1922
Brace yourselves, classmates, you face final exams once again. Like any students scared by finals, those Twoters who have not cracked a book all term have every reason for insomnia and worry. But, as always, help from these invaluable tutorial notes just might pull you through by the skin of your teeth - if you still have any. So, typical of the questions that might challenge you are the following:
Q. Choose one of the following questions and write a clear, complete, concise, coherent answer of not more than 500 words.
What do I like about Dartmouth?
Could I have done it all by myself without Dartmouth?
Is the town of Hanover really unique?
Should Dartmouth move to the Bronx or Back Bay?
What Dartmouth teachers and friends do I best remember?
A. Good luck, but please don't overdo "yah know" and "like I said," unless you are penalty prone.
Q. Name as many as you can of prestigious, formerly all-male, U.S. educational institutions that have not gone co-ed. You may include preparatory schools.
A. Five will get you a C, ten a B, more than ten - merely turn in your blue book, pick up your frisbee, go out and play: you will have passed the course with distinction.
Q. What has N. Osboone Siegfried been doing since he stopped carrying the football and washing dishes in Commons?
A. Ozzie graduated from Dartmouth in 1922, later went to Cornell, and received his degree in civil engineering there. Returning to Buffalo, his native city, he got a job as a timekeeper for an old-line contractor. He moved up a little at a time, married in 1930, and in a few years was the father of two daughters. Then in 1934, "on a damned if you do and damned if you don't decision ... just me, my tools, and a few dollars in the bank," he hung out his company shingle as a general contractor.
"Fortunately, a few people believed that I and my brother Cy, a graduate engineer, knew how to work, and we built a few houses." After that beginning, "We were asked to bid on a fair-sized building for the telephone company. It was one of those jobs that was needed yesterday. We bid it, were low, and wrapped up the job in 120 days."
From the start Siegfried Construction Company has grown on a policy of quality work, high productivity, advanced technology, controlled costs, and completely dependable promises. Today the face and the skyline of Buffalo reflect the success of that policy. It has built such Buffalo landmarks as The Memorial Auditorium, the Buffalo Evening News Building, Rath County Office Building, Temple Beth Zion, Orchard Park High School, Western New York Savings Bank, Sattlers Department Store, the Shoreline Apartments, the Sears Store, some large manufacturing plants, and fairly recently a $70 million project for a huge waste treatment plant. The company also built the Cornell Wind Laboratory, a new bank complex in Binghamtoh, a large factory in Alabama, and similar structures away from Buffalo.
Ozzie says, "Productivity and pride of workmanship is a way of life with our people. Even when the going gets rough, it's a hell of a lot more fun if you enjoy what you do, kind of like golfing in the rain."
The scholarly obsession of quoting sources scores high on exams, so the preceding facts are extracted from an interview with Ozzie printed some time ago in the magazine Western NewYork and kindly sent in from that source.
After being president of the Siegfried Construction Company for 40 years, Ozzie received his retirement watch a few years ago. He and his wife Mary now live in Naples, Fla. Informed sources there report it has been many years since he last washed a dish. It is questionable if he could go back to soap and suds, but '22 delights in awarding him A+, summa cum laude for his creativity in construction.
Q. When will the '22 football weekend be in Hanover this 1978 autumn?
A. October 13-14, when Dartmouth will play Yale. No reservations are necessary for the pre-game luncheon in the Drake Room. Last year close to 50 were there. Reservations for rooms at Howard Johnson's White River motel and for the post-game dinner at the Hanover Inn are necessary. Call or write Walter I. Miller, 802/785-2012 or RFD, Box 236, Thetford Center, Vt. 05075.
Q. How many classmates, wives, relatives, and friends of departed classmates will contribute to the 1978 Alumni Fund?
A. The Class hopes more than last year, when there were 198, including 53 in memoriam. Early contributors get a higher grade.
Twoters, you have come through much tougher exams. Don't gulp, keep your cool, concentrate, bite your nails if you wish, shuffle your feet, take off your shoes if it aids your mentality. But looking over another guy's shoulder won't help; he doesn't know either.
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