1963

First, some old business. I had a nice note over the summer from Steve Macht, who reported the disappointing news that the critically-acclaimed The American Dream is not going to be made into a series by ABC this fall, as had been indicated in this column. (Your secretary thinks that it might be a nice show of solidarity as we begin this prereunion year if the class were to boycott the network. Such an action would also fit right in with the spirit of the times, of course.) Steve said that there was some possibility someone else would pick up the project, but that as far as he was concerned it waS dead. He did urge that we watch for a TV movie this fall called Killjoy.,

Moving right along, Dave Dawley filed the following late report on the Mike CardozoHarolyn Landow nuptials that took place last May in Washington. (Dave, attentive readers of this space will recall, was a member of the wedding party).

"As you probably know," Dave writes, "this was a White House affair. The bride had been an assistant to Hamilton] Jordan a wonderful woman (it was a match from heaven for both); But as a woman in her twenties, she was the source of good-natured jokes from both families. For example, Mike explained to the rehearsal dinner how Harolyn's new employers had given her a party and served cookies and milk. And Harolyn's father told how he wasn't losing" a daughter; he was gaining a brother.

"There were so many flowers," Davie continues, "that I thought I was inside a bouquet. Former Vice President [Walter] Mondale attended and read greetings from Jimmy. The Mayflower reception was an elaborate party, that included dinner for hundreds, music by seiveral bands, . . . and a rousing finale with Michael and Harolyn hoisted on chairs and danced atfound the room."'

The dancing finally ended at 2:00 a.m., and Dave swears that he heard Michael whisper to Harolyn as they departed, "What do I do now?" Also occurring last spring, but too late for inclusion in the final column of the year, was TomGladders's election to the vice presidency of the American Waterways Operators, a trade association. Tom is president of the G. W. Gladders Towing Company of St. Louis.

We are also a little late in reporting that LouGerstner has become vice chairman of American Express Company, succeeding Alva O. Way, who moved up to the presidency. Lou has been executive vice president of the company and president of its travel-related services group.

Next month we'll have some new news, including maybe even some specifics on the plans for our reunion, June 18-20. Your secretary has it on good authority that the class of 1961, which will also be convening, has plans to challenge '62 and '63 to a distance run, and already has a team of crack marathoners training at an undisclosed high-altitude location.

As far as your secretary is concerned, that seems like a bit much. (I think of runs as either something that used to happen to women's stockings, or an unpleasant physical condition that sometimes occurs while traveling.) But how's this for an idea: Let's have everyone repeat the Freshman Physical Proficiency Test. Then we'll get out the old scores and see how much better we've all gotten.

And as I recall, you didn't have to go farther than 50 yards in any of those events, though in one case the direction was vertical.

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