1935

Here's news on two fronts featuring Ralph Lazarus. On February 1 he gave up the post of chief executive officer of Federated Department Stores, Inc., to Howard Goldfeder, the first person outside the Lazarus family to be so named. Ralph continues to serve as chairman of the country's largest department store group. As the senior member of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, Ralph, on February 23,' made the announcement to the entire Dartmouth faculty of the election of David T. Mc Laughlin '54 as president of the College. Ralph is quoted as stressing the new president's "extraordinary qualities of leadership, his knowledgeable dedication to the liberal arts in education, and his devotion to Dartmouth."

Ever helpful in furnishing class news, RalphSpecht relates that he and Trudie attended a recent Dartmouth Alumni Association luncheon in Sarasota. President Kemeny was the speaker. Also on hand were Rey and LauraMoulton, Ken and Gwen Webster, Al and JeanRitchie, and Bob and Audrey Richter. Bob and Ralph played some golf at Bent Tree Golf and Racquet Club. As a member of the club, Ralph served as a marshal for the L.P.G.A. tournament held there this winter. Other Sarasota visitors have included Al and Jean Sherwood,Bill and Helen Clark, and Jack Knode. Ralph remains very active in real estate, helping people find homes or condos in the Sarasota area. He also kindly enclosed a newspaper clipping stating that entomologist (and classmate) Arthur Allyn has donated his huge collection of butterflies and moths to the University of Florida at Gainesville. The collection of 850,000 specimens and 20,000 species, the largest in the western hemisphere, will remain in Sarasota during Art's lifetime and then will be permanently housed in the Florida State Museum.

Another interesting display here in the Dartmouth College Museum has been "The Ornate Implement," a showing of knives, swords, axes, and adzes from central Africa. This unusual exhibition, running since our fall reunion and just concluded in March, is based entirely on the collection of Fred and Claire Mebel and has received wide accalim.

What, you may ask, does a class president of the vintage of the class of 1935 do in his spare time. Let Len Bryant tell you himself. "Ada and I returned home last week from a marvelous trip, among the very best we ever had! There were only eleven of us from all over the country and we proved to be very compatible. We saw all the sights we ever heard about and then did extras too. In New Zealand we landed on Tasman Glacier in a single-engined ski-plane, had a thrilling ride on white-water in a jet boat, cruised in fjord-land in the South Island, and visited a school and a sheep ranch. I went trout fishing in two different places and got a few two-and-a-half-pound rainbow trout. We covered Australia from southern Tasmania through the Outback to the Great Barrier Reef and toured Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra. We swam in the Coral Sea, rode a camel in Alice Springs, and climbed a mountain in Tasmania. A highlight was a whole day spent in Melbourne with some lovely relatives of Ada. On the way home we stopped off in Fiji Islands for a few days to relax, swim, and snorkel. I can't say enough good for Alumni Flights Abroad, whose tour this was."

As you read this you cannot possibly be unaware that the Dartmouth Alumni Fund campaign for 1981 is under way. Please help Head Agent Al Dodd and his many minions by responding early and often. Please, too, let us hear from you on the return cards kindly provided by Reg and Dero with your copy of the "Tear Bag!"

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