1923

Charlie Zimmerman's and Bud Freeman's Alumni Fund and scholarship fund reports brought you the final details of 192 3's 60th reunion. Alumni Fund gifts totaled $123,968 a new record for a 60-year class. Final figures for the scholarship fund are not complete. The year's total, however, exceeded $20,000. This latter fund now has a book value of $65,543 and a market value of $106,384. And along with this good news we learned that Herb Home and Chet Bixby came up with a surplus from reunion expenses of $1,784.56. The disposition of this money will be determined at our next class meeting.

Dana Grossman, who so ably edits these columns and all alumni obituaries, described in a recent letter to class secretaries developments at ALUMNI MAGAZINE headquarters. She again reminded secretaries of continuing space limitations and other composition ground rules. A major revision of the Magazine's style sheet is in the works. The Magazine has acquired an IBM word processing computer, which now makes it possible for copy to be received in diskette form from those secretaries who have access to IBM equipment.

Included in her letter was an excerpt from Strunk and White's Elements'of Style which we are urged to emulate.

One of Dana's principal concerns is the firstof-the-month deadline for class notes copy. In order to coordinate the space required for varying lengths of class columns, a copy deadline of October 1, for example, is necessary for the issue you will receive in late November.

Maximum word limits vary by class from 400 to 1,000. Ours is 600, about one column in length. All obituaries are limited to 300 words.

In a recent issue I mentioned the names of two of our living classmates who are listed in Who's Who in America —Jules Rippel and Win Wadleigh. I recently researched the two bulky volumes of this prestigeous publication and find four others are included Howard W. Alcorn, Carl A. Gray, Leon F. Sargent, and Karl C. Williams. These are still active in their chosen field. When someone dies or retires the name is automatically dropped from the current listing, though for one year an addendum includes the name. After that there is no way to determine who was listed except by referring to past issues. I am certain, however, that 1923 had many others similarly honored in previous editions.

The amount of mail since we returned from reunion has been considerable and greatly appreciated. Much of it expresses either regret at missing the big event, appreciation for those who managed it so well, or gratitude from those who were there to enjoy it. Particular thanks to Rusty Sargent for his excellent colored prints, several of which were taken at the Tuesday morning class meeting which our official photographer missed. Sorry I did not get Bill Kimball's letter until we returned from reunion. I would like to have included parts of it in the September issue. Also, many thanks to Jules Rippel, Cap Palmer, Bus Dodge, Elinor Martin, Olive Caswell, Jean Rice, Louise Howe, and Ike Phillips for their muchappreciated personal comments.

Herb and Chet have carefully examined all of the pictures taken at reunion by the professional photographer and identified as many as they can. I now have the originals, to which I will add what missing identifications I can; I'll then pass them along to Ike when he returns from his Canadian isolation. He will print them from time to time in "Skiddoo" as space permits.

And finally, if you will pardon a personal note, the Dodges have broken the great-grandparent barrier with the birth of a daughter to granddaughter Cheryl Smith. All is well.

Bob Maxwell '23, right, makes a point that both President McLaughlin, left, and AddisonWinship '42, vice president for alumni affairs and development, rear, seem to be enjoying as theywalk up from Maxwell Hall. Namedfor Maxwell, the new dormitory complex is part of'the RiverCluster above' the Connecticut.

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