1938

That was a clarion call (for our 1980 fall reunion) sounded by "Pace Setter" editor DanMarshall, seconding and seconded by ClarkBarrett. All that Dan said about the attractions of northern New England in mid-October is true, and it's true, too, that for such gatherings the more participants, the merrier it is. The date is October 17-19, the weekend of the Harvard game, in Hanover; the place is Bonnie Oaks. Be there and enjoy feisty fellowship, fraternizing with your still-amazing classmates!

Speaking of clarion calls, another one was received since the last notes, this one from our conscientious treasurer, Gus Southworth. When he phoned, Gus was concerned that our class dues payments were running appreciably some 44 men behind the same date last year. Obviously it's impossible to put a dollar sign on the value of membership in the Dartmouth family and the class of 1938. But each of us who doesn't pay his class dues is getting something (how much he must decide for himself) for nothing and "getting something for nothing" is nothing to be proud of. Let there be no freeloaders at the amazing class of 1938's feisty fall frolics at Bonnie Oaks next October.

Without in any way down-grading the truly magnificent gold-medal victory of the U.S. Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid, it seems in order to note and commend our own Big Green hockey club. Bouncing back from earlyseason defeats, the sextet came on strong to win the Ivy League title and finish third in EC AC Division I. Play-offs and national championship games had not yet been played when these notes were written, but, whatever the results, the Big Green had a very good season, and Coach George Crowe and his team deserve a hearty "Wah-Hoo-Wah."

Incidentally, but with continuing reference to hockey, your secretary greatly enjoyed James Epperson's entertaining article, "SCORE! Memories of a Dartmouth Hockey Nut," in the January/February issue. Previously I'd known of Professor Epperson as a teacher of English literature at Dartmouth, one of the lecturers at a Dartmouth Club of Maine seminar on Shakespeare, and an active participant in the fraternity controversy. He's obviously a man of many parts. One doesn't have to agree with his outlook on fraternities to admire his chronicle about his enjoyment of hockey.

The "Undergraduate Chair" in that issue makes interesting reading, too, as it usually does. The Alumni Magazine is a good publication, with or without the class notes.

Lew Moorman hasn't been mentioned in these columns for some time. It's a pleasure to report that on February 15, Lew represented Dartmouth at the inauguration of Dr. Ronald Calgaard as the 16th president of Trinity University in San Antonio, Tex.

Another Texas news item concerns our class president and Jake Carey. They met, Clark reported, while representing their respective states-Jake, Kansas, and Clark, Maryland -at a national meeting of the American Cancer Society in Houston.

Fellow class secretary Carl Rugen '33 kindly included word of his brother and our classmate Dave Rugen in a note to me. Carl wrote, "Dave ... is down in St. Pete, Fla., semi-retired, helping out his son-in-law building deluxe homes. . . . He's playing a lot of good tennis, but I think his niece Kate Rugen '83, on the women's team, can beat him."

The directors of the Manchester Gas Company, at their annual meeting recently, reelected Mac McLane a director and clerk and secretary of that New Hampshire utility.

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