1926

A shingle still hangs over the door at 1 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, where Ross Welsh continues to practice, law. Recently, in true 1926 style, after first losing a case in trial court, and again in appellate court, he finally won reversal of both verdicts in the Illinois Supreme Court. Besides all this, he enjoyed meeting John G. Thompson and his wife in San Diego, noting that Tommy still has the air of the lieutenant commander he once was.

Ed Hanlon shares with the class a letter from Madeline Oberlander who reminds us that as well as his football endeavors Jim gave freely of his time and talents in many fields: three years as medical officer in the U.S. Navy, fourteen months being in the South Pacific; medals and citations for many years on National Selective Service boards; state service with Boy Scouts of America in both Vermont and Illinois; service as an officer for many years in the Chicago American Heart Association.

A class birthday card to Tony Gleason brought a thoughtful response on the need for nuclear energy (he was for 35 years radiological defense officer with the New Jersey Civil Defense) and on national politics. Doubtless Hub Harwood or Art Wilcox will find space for this in "Smoke Signals."

Another interesting birthday reply came from Sandy Douglass, describing among other things his section of Maryland as more like New Hampshire than your scribe's New England conception of Maryland as simply the home of the Baltimore Orioles. This letter too is "Smoke Signals" material.

Besides being given the New York Quarterly 1980 National Poetry Day Award, Dick Eberliart was surprised and delighted at the December presentation when a sonnet in his honor written by New York's Mayor Edward Koch was read to him. We are sure Dick as well as all of 1926 was touched by the tribute paid him by Dick Lattimore, which, together with the words of other well-known men of letters, was part of the citation: "I am sorry I could not be here in the flesh for the honoring of a friend through far more than half a lifetime. Since we were together at Dartmouth in the twenties I have known him for what he is Dick Eberhart, first, last, and always the poet poet of the mind and the spirit, praise, and vision; teacher and translator, family man and good companion, but always in devotion and integrity, the poet."

In about twelve weeks from now our class will be celebrating June 12-14 our 55th reunion since graduation in 1926. Art Wilcox and his reunion committee report that a goodly number of classmates, wives, and widows have signed in, and' he urges prompt reservations from others who won't want to miss this historic

"Jazz Age" event. As a result of the 1926 sixteenth Green Derby victory and another record dollar amount given in a non-reunion year in the 1980 Alumni Fund, a College award was given Al Louer for his continued outstanding services as head, agent. Now the class has a challenge in a reunion year to set still another record. Complementing this effort, Charlie Bishop and his committee are seeking more members of the Class of 1926 Funding Associates to perpetuate our annual giving beyond our lifetimes through the creation of endowment funds which also qualify as credit towards the Campaign for Dartmouth.

1981

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