1932

During a Yale-Dartmouth swimming meet in early March at the Karl Michael Pool in Hanover, our class gift to Dartmouth - the innovative Colorado Timing Device - was formally presented. In attendance at this dedication, as pictured herewith, we were well represented by Art Allen, Ben Drew, HowardPierpont, Gordon Lane, and Francis Savage. This very practical gift to the College is being used this season for timing the men's and women's teams, and it provides a computer like printout of the results of each race immediately following the event's conclusion.

A formal report of this event came to your secretary from the College. However, BenDrew also wrote to us adding the following rich comment, "If the size of the sign 'Presented by the Class of 1932' is any measure of the appreciation of the College, then we may be assured that we have given a much-needed device." Ben further informs us that "the occasion was embellished by a good win over Yale, thanks to consistent swimming and superb diving."

Although we were sympathetic for classmates living up north during our recent cold winter, Ben Drew reassures us on this point by reporting, "It has been a beautiful winter here in Vermont, with consistent below-freezing temperatures, deep white snow to keep the ground warm, good skiing almost everywhere, and many beautiful sunny and sparkling days." Although Ben enjoyed his snowbanks in Vermont, he still did get away for a three-week trip to Egypt with a University of Pennsylvania Museum anthropological group. As he reports on this trip, "it was an intensive, on-the-spot seminar, as we went by river boat, plane, carriage, camel, and even felucca, from Giza to Abu Simbel!"

We missed seeing Ade and Terry Nitschelm when they passed through Florida by car late in January on their way to the West Coast to catch a plane for a number of South Pacific Islands and eventually New Zealand. Our classmates are surely on the move!

Prez John Zimmerman reports on the "Dartmouth Night in New York" held February 23, where we understand approximately 1,200 people attended the Dartmouth Fund Campaign dinner at the Waldorf. John reports that he saw Libby and Morrie Hubbard, Dot and HowdyPierpont, Warren Moore, and Bob Fendrich. He missed seeing Jay Whitehair, Art Schlicter, and Sam Englander in the crowd and was advised that Dick Hazen was a last-minute cancelation. Our prez was enthusiastic about the good turnout of "1932 troops," which, he reports, was due in great part to "Warren Moore's yeoman's work." John, accompanied by Alice, stated, "The evening was much fun - with dancing! Speeches for the most part were good and reasonably short. John Dickey's was the best I have ever heard him do. Peggy andBill Morton graced the lower tier of the dais. The Waldorf ballroom was filled, including the top balcony, and I am convinced a great evening was had by all (despite the Waldorf's price for a bottle of Scotch)!"

We wish Bob Harrison a prompt recovery from a broken ankle suffered from a slip on some of the northeast area ice. It prevented him from attending the New York meeting, as reported by John Z.

From warmer climes on March 18 Addie and I went to Tampa to watch our Dartmouth crews compete in the 3rd Annual Tampa President's Cup Regatta. We stopped for several nights in Sarasota with our friends Orodon and June Hobbs '31. Our gracious host Orodon is president of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota, Fla., has a fantastic memory, and remembers most of our classmates. Jim andAmy Corbett joined us for cocktails the first evening but were unable to attend the regatta. A total of 14 participating crews competed the next day on a windy stretch of river at Davis Islands, near downtown Tampa. Although a substantial crowd of Dartmouth Alumni made up a good cheering section, both our men and women's crews did not perform sufficiently well to walk off with top scores as they have done in the past two years. Yale came first with Marietta College of Ohio second and Dartmouth fourth. Over 150 Dartmouth undergraduates were in attendance, representing both the Dartmouth crews and a group of Lacrosse players. We hope that next year there will be more of our class, especially from Florida, in attendance at this Tampa President's Regatta, which will surely gain in popularity, and which might become Florida's biggest single athletic attraction to draw the interest of Dartmouth men and women in this area.

We were disappointed that Dartmouth didn't win. However, our spirits were revived somewhat when a former Cornell rower, upon seeing so many Dartmouth people cheering the team, jealously said, "I am surprised that the river isn't green!." What we lost in scoring was amply made up by the strength of the Dartmouth Spirit, and that's the way it was!

Your obedient servant

1932's Arthur Allen, Benjamin Drew, Howard Pierpont, Gordon Lane, and FrancisSavage (from left) represented the class at the recent dedication of its gift tothe College of a Colorado Timing System for races at the Karl Michael Pool.

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