1946

The ice age cometh to Hanover this winter with almost every snowstorm followed by a couple of inches of steady rain. It has played havoc with outdoor winter activities, but otherwise I guess we are getting off relatively easy as compared to many other areas of the country that have been clobbered by abnormal conditions. As usual, the white stuff looks pretty on the College green, but underneath lurks two feet of solid ice.

Since my last column I attended an Alumni Council meeting and I can report that in general things are going well at the College. Applications for early admission were up again over previous periods and well above national trends. Obviously the place remains on the "in list" and for good reason, but it is tough to see so many great kids frustrated in their attempts to get aboard. On the athletic fields the Big Green teams batted an impressive 650 through the fall, and it appears as though winter sports teams will come close to maintaining that torrid pace. Basketball is much improved and the hockey team shows glimmers of the old Rondeau, Riley, and Harrison days. At this writing they are number two in the division and have provided us with incredible spectating.

The biggest issue before the College concerns the health of the fraternity system, and in my judgment this is really not much of an issue because almost all parties agree it is a lousy situation that has got to be improved in a material way. You know it's got to be bad when the faculty takes the lead in abridging individual rights. Maybe at last we are loosening our ties to the "me generation."

Word comes from the Boston area that FrankA. Lundblad has been appointed president of Dr. Balke Fruitworks, US subsidiary of a German company of the same name. Headquartered in Sudbury, Mass., the firm imports and distributes health-food bars manufactured in Europe. Frank lives in Sudbury where he has been president of van Melle Inc. for the past six years.

A while back I was in the Dartmouth Co-op and crossed paths with Albert "Monk" Martin. He was in town on referee duties from Rutland, Vt., where he has been a math teacher in the local high school. Monk has had a very active involvement with numerous youth athletic programs and certainly looks the better for it. He said he expected to officially retire from the school system at the end of this year but hopes to go on with outside math teaching jobs and, you guessed it, working with kids.

Last November Frank Guarini was elected congressman from the 14th District in Hudson County in New Jersey. Frank lives in Jersey City where he has been an attorney specializing primarily in business law. Although he is a freshman congressman, he is no newcomer to the world of politics, most recently having been a state senator from Jersey City. Frank says, "I am not naive enough to believe I can change the direction of the world, but I can be a strong, clear voice as a spokesman for the urban cause." He also said the message of Proposition 13 "wasn't that people want to cut human services but they want to cut waste and fat out of the government." I am certain a lot of classmates would agree with him on that point, but the only trouble is most of the waste and fat occurs in those areas involved with human services. Anyway, I suspect Frank's experience in business law and government will allow him to start this tough task in a more knowledgeable position than most freshman congressmen.

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