1956

It is not too late to join classmates for the Seventh Annual Fun City Fantastic weekend in New York City at the Yale Club on January 27-29. Write, call, or mailgram the "Cube," 1956's own Jolly Green Giant.

From the perspective of both weather and outcome, the Cornell game weekend at Hanover could not have been better. A magnificent full moon appeared over the roof of Dartmouth Hall just as the ceremonies there were completed. The introduction of John Sloan Dickey was greeted with sustained applause. At the end we turned to watch 87 tiers of railroad ties burst into flames after being touched off by Scott Sodokoff '87, son of Howard Sodokoff.

The "Cube" Conroy wing of the White Town Hojo's was well stocked with classmates. In addition to the Conroys, the Keares, Frenches, Robinsons, Jankells, Sodokoffs, Sheridans, Olsens, Ashes, Taylors,Stu Klappers, and Malins and Mike Levy were all there. Josh and Barbara Hill joined the throng in the hospitality room Friday night.

After the usual class meeting conducted with great decorum by the Ayatollah, we moved into the stadium to enjoy a spectacular panorama from Baker Library all the way to Mount Ascutney. More classmates showed up at the game, among them the Danzingers,Noel Sankey, Rog Schumacher, and BertWhittemore. Doug and Ginger Keare's son Doug pulled down a Cornell back right in front of us.

Breaking a seven-year tradition of turkey, "Cube" offered us Hojo's mystery meat for dinner. He also offered an extensive commentary on a number of subjects in his postdinner remarks, which in the end were not supported by the chair. Structural damage to Hojo's was light, however,

A week later a number of us were treated to a similar weekend and wild finish at Yale. LeeGammill came east for this one. Len Clark and Dick Whitney were also seen. (Has anybody else noted that sons of two Dartmouth men have been high-scoring fullbacks at Brown and Yale for the past few years? BillBarrett's son of the same name was captain and fullback last year at Brown. And the son of John Bassette '55, Jeff, is a senior fullback at Yale and scored all three touchdowns against Dartmouth this year. Where have we gone wrong?)

The Malins had their annual visit from Boband Ruth Becker, and the four of us in turn had a marvelous dinner with Bob Emde's parents. Alpha Thets will remember the senior Emdes as regular visitors to the house. Bob Becker is in the process of changing jobs in Florida in the solid waste disposal industry. He still refers to himself as the class garbage man.

Former soccer and lacrosse players will be saddened to hear that Mrs. "Momma" Dent died in September. The love and affection that she offered Tom's kickers and stickers is remembered with great fondness.

A recent press release announced the incorporation of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The board is made up of representatives of various groups in the Upper Valley, including the College and hospitals. Representing the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River is Howard Green, who serves as chief of staff there.

The year 1934, as one would expect, is the birth year of most of us in the class. Fifteen classmates were born in January 1934 and will celebrate their 50th birthdays as this column hits the street. Barry Bockus will commute from New Canaan, Conn., to the Big Apple, where he is a senior vice president at Manufacturers Hanover Bank. Up in Providence, R.I., Robert R. Faulkner will throw caution to the wind and urge clients to invest in tiger stocks from his position as vice president at Kidder Peabody. In Richmond, Va., Jack Frable and his wife Mary Ann, both doctors, will pass the day teaching and caring. Jack is a professor of pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Bob Gilmore will celebrate his 50th in North Attleboro, Mass. Out in Denver, where he is a VP at the Colorado National Bank, Chuck Henry will reflect upon the course of events: "I suspect that many of the problems that surround us are because so many people are still looking in rather than out to wives, country, others, and the many needs of our society." A thought to ponder. Walter Hoshal will pass 50 quietly in Allendale, N.J. Bob Krissel will honor the date either in Long Island City, where he is president of the Equitable Bag Company, or soaring high above Lakeville, Conn.

Somewhere in the hills above Tucson, geologist Jim Loghry will spend the day looking for precious metals. "Most of us are environmentalists who love the world we work in, conservationalists in the sense that we be- lieve in the wise and timely use of natural resources." Burnham Martin will close a real estate deal in Killington, Vt., and then "thunk a banjo" with the Old Time Fiddlers of Rutland to honor the day.

Henry Ravenel in Chevy Chase, Md., Dutch Rosenberger in New York City, BobSchuh in Crofton, Md., and Fritz Simms in Rhode Island will all note the day presumably with greater enthusiasm than their earlier contribution to "the book."

Down in big D at Bishop College, professor of political science Bill Thompson will challenge his class with the thought that "a society in decline or slightly decadent is a much more civilized one than one that is not." Finally, in New York City, the University Glee Club, in four parts, will sing happy birthday to Al Welty, as do all of your classmates to all of you.

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