1951

Once again Dartmouth is in the news - not for its academic excellence nor for its intellectual pursuits. Rather it is for its "macho" image, fraternity bedlam, minority student problems, and assorted student gripes. Stories in both Newsweek and Time have managed to once again resurrect the Dartmouth "animal" in all his glory. In a letter to freshman parents Dean Blank addressed the many problems facing the College and said in part: "Because I believe that awareness of problems and attitudes is requisite for improvement, I'm glad that the status of fraternities has been an issue. I'm also glad that more of us are talking about, and listening to, concerns of various minority groups on the campus. I wrote last week to a recent graduate, 'Lots of feelings coming out into the open - very positive in the long run but sometimes painful to go through.' "

In going through some old articles the other day, I came across one written by Budd Schulberg '36 in Holiday Magazine while we were undergraduates. His concluding paragraph sums up my feelings on the matter. "Still, as you sit on the porch of that gracious village landmark, the Hanover Inn, and look out across the Common, unchanged through several centuries of challenges that were faced and overcome, you find yourself thinking back to Dartmouth's first crisis, in 1775, when Eleazar threw in his lot with the cause of Independence at the cost of losing the British subsidy that was the sole means of support for the struggling college. Remembering that, and remembering all of the College's subsequent dark and historic crises, you are somehow sure that Dartmouth will survive this new one, that it will remain unique - a friendly, open-minded place where you can emancipate yourself from ignorance while living close to nature and a genuine New England village atmosphere, a liberal arts college in the North country."

Bill Lang has been prompted to a senior vice president at Woonsocket Institute for Savings and Trust. Bill joined WST in September 1976 as vice president and commercial loan division head. As senior vice president, he will be responsible for all consumer and commercial lending activities in the organization. Bill began his career in 1953 with the Midlantic Bank of Newark, N.J., where he was a vice president. In 1972 he joined the American National Bank and Trust Co. in Morristown, N.J., as vice president in charge of the commercial banking group. A member of the East Greenwich Yacht Club, Bill is also active in the Woonsocket Rotary Club. He and his wife, the former Frances Bogardus, reside in Warwick, R.I., with their three children.

Each year the Alumni Seminar department headed by Steve Calvert '68 takes its "road show" to Princeton. This year the topic was "What is the Good Life?" Attending the seminar were Buck and Mary Scott, JackGiegerich, Hugh and Suzanne Johnson, Samand Nancy Roberts, Paul and Kit Staley, and Warren and Mary Stearns.

Merle Thrope has un-retired after two years in the rocking chair. For the past 18 months he has been busy building a company that makes coatings for plastic computer cabinets, cash registers, television sets, etc. to eliminate electrical interference.

My larder is running low - in fact empty. Please bring me up to date. So long for now.

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