1941

Last month the hard-core reunion freaks amongst us gathered once again in Hanover at Bonnie Oaks, actually for the annual 1941 fall mini-reunion. Besides the Cornell game, the weekend featured a meeting of the class executive committee centered on, according to Bruce Friedlich's agenda, "ideas for an ongoing class project. Something which interacts with students and the educational process of the College like 1941 's annual student career seminars . . . Projects for other classes have ranged from a new football scoreboard to bringing back specialists in various disciplines as visiting lecturers. Any sort of ideas will be welcome."

All that, you'll notice, was confidently written in the past tense, but the plain fact is that today is only September 30 and the damn thing hasn't even happened yet. But we all have full faith that it will happen, and, when it does, you'll get a report on all that occurred. Meanwhile, Bruce's invitation to submit ideas for a ;41 project remains open.

Beyond that, there's not much to report this month. Read carefully, or you'll slip out of the bottom of your bifocals into the class of '42 before you know it. Garbage in, garbage out, say the computer people. No news in, no news out, say class secretaries.

The only current communication on hand, in fact, is a letter from Dresden, Maine, that arrived just at deadline. Chuck Bolte writes: "Sorry to miss reunion, but it would have been too painful without Mary. I've just finished editing a volume of her selected writings for Down East Books, and continue to edit TheAmerican Oxonian. Daughter Brooks is about to make me a sextuple grandfather: Three now live up the hill here and two outside Portland. Charles and Carol McLane came for lunch last week on their way to a couple of terms in London and points adjacent."

I thought we had a piece of rather curious news in the form of a press release forwarded by the College, telling all about how Wayne Hill had been a judge in a big national professional photography competition. Upon examining this further, trying to figure when and why Wayne had abandoned his successful Washington-area law practice for photography, I found that a) the press release was a year old, and b) the Mr. Hill involved was Wayne Jr., who is class of '66 and is indeed a much-honored photographer. Chalk it up as a near miss.

A few other gleanings at hand are almost as old, dating from last winter. George Baine reported that he was "enjoying retirement" in Little Silver, N.J., and presumably still is. JimKilgour of Wynnewood, Pa., described himself as "more or less retired" and was trying to promote a golf game. And Ed Tanzi was just about to make his annual winter changeover from Vermont to Florida, which he's probably doing again right about now. Says that while resident in Fairlee, he "sees Bill Clark weekly as he takes his 'pigeon for the day' on to the Lake Morey golf course."

Finally, it's been suggested that, what with the Alumni Council figuring prominently in the Dartmouth news these days, people might like to know which classmates currently serve on the council. Glad to oblige. Two '41s are members at the moment: Bill Hotaling of 2755 Inverness Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120, representing Region III (Central), and HughKenworthy of RD #1, Chester Springs, Pa. 19425, representing Region II (Middle Atlantic).

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