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My wife Susan and I were really fortunate to have spent a weekend exploring the Hopkins Center last month. Director Peter Smith and his staff -mapped out a very interesting and thorough program for a group of about 30. The program included a taste and view of all that takes place at the Center drama, music, arts and crafts, recreation, etc. We had the opportunity to not only see exhibits, productions, and rehearsals, but also to see and hear from students enrolled in projects. The Hopkins Center has become the focal point for the arts not only at Dartmouth but for surrounding communities. I think I speak for the entire group when I say that we were truly impressed not only with the beauty and organization of the Center but with the students' achievements, their poise, and their dedication. If these students are an example of the entire student body, as I think they are, I'm glad I went to Dartmouth 20 years ago, because I sure couldn't get in now!

Anyway, here's the news I've received thanks for all your contributions so far. Paul Quinlan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Reverend Donald Kimball of Santa Rosa, Calif., two nationally-known speakers, took part in a conclave sponsored by the CYO of North Rhode Island. Paul is a composer, singer, and lecturer who has written several religious folk songs and performed at a nationally-televised memorial mass for President Kennedy shortly after the President's death.

I ran into Dave Hiley, working out at the gym at lunchtime. Most of us would be embarrassed at the good shape he is in. He is still at Thomson McKinnon Securities Inc. and is doing quite well there in investment banking.

William Moorman has accepted a position with the Hanover, N.H., School Administration Unit 22 as director of accounting. He will be handling financial and accounting duties in the business administrator's office.

Congratulations to Charles Flickinger, professor of anatomy at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who has been awarded $37,988 for the continuation of his study of the origin and relationships of cellular membranes by the American Cancer Society. In his research, Dr. Flickinger hopes to learn how different parts of a cell reproduce and develop and to determine the relationship between the minute parts of a cell. Using microsurgery techniques, he manipulates single cells.

Dave Harrison of Kirkland, Wash., and family, along with a group of friends, were the subject of a Fortune magazine feature article on their adventures in the great outdoors. Looks like great fun! Dave, going into his fifth year as a Seattle resident, reports that he and the family are enjoying it greatly good business, good skiing, good paddling! Daughters Nancy and Julie are at the University of Washington and wife Judy is working at the Swedish Hospital. Dave is with the Rainier Bank in charge of national group and public finance.

Received a very interesting letter from JackPatterson of Westport, Conn., relating his career experiences from the early sixties. His first move after graduation brought him in his Brooks Brothers suit to Wall Street, while the present finds him in a totally new career and lifestyle as an independent carpenter. He is doing ery well with his new business and plans to build his own solar house, complete with wood stove, dock, and hot tub. The search and discovery have proven to be very exhilarating and personally satisfying to Jack, and the kind of spirit it takes is certainly admirable. Jack would love to hear about others who have changed careers and/or just changed and so would we.

30 Wall Street, 8th Floor New York, N.Y. 10005