1921

Quantitatively, the file folder on "Class News" is unusually thin. However, we do have a few bits, one of which should be of rather unusual interest to all of you '21ers.

First of all, in our contacts with BobBurroughs, we agree that from here on we both should constantly remind the members and wives and families of the class of (1) our annual fall reunion and (2) our upcoming 60th, scheduled for next year, in June of 1981. THE SIXTIETH! WOW! 'Tain't possible, but it sure is. Your secretary recalls that the college band, of which he was a member, was asked to stay through commencement one year. We put on a special concert, or something, for the tenth reunion class the class of 1910, and one of the often-repeated comments all of us made was, "It isn't possible that when we come back for our tenth that we'll look as old as they do!" Time sure does march on.

Our annual reunion gathering this coming fall is all set for the weekend of the Harvard game, Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18. How about our making that a "dry run" (whoops, did we say "dry"?) in preparation for our 60th. Word, in more detail, of course, will be coming out from our reunion head, DavePlume. But be sure to mark these dates June 12-14, 1981 on your calendars.

A good note from Sam Plumb indicates that all is well with him, way out there in the wild and wooly West in Streator, Ill.

Ing Baker wrote enthusiastically about receiving a 30- or 40-minute phone conversation from Jim Wicker, on the occasion of Ing's birthday, during which they both did a good job of catching up with each other.

We recently received a clipping of a news article in the St. Petersburg, Fla., Independent. It concerned Doug Storer and John Sullivan. Most of us, probably, have had opportunities to see the famous national shrine which was made in Honolulu harbor from the sunken wreck of the U.S. battleship Arizona. A few years after World War II, Doug was returning from a Far Eastern trip and stopped off in Honolulu. Doug was taken on a VIP trip around Pearl Harbor aboard the admiral's launch, from which he had an opportunity to get a close look at the sunken remains of the Arizona. Doug looked in horror at the burned-out, drowned hull, his reaction to it one of shock. When he got back to New York, Doug kept thinking of his experience, and suddenly came up with an idea. Quoting, briefly, from the article, Doug said to himself, "Why not convert the Arizona into a permanent memorial for all of those who died on that day of infamy, December 7, 1941?" At the time of Doug's trip, John Sullivan was the Secretary of the Navy. It would take millions of dollars to convert the remains of the Arizona into a permanent memorial, so Doug tackled John Sullivan; John seemed to like the idea, and before long a drive was undertaken to raise the money. It was called "Enshrine the Arizona." The project was given official status by an Act of Congress. We go on, briefly quoting from the news article: "Today the great memorial stands out in the harbor, directly over the remains of the Arizona. It is a magnificent shrine of sparkling white marble honoring all those who died at Pearl. It is formed to give the impression of a battleship and seems to float on the water. There, on one wall, is a floor-to-ceiling plaque bearing the names of all the 1,102 men who lie beneath the stone floor." The names of Douglas F. Storer, a classmate of ideas, and John L. Sullivan, a classmate who has spent his life in public service of distinction, will also be forever enshrined, with all of the members of the class of 1921, in the history of Dartmouth College, every one of whom, each in his own small or large way, has left his mark.

That's it, for now. We'll be back with you with the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, the last one before the summer recess. So, don't forget this fall's annual reunion in Hanover on October 17-18, and our 60th, come June 1981. Incidentally, how about ideas for the 60th reunion title?

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