children of alumni. Concerts by the full Glee Club will be given each evening, and there is no charge for admission.
Bill Clark will again run the golf tourney, and there will be prizes for its winners as well as those in tennis. Dick Jachens, who took many photos while a student, is bringing a pile of them back for a nostalgic display. The Rev. George Dreher will be one of the clergymen conducting the Memorial Service, as he did at the 30th.
A bus tour of the Hanover so-called Upper Valley region will be available; there will be a "Dartmouth Today" report session on the campus; and a class meeting will be held to elect officers and treat with a variety of issues. President Kemeny will hold an open house at his home, and '42, which with '43 will join us for reunions, will sponsor a panel discussion introducing a measure of cerebrating into the proceedings.
The Class's annual project, "Is There Life After Dartmouth?," emphasizing candid careers counseling for students, was held during the winter. Bruce Freidlich, who established the idea and gave it a title, Ed McMillan and deponent took part, along with alumni from other classes in a variety of fields. A year ago, Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, an alumnus, were among the panelists; this time, along with pursuits in the private sector, there were two government officials to talk about opportunities and careers in public service, including energy and the environment.
More often than not the students, who met in seminar-size discussions, at meals, in person-to-person visits and in various hallway conversations, are not definitely set on one field. So many questions are pumped at one, in what is manifestly rewarding experience, that the panelists must invariably and eventually make their way to some appropriate stop to relieve a penetrating dryness of the throat. These pauses are enhanced by the presence of students who continue to pump questions. In all, some 500 attended.
Dick Hill has been continued as the New England member of the advisory council to the Federal Reserve "System. Paul Badger, recovered from a serious illness, Landon Martin,Dick Pace, and Larry Bamet weighed in with greetings.
Hank Maxwell '41 (front) and Vincent T.Burke '47 participated in the SouthernCalifornia Club's December party for theArthur Mayers at Burbank Studios.
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