1919

Jigger Merrill recently sent me some letters sent to him by Kitty Larmon, who had received them from Katherine Miridjanian, Beulah Capps, Polly Wilson, and Doris Chesson. They are representative of many other letters, and it is heart-warming to know of the continuing interest of our widows in the class and its affairs — as shown not only by their letters, but also by their generous memorial gifts to the Alumni Fund.

I also had a letter from Anne Lewis, reporting progress in recovering from her accident. The cast was about to be removed from her foot, and although she had been using a walker, she expected that to go with the cast.

Due to space limitations in the obituary section of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, it was necessary to omit several items about Mose Robinson which few of us have known about. One concerns an endowment fund at Dartmouth which Mose established some years ago to support student internships in educational journalism. Several Dartmouth students have been recipients of grants from the fund, enabling them to gain first-hand experience and insight into educational journalism and to test their career interest in this field. One intern has said, "You have made a total writing experience possible where it would otherwise have been impossible — I can say now, from experience, that this is what I would like to do after Dartmouth."

You may remember that in last month's notes I quoted from Malcolm Cowley's TheView From 80. I now find that an expanded edition of the article was reprinted in paperback, and I again recommend it as delightful reading. Just to whet your appetite for more, I quote a few samples. A man becomes aware of being an octogenarian, he says, "when there are more and more little bottles in the medicine cabinet; when he can't stand on one leg and has trouble putting on his pants; when he spends more time looking for things than he spends in using them after he has found them; when a pretty girl passes him in the street and he doesn't turn his head; when he listens hard to jokes and catches everything but the snapper."

There's lots more, and much wisdom too. And a note from Malcolm says, "My best to Dartmouth '19."

The January "Smoke Signal" reported that Florence Carey was retiring "after 40 years of 'running' the Hanover Inn." And as the editor commented, "When rooms are scarce, it is more important to know Florence than the president." When I wrote to Florence to express my regrets and to thank her on behalf of the class for all the help she had given us in arranging for our fall reunions, she replied that although it was true that she was retiring, she would still be working "part time" and would be taking care of reservations for our September 17-18 reunion. So write to Florence now and make your reservations.

And, if you haven't done it already, please send your Alumni Fund contribution to Nock Wallis today. Remember, we are shooting for 100 per cent participation this year.

Nichol M. Sandoe '19

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