1950
Vale . . . atque ave. Bad pennies, reputedly, keep turning up. So does this one, even after its fervent farewell last spring. For the next five years you will again have to contend with its news and views.
But let's make a deal. This column depends upon your news. Therefore, send some. If your PR department churns out a story about you, send a copy along. The address heads the column. Or let your secretary tell me about the
latest move, the last reorganization, the recent promotion. Clip the articles from newspapers or magazines and forward them. Let your wife write about the new house the smaller one since the children have all left the nest. Or is it an apartment or a condominium? Perhaps she can supply details about the place at the shore, the vacation home with a view, the old farm. So far, you may have noted, you have not had to write one word to let me and your classmates know what's going on. But as a last resort, write yourself. Or send a card. With your news the column writes itself.
How about the views? They are my own. But you may contest them and share unequal time. Inequality is just a state of mind; limited space controls the extent of a response,, and a wary editor prunes unbiasedly the real word is unmercifully if we ramble on. Still, it would be interesting to promote a mini-letters-to-theeditor forum within this milieu. Try me.
The passing of another summer hardly seems possible. Yet the signs are clear. The open has begin in Flushing Meadows. Talk about the playoffs and the World Series grows. The pros are priming for the first kickoff of the season. The club end-of-season tournaments have begun. Summer persists, but in another day or two the smell of fall will be in the air.
Gridiron gleanings; The slate is clean. The old heroes have gone. New ones must rise for the team to achieve success. One familiar name is senior tackle Mark Clayton, son of John '5l, the premier q-back in our day: Wong, another senior, is back, a surprise after his severe injury last year. But look for him only in a reserve role as Y.ukica builds for next year. The best bets: Stafford pitching, Teevens catching. The biggest problem: no steady PAT man. Conclusion: anything above .500 will be a bonus and a surprise.
Equal time is due the women's teams, which have been superb the last several years. Unfortunately, the inside scoop is dim. But watch the tennis team, which hopes to nail down its third successive Ivy. League championship.
We met Bob Thomson every year at the Yale game when it was played regularly at the bowl. However, the change in scheduling caused a long hiatus in the relationship, so Bob wrote recently with news sad and glad. The sad note, for those who knew her, was that his wife Dodie died several years ago after a iong illness. The glad news: Bob married Marjorie Cote' Gibson on June 27. Instantaneously they became the proud parents of seven, including twin 16-year-olds. Bob met his new bride in St. Adele while skiing which she doesn't. You .figure it out. Another change is that Bob has left Champion International after 20 years to join Contour Packaging, a plastic bottle manufacturer. If you ar« in the mood for swimming or sailing, Bob ana Marjorie welcome you to visit their new home on the Delaware in Riverton, N.J.
When restraints on Japanese car manufacturers were being considered last spring, Bill Frenzel was in the news. Bill, a representative from Minnesota, is a strong critic of any restraints on trade in general and of auto import curbs in particular. Bill noted that the reduced supply of cars would hurt dealers, even as prices were rising in anticipation of shortages.
Tidbits here and there: Don Waite has a new life, a new wife, and a new business (in Connecticut), but he missed reunion as his bride June recovered from surgery after a stroke. With a keen eye for year-round tennis weather, Dick Arnold has relocated to Pompano Beach, Fla. Charlie Gardner has become a grandfather and waxes proud. Bob Perry is lost; send tidings. Meanwhile, Fred Ashworth had been lost or misplaced; but he was found again, still in Lima, Peru. Among his other political commitments, philosopher Dave Luce is vice chair of the national committee against repressive legislation. Joe Boutaugh has left the mountains of Wheeling, W.Va., for the shores of East Greenwich, R.I.
The trustees have elected Jim Strickler dean emeritus in recognition of his devoted service to the Medical School and the College.
None of my attempts to write this paragraph was suitable. The simple fact is that tragedy has struck another classmate. In early May, Lewis(Bud) Veghte was clearing trees on his property in Piermont, N.H. One kicked back and struck him, with fatal results. We have lost a valued friend.
Fall is come. The glories of the North Country in October abound. If the image has dimmed, join us next year. Refresh your memories in the countryside and on the campus. We are looking forward to seeing you. Cheers.
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