1950

Except to threaten, to taunt with the specter of possibility, winter never arrived. Late snows mocked the bitterness of storms, drifted a bit, and then quickly melted. Drenching rains soaked the brown, bare earth. And suddenly spring portended. It seemed, without the natural interlude of ice and cold, to have come too early.

April. April not in Paris but in New England. It is the time to ponder keenly what Eliot observed.

Then another form of April looms as the days quickly, elusively slide toward the IRS deadline. Annually the chore increases. But one task at a time, and an editor calls.

One of the new trustees at the University of Rochester is Bill Balderston. He first went to Rochester in 1966 as director of marketing for Lincoln First National Bank. Subsequently, he was appointed to progressively more responsible positions, culminating in chairing and serving as president of the central region in Syracuse and, in 1979, serving as the exec vice president and manager of regional banking at the parent bank. Bill is a member of the board of governors of Genesee Hospital, a member of the Landmark Society of Western New York, and a director of the Keystone Warehouse of Buffalo. Bill and Ruth, their four children mostly flown, live in Brighton, close to the heart of Rochester.

The lure of New England proved too strong for Dick Dale. He left Gainesville, Ga., where he was vice president of woven operations for the Chicopee Division of Johnson and Johnson, to become senior vice president of operations for Davol in Cranston, R.I. Davol, which is a whollyowned subsidiary of International Paper, is a leading supplier of health care products worldwide. In his new position, Dick will oversee manufacturing operations in South Carolina, Denver, and England as well as in Cranston. Prior to joining J&J in 1973 as director of corporate personnel, Dick had been an exec vice president of the Resistoplex Corporation, a manufacturer of chemical process and aerospace equipment. The latest word about house and home for Dick and Sam has yet to arrive. They may be waiting for the passing of azalea blossom time in the Deep South.

He has been delighting us with his series of "bloopers." Now, together with a colleague at UConn at Storrs, Joe Medlicott has produced "your last chance to learn to write good." Even though it was not conceived as a replacement for more comprehensive books on style and grammar, The Style Booklet will give students some basic guidelines without being confusing. (Memo to self: Send for a copy; it may help.) Its approach is light and witty. A reader, for example, is warned to "check to see if you any words out." And he is cautioned to avoid writing that is "wordy and loose and redundant and has lots of extra words that contribute very little." Read it and reap.

When seven publishers filed suit against a chain of photo-copying stores stores located, by the way, in such bastions of erudition as Cambridge and New Haven Alex Hoffman, who chairs the Association of American Publishers, was right in the middle. The suit charged that the chain reproduced portions of college textbooks in anthology form. Alex noted that to comply with the law a printer, or copier, must obtain permission from the publishers and pay fees before copying portions of books. Late flash: The chain settled out of court, agreeing to cease and desist.

Tidbits here and there: Scott Olin, now a member of the Darien set, was entertained at Super bowl XIV by Priscilla and Whit Williams. If Monty Miller had to do it over again, he would have started in real estate; or, once bitten, can you ever reform? The audience, when Prexy Kemeny spoke to the Tuck alums in New York, included Walt Lindenthal, Sandy McCulloch, Ken Edelson, and Dick Echikson. If your sales staff needs a boost in morale or a fresh approach, call Don Waite, who recently bit the bullet and formed his own sales consulting company, Sales Staff Surveys Inc. He wrote that he played tennis with Cal Sia in Hawaii, but Parton Keese failed to note the pinner; relative ladder positions are the stake. AS a variation to canoe trips in the wilderness - for example Sheenjek River in northeast Alaska Cul Modisette is offering trips to Ireland or the Loire Valley. Alternatively, you could summer with Bob McConaughy at the RLazy-S in Teton Village, Wyo.

The hyacinth blooms in April. And the Alumni Fund campaign officially begins. By now, as May ends and June looms closer, time is running out. The class's participation objective depends upon all of us. Your gift, not its magnitude, is the essential factor. The College needs your support. The class appreciates it. If we all pitch in, the task of achieving our goals is easier.

First things first. The contentious bone with the IRS remains to be picked. Then it's all downhill.

Rains fill the trout streams, and the rivers still run white. The lazy days of spring linger seductively longer. A book entices; the lawn repels. Vacations are at hand. Until then, until next month, cheers.

Three '50s gathered in the Bema of Corinth, Greece, that is during last fall5Alumni College Abroad tour of Greece and the Mediterranean. From left to fightare Gene and Dot Carver, Joan and Bob Mcllwain, and Dottie and Sandy McCullocn-

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