1945

When Don Cole sent me word, included in last month's notes, of the gathering at John and Molly White's summer retreat in Maine, he also sent along a snapshot of the group. But you "were spared from gazing at the picture of that group of Maine-iacs. Except for Don, they all wore hats which cast shadows over their faces. Handsome as Don may be, I knew I couldn't talk the editors into space for a photo entitled "Don and Faceless Friends." Seriously though, we should slip in a photo now and then. Black and white only, though, so get out your old Brownie and look for a group of '45s or for a group with one or two '45s and a few characters from other assorted classes. Sorry, no baby pix from proud grandparents.

I received another communique from HarryHampton down there in Branford, Conn., along with a copy of a letter he received recently from John Halstead. John, after graduation from Tuck and a stint in industrial consulting, went on to earn his master's and doctorate in North African and Middle Eastern history. After living in North Africa, he joined the faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo. Following the summer of 1979 spent in England, he moved to Cairo, Egypt, and has been teaching at the American University in Cairo. He has recently resigned from S.U.N.Y. to remain in Cairo for at least two more years. John's wife Susan is teaching at Cairo American College in Maadi, where the Halsteads live, some ten kilometers south of Cairo. Their oldest son, serving with the Army in Germany, is married and has a year-old daughter. Number two and three sons are approaching graduation from colleges in the States; and daughter Vicky has joined her parents in Egypt and is attending the American University. Harry reminisces about John and roommates Rog Brown and John Jennings, who earned themselves a reputation as S.A.E.'s top chubbers of 1946-47.

Another educator is Lisle C. Carter Jr., president of the University of the District of Columbia. Ted Smith came across a letter in Harper's magazine written by Lisle, in which he took exception to views expressed on racial policy in a Harper's article. Lisle's main point is that an institution should be judged by the quality of its graduates rather than by that of its freshman class.

By the time you are reading this column, the 1981 executive committee meeting and the fall mini-reunion will be history. Shirley and I will have missed it because of a commitment to attend a wedding. And George Barr, because he does not have my lead-time problem of approximately 50 days, will have scooped me completely with news of the goings-on in the newsletter. Just another of the secretary's complaints along with scarcity of correspondence.

Oh yes, speaking of mail: The news from Post Office Box 39 is that Occupant has vacated. But before I knew it, another tenant had moved in. His name is Resident, and already he is receiving mail of his own.

But perhaps he won't be a mail thief.

P.O. Box 39 Atkinson, N.H. 03811