1965
Teddy Roosevelt once said: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."
Think about that comment as you go through your day the quality of interactions with family, friends, business or professional associates makes that day flow smoothly, or not at all. And, on a positive note, I saw a sign recently which said "There are no strangers, just friends who have never met!"
So it is with Dartmouth connections. The Dartmouth tie stays with us be it class, club, fraternity or dormitory, or other, and, hopefully, enriches our lives accordingly. You and I can help that process by keeping in touch with each other. Let me know what you are up to or what you want to say and I'll pass it along.
I have just learned that there are about 8,700 alumni who play active roles in the Dartmouth community as alumni officers. The activities range from governance (trustees, overseers, Alumni Council) to leadership (classes and clubs) to service (student recruiting and job placement, fund-raising, and continuing education). Given that Dartmouth has 36,500 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate alumni, the participation rate of almost one in four is super. This personal activity, along with the highest-in-the-nation Alumni Fund participation, are two of the College's strengths, and they both grow out of and help to perpetuate the Dartmouth "spirit!" Keep up the good work! Dartmouth cannot succeed without us!
And on a success-breeds-success note, Bill Webster, our enthusiastic class agent, needs our help if the Alumni Fund is to achieve its goal of $7.2 million and 64 per cent participation. You can help by giving not only dollars (and remember to consider increasing your gift to offset inflation), but also time. Callers are needed for telethon efforts in May and June in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. These telethons, which represent a cost-effective way of reaching out to alumni with a personal solicitation, are the main thrust of the fund this year, so help out as much as you can. To obtain more information and to volunteer, call Bill at his office, 800-243-4121, or Punch Lochridge at his office, 617-722-7836. Let's show that nonreunion years can be good, too!
Class dues continue to come in, some with personal comments, a bonus! If you haven't paid your dues yet, dig out an envelope and send a check for $16 to Dennis Purnell, Satter-Purnell Assoc., Inc., 69 Bay St., Manchester, N.H. 03104. And remember to put some notes on the envelope about what you are up to . . .
Brian Kluck wrote from Richland, Neb., that he is married with three children (boys, 12 and 11, and a girl, four). He runs a cattle farm, mostly, while practicing clinical psychology on the side (M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Ontario) in his recently opened private practice in Columbus, Neb. Sounds like that requires a split personality, Brian. By the time this column appears, Brian and family should have enjoyed the skiing at Killington and Jay Peak in late February. They also were going to visit Tom Mitchell, who recently "acquired" twins, in Cuttingsville, Vt. They were planning to tour Hanover, also, to see how the College and Phi Sigma Psi are bearing up under the passage of time (and successive classes of students).
Winfield Clark, still in Cambridge, though at a new address, 812 Memorial Drive, #2O1-A, is presently director of Dharmadhatu, a Buddhist meditation center in Boston.
John Tobin, another of our M.D.'s, has changed his lifestyle significantly, moving to 2733 Upton Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55416, and getting married (October 1980). As he says, marriage ended "one of the world's longest childhoods." It sounds like he has been "maturing" for some time though, from the message in his other comments: "Quasiacademic pediatrics in the county hospital here is, at the same time, disquieting (from what we see and can rarely affect) and satisfying (when we can do something helpful). Hope someday to return to Hanover to appreciate the changes."
Changes have affected Steve Banta, too. Excerpts from a note from the Christmas mails, via Punch Lochridge, gives us a glimpse of Steve's recent activities. He spent much of last fall in the U.S. as a student. He resigned as editorial consultant to the National Textbook Project in the Philippines in order to complete his dissertation, Minority Education in thePhilippines, and present it to Teacher's College, Columbia University. He is now Dr. Banta after ten years of off-and-on study. Steve, Cheli, and their three children are living temporarily in Quezon City, making occasional trips to their house in Sto. Tomas for long weekends. Their mailing address is: P.O. Box 406, Sta. Mesa, Metro Manila, Philippines. They would like to hear from classmates, especially if anyone has a job lead in Manila for Steve.
In "the College looks at itself' department, it has been resolved to establish a new College council for the supervision of residential life. The specific areas of concern include aspects of student housing, social alternatives, fraternity management, freshman-year activities, and campus ambiance. A tall order for one committee, but areas where foresight and thoughtful and caring consideration can have a significant impact on the quality of life at Dartmouth.
As I write this column, I'm sitting in a hotel room overlooking San Francisco Bay, listening to big-band jazz you can see why I've been waxing more philosophically than usual. Now, however, the warm, spring weather and the enticement of a tour of a local winery beckon, and so, until next time . . . keep the faith!
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