1956

Jack Crowley takes the time to contribute to the column by writing us from Seattle saying he and his wife Beth visited Hanover in April and found that Dartmouth has "weathered all the storms," and sums up his feelings by relating a conversation between two brothers he overheard at the Inn. "One had just graduated from Yale, one was a senior at Dartmouth, and their father had graduated from Dartmouth. The Dartmouth senior had been a pre-season, all-Ivy selection and was talking about the super four years that were about to come to an end. His brother from Yale said, "You know, I could have gone to Dartmouth, and really enjoyed Yale, but the emphasis was really on academics. The difference with Dartmouth is that the emphasis was really on people." The Dartmouth brother said, "You know, that exactly expresses it. Everywhere I go - campus, class, fraternity - it's my friends and the people I meet I really value the most." Jack also tells us he will be at the mini-reunion October 13-14 and is looking forward to staying in the Hotel Coolidge.

And from Sacramento Tony Newey sends us his travel plans which also include the Yale weekend. Tony's second daughter will be starting Dartmouth this fall, and he plans to bring his eldest, who attends Wellesley, to Hanover for the game. Tony is a clinical psychologist and finds his profession thoroughly satisfying and his lifestyle comfortable, with a wardrobe consisting of several sport shirts and one sport coat. Don't kid me, Tony, with two kids in college, that lifestyle is known as a necessity.

Must reading is William Simon's book, ATime For Truth.

Bill Sherman's son just finished his freshman year at Dartmouth and was one of those very few who earned two varsity letters.

Thank you, Wally Pugh, for once again working your agents off and setting another class record in alumni giving. Although our Class doesn't rank high compared to other classes, it isn't because there is a lack of effort. I received so much mail the postman is expecting an extra gratuity this year, and if I received one-tenth the number of phone calls I received from class agents from classmates providing news for this column, you wouldn't have to read my garbage.

Speaking of my garbage, thank you Dartmouth alumni for your many kind letters and phone calls in response to my last column. Your remarks made me just that much prouder to be a Dartmouth alumnus.

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