1925

Bud and Sally Petrequin had a spring trip to Southeast Asia that included Singapore, Phuket, Penang, Malaysia, and Bangkok. Two weeks of this trip were on a Russian ship, the only line plying these particular waters. Then they had a week in Hong Kong and a few days in Taipei before returning to Cleveland for part of the summer, after which they went to Aspen.

Harry and Estelle Clark spent the summer in Newport, R.I. He reports the ball for the 400 was magnificent.

Margaret Johnson wrote from Richmond this summer to the "classmates of Roger Durgin Johnson. At long last I have made a trip to Dartmouth with my son, Roger Jr. '51, to see the book dedicated to my husband by you. I brought back with me a copy of a page containing the title, the author, and more explanation about the book. But most meaningful of all to me was a copy of the Dartmouth bookplate which showed the book was given in memory of my husband by his classmates. So there is a part of him at the College he loved so much. My deep thanks to to the class of 1925."

Lorraine Per-Lee has moved to Decatur, Ga.

Ruth Tucker wrote a summer note from North Carolina: "Still in Tryon and in our home here. If one has to be a widow, this is the place to be-such a friendly and thoughtful community. The Dartmouth group increases here and is now joining with those in Hendersonville. sonville.I do quite a bit of volunteer work with our hospital, and then with golf and bridge keep busy. Took a three-week cruise on the Royal Viking Line to Iceland last summer and soon joining the Dartmouth group sailing up to the North Cape in August on the same ship.

...Plan to make the circuit of family members in New England in October and hopefully the Harvard game at Hanover."

Mollie Bates had a cataract operation scheduled for the summer and following that planned to make a fall trip to Tennessee to visit her sister and take in the World's Fair, and then a visit with son Ben in Denver.

Jack and Ellie Norris were lined up to visit Greece in October under the Alumni College Abroad program and so were going to miss the Harvard game doings.

Carolyn Jameson has moved to a new abode but remains in Clearwater. Her grandchildren must have inherited her musical interest, as she reports that all four are this year studying at the School for Strings in New York City.

Ken Nugent wrote a while ago from Sarasota: "Next stop, octogenarians. Don Moore at Bill Bunting's party called us 'survivors.' Not a bad comment. Everyone says I look wonderful. I asked my doctor, 'What were they expecting?' "

Cliff Hill wrote from New York City in September: "Kaye and I went to the Whitney Museum last night to attend 'Dartmouth Night.' The whole second floor was fitted out to show details from about 20 new art museums around the country. Dartmouth prominently displayed its new Hood Museum of Art to be opened in 1983.

"Hundreds of New Yorkers and their wives attended. The earliest class I saw on a name card was 1959 and he looked very old. And I had a quarter of a century on him!

"President McLaughlin made a nice speech. There was an appeal for millions of dollars for names for the various galleries. There still didn't seem much interest in getting students to paint."

Another New Yorker, Bob Misch, spent two weeks in Italy as a guest of the government to see their northern vineyards and wineries. Then in the summer he was at his long-time stomping ground of Schroon Lake, and at the recital hall there heard with pleasure a performance by the Dartmouth quartet-in-residence. Bob also wrote an article in the Tuck School magazine for this past spring and summer.

Richard. Morin '24 {left) had a quiet moment with his classmate Ted Lamb just before theprocessional formed for last June's commencement, at which Lamb was presented an honorary degreeby the College.

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