1929

We proudly report that Johns Hopkins awarded Maury Mandelbaum its Doctor of Humane Letters Degree with this citation: "Your masterly explorations of the history of modern philosophy are praised for their breadth of vision and subtlety of thought, and your boundless intellectual curiosity has led you beyond the limits of your discipline into other humanistic fields. These same qualities of mind and commitment you brought to the classroom, where your legendary skills earned you the devoted admiration of your students."

Maury went to Johns Hopkins as professor of philosophy in 1957, and in 1967 was named to the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship. He chaired the department from 1974 until 1978. He has served as adjunct professor at Dartmouth since 1979. Among his other honors are membership in the American Philosophical Society (which he serves as president and chairman), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Board on Graduate Education, the Council on Philosophical Studies, and the Maryland Committee on the Humanities and Public Policy. He is the author of several books, including History, Man andReason, and The Anatomy of HistoricalKnowledge.

The inevitable obits will record our loss of Bill Marmion, Wendell Schuh, and Hank Skelly. They all loved Dartmouth.

Gus and Mary Wiedenmayer are now legal residents of Boca Grande, Fla., and will go to their new home in Dorset, Vt., in May. They've seen John and Adelaide Quebman and had a reunion with George* and Kay Case, Jack andGerry Gunther, and Frank Kenison's widow, Loretta. Ben Stacey also reports seeing Casey in church on Sanibel. Gus reports, "There's nothing wrong with Mary or me, except ten extra inches around the waist (mine)." DickBarrett writes, "I am rich, handsome, and healthy. My ambition is to be as rich, handsome, and healthy as Ronald Reagan or JohnHubbard. My best to President Kemeny, and the women and the minorities at Dartmouth." Plus ca change, plus c'est Le meme Barrett!

Frank Foster says, "My fratres in urbe are all too well-known and capable of expression to warrant comment, except to say when seen about they are all fine." Frank joins many '29ers in hailing Dave McLaughlin '54 for taking the presidency at a time when it took special courage for him to do so. Fran Ripley joined Frank's crusade against tobacco by quitting cold her effort to subsidize the industry. Minus a bit of one lung, she's doing fine. FrankSullivan, ever the documenting historian, sends a copy of Ted Arliss's 1948 wedding announcement translated from the German to show Ted's wife's name is Jeni, not Teri, as I once used it. Earl Liberty is completely retired with plenty of opportunity to stay busy and get in rounds of golf. He says, "Times change, Traditions change! We have to be flexible enough to adjust. Such is the liberal arts tradition."

Dud Orr has a Native American grandniece named Darlene Orr, who is a first-year student at Dartmouth. One of his nephews married her mother, an Eskimo, and adopted her. Darlene was raised on St. Laurence Island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than to the U.S. The largest towns on the island are Cambell, population 373, and Savoonga, 364. Darlene was valedictorian of her high school class at Nome (population 2,500). He writes," "In the absence of any blood relationship, modesty permits me to report she is outgoing, gracious, and beautiful. She is disappointed that her average for the first marking period was only B. She finds Dartmouth a wonderful place, warm and sultry in winter, and the male students friendly, agreeable, and considerate."

He adds, "When we were in College there was a senior society known as D.O.G. (Dartmouth Old Guard). Mr. Hopkins had acquiesced in its organization by some alumni who thought that during his administration too many of Dartmouth's ancient values and old traditions were being sacrificed. (The abandonment of compulsory chapel alarmed many alumni.) D.O.G. went out of existence during our senior year. Something like it seems to have come up again as a result of some of the recent changes. Finally, I think that the College would not be any better now if any of the available candidates had been elected when Kemeny was, but it could have been a lot worse off."

I wish we had space to quote more of the maturely considered remarks of '29ers on doings at the College. Our opinions are passionately held, but we resent the unreasonable attacks on John Kemeny, and we have confidence and high hope in Dave McLaughlin. I close with the first words of our bishop. Arch Crowley, on being asked his opinion on the Hanover scene, "Loyalty is an important thing."

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