1925

Stan Litchfield and his family had a party in Bonita, Calif., last summer to celebrate his daughter Margo's departure for Okinawa for two years and his wife Bertha's 70th birthday. Margo is a full lieutenant in the Navy's nursing corps, and the gathering of 70 people was held at the Navy's Admiral Kidds Club for commissioned officers. In Okinawa Margo has rented a house on the beach of the China Sea and purchased a 1973 Datsun.

Bob Misch has a new book out, his seventh. It is another of the "Quick Guide" series for Doubleday and is titled Quick Guide to theWines of All the Americas. From his New York headquarters Bob edits a column called "Eat, Drink and Be Merry," which is syndicated weekly by United Features. He also writes magazine articles and books and teaches wine courses at the West Side YMCA.

After his return to St. Augustine, Fla., Langston Moffett sent in his class dues check with the comment, "Sorry about delay but I have been traveling in Europe where strikes against every known human activity make life an adventure in frustration and mail an inevitable disaster."

EI Waring, who continues running his business in Fall River, Mass., writes, "Selling items to people who need them. Love every hour of the day." He and his wife have built a new house in Swansea.

Web and Louise Collins made a permanent move over a year ago from Springfield, Mass., to North Falmouth. They have owned both homes for many years, and they found the process of condensing two into one a long job.

Jean Edson, in spite of physical difficulties, has kept active. She continues her work and enjoys her many friends. She writes, "The AGO Music Magazine has accepted a short article I wrote called "Pulpit and Choir Loft"; the D.C. Chapter of A.G.O. is going to give an organ scholarship in my name. I'm so thrilled; nothing could please me more."

Jeannette Goas Reeves continues to be very active in volunteer hospital work in Vero Beach, Fla. She was to receive a certificate and pin at the annual awards meeting in January for completing her 15th year as a "Pink Lady" and serving 1,000 hours.

Ron Honeyman writes a letter from Seaside, Ore., which covers a lot of time as well as considerable distance and is pertinent to current events in the life of the College, where he spent a year many years ago. "I am semi-retired in Seaside, Ore., on the Pacific Ocean, 80 miles from Portland. ... I want to tell you that, even though I spent only one year in Hanover, I think my comparative experience in transfering from a large coeducational school (University of Washington) made me love and appreciate Dartmouth as much as and perhaps more than many graduates. I left school my junior year to get married, and Sue and I have had 54 wonderful years together.

"Prior to a trip to Europe I had sent my credits to Hanover with no application, so upon return to New York a letter was waiting for me saying they could not understand — no room, no application, nothing. A traveling companion, Jerry Stone '20, said 'Let's go to Hanover.' He introduced me to Dean Leacock. (Katherine McKennan was working in the office and was so kind to a stranger a long way from home that I have never forgotten her.)

"The Dean turned me over to Dean Bill, who said to wire out to Washington and see if I was in the upper third of my class. If so, he would see what he could do. The answer came back that I was in the middle third. With fear and trembling, I took it to him. He said, "Your grades look better than that. How do you account for it?" I don't know to this day how it happened to hit me — I thought my grades looked better, too — but I said, 'I can't account for it unless there are just too many coeds out there.' He gave a little giggle and said, 'I'll see what I can do.' I went to Rockland, Me., to visit friends for ten days, and when I got back to Hanover they let me stay!

"I have often wondered what would have happened to me in today's coeducational environment."

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