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How quickly the days and weeks and months roll by. Scarcely does one column get put to bed when suddenly another deadline appears. And now, as 1983 becomes history and the New Year is ushered in, I raise my cup of wassail and extend to each of you Season's Greetings and the wish that your year be one enjoyed in good health.

As this is written, Walter Kelley is concluding more than ten years as mayor of Shaker Heights. Earlier this year Walt chose not to run for reelection to permit Pat and himself more freedom to travel. He was appointed mayor in February 1973 after serving 15 years as law director. He was elected to four-year terms in 1975 and 1979. He was unopposed in his first election and buried two opponents in his reeection four years ago. He has provided outstanding leadership over the years and leaves the post with the community integrated, standards and values maintained, and the city financially sound. An attorney, Walt is managing partner of Kelley, McCann and Livingstone.

I wish I could share the reproduction of a beautiful seascape created by Tom George titled "Currents," an oil on canvas, 44 by 44 inches, accompanying the announcement of Tom's solo exhibition at Maxwell Davidson Gallery in New York last spring. Subsequently, Tom wrote that he had had an exhibition "here in Princeton as well." He continues, "At the end of May Laverne and I go to Norway for our 18th summer there, and on September 1 I will have a month in Giverny where I have permission to paint in Monet's garden. This is an exciting prospect and I have hopes that I can do something worthy of this exquisite setting. I knock on wood when 1 think that I am still able to lift some of my larger canvases and do some strenuous traveling in search of new landscapes in the beautiful world." Collections of Tom's works are hung in about 20 museums and in the headquarters offices of many major corporations. Those of you interested in seeing how Tom has captured the power and majesty of his (and our) beautiful world, drop me a note. I can forward copies of the information in my file or seek a more complete listing from Tom.

It was last May 14 with some 500 friends, colleagues, students, and alumni gathered to honor him in the Cowell College Courtyard on the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz, when Cowell's founding pro- vost, Page Smith, unveiled a bronze plaque officially designating the college's librarystudy "The Page Smith Library." An undergraduate, in remarks before the assemblage, stated: "Page doesn't moderate debate, he inspires it. Goethe once said that there are few voices and many echoes; Page's is one of the voices that many echo." In his acknowledgement, with tongue in cheek, Page noted that he had thought of the responsibilities of being a library. "You must be serious and thoughtful," observed Page. "Don't smile. And wear dark suits. ... I would have settled for a tree. That would have required no change in my life-style. ... 1 now think of Eloise and me as Cowell's arts and letters," he confided, refers ring to the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery. The art facility, located across the courtyard from the library, had previously been named for his wife, who established it at the college in Cowell's early years. A picture of Page and Eloise at the ceremony is reproduced on the next page.

"Without doubt, Dartmouth has the biggest and best Alumni College going." So begins distaff member Marcia Kelley's impressions of this annual event, as a first-timer in attendance with husband Bob. "The class of '40 had the best representation, and, like StetWhitcher, many are annual participants," she continues. "Beside Stet and the Kelleys, classmates included Joe Burnett, Al andMary Bert Gutman, Lois Moody, Bob andDorothy Ottman, Howie Zagor, and GardnerAshley and his sister Eleanor.

"Professor Bill Cook and his associates, with 'War and Peace' as their subject, presented with enthusiasm an outstanding program. We were impressed daily with the stimuli not only from the lectures, but also from the discussion groups as well.

"Needless to say, returning to Hanover, living in Mass Hall, dining in Thayer, picnic at the Bema, banquets at the Top of the Hop, canoeing on the Connecticut, golf and tennis, were all part of the College." Thanks, Marcia, for a great report. She concluded with news of their family. Bob retired three years ago after 35 years with General Electric. They en- joy the freedom to travel to visit their farflung family in Australia, Oregon, Florida, and New Hampshire. The Kelleys have four children and 12 grandchildren. Bob echoed his wife's enthusiasm for Alumni College and adds thayt it was "a chance to renew old acquaintances from the class. Now that we have discovered Alumni College, I suspect we will be back again."

The Dartmouth Alumni Fund office forwarded a copy of its "Chairman's Citation for Outstanding Performance" awarded to Ted Miller for his "consistent and dedicated work as head agent during the 1983 campaign." And, as though you needed to be reminded, time is running out for a timely and always rewarding year-end gift to the Alumni Fund.

Last August, when they gathered in York Harbor, Maine, for a mini-mini-reunion, thesemembers of the class of 1939 had to squint into the sun as they grinned for the camera. Thosethere included, from left to right, George Neiley, Bill Webster, Bert MacMannis, and DickJackson, plus Dusty Rohde, present but unpictured.

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