1942

The best news since we last went to press comes from Wally Farr, who reports that Don Meads has come through some tricky heart surgery with flying colors. Don had a heartvalve problem, solved by an animal substitute, and is now back at work, flying about to directors' meetings, etc.

Wally also reported that he had the pleasure of watching Dick Rugen's daughter Kate, class of '83, win the Rhode Island division of the Virginia Slims tennis tournament. It goes without saying that Kate was big in Dartmouth tennis as an undergraduate and, apparently, is still winning. Again from roving correspondent Wally, we hear that Bill Gray of Watch Hill, R. I., has put two cataract operations behind him and is doing well.

A note from Mike De Scherbin in tells of a nice trip to California, his first since 1945, won as solace after being bumped from a USAir flight. 'Tis an ill wind .... Mike and Polly, parents of a son in the class of 1984, wrote enthusiastically of Harry Bond's performance at graduation: "We were greatly moved by your talk at Class Day exercises. You chose to emphasize the element of service to our country at a time when freedom was threatened. The theme is not sounded in the same way these days; I think our country's present policy, or policies, regarding armaments and 'enemies' are mistaken. As a consequence the idea of military service is not perceived correctly.

"You chose to risk being regarded as an out-of-date verteran of an ancient war, in the service of holding before the graduates an ideal of selflessness. Nuclear weapons have, for me, put the idea of war in the past tense. Granted, we have not yet figured out a way to get others to join in putting them aside; I see that job as the principal one for all people all over the world."

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently announced that E. Wayne Martz, M.D., F.A.C.P.,of Newark, Del., has assumed office as a governor of the 57,000- member national medical specialty society. "As Governor, Dr. Martz keeps the ACP members in his region up to date on College policies and activities, advises the ACP ruling body of matters concerning his region, and recruits and endorses new College members and fellows. A 1944 graduate of New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Martz is a specialist in internal medicine, education, and administration. He currently is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and Director of Medical Education at the Wilmington Medical Center."

Art Cox, of Brookings fame, showed up on the Hanover scene in August, ready for political debate, or tennis, or both. He has a farm in Fairlee, Vt., on which he and Dorothy avoid the heat of Washington, D.C. They both looked very fit. Class treasurer Leo Caproni telephoned in from his home-away-from-home in Truro on the Cape to report that he was "boning up" for a new class of bright and demanding students in Manhattan in September. After 35 years in the hotel and restaurant business, Leo is sharing what he has learned with a new generation. He says that the "challenge of these kids slows the aging process" and that retirement beckons not.

Jim Farley reports that the class executive committee met as scheduled at Class Officers Weekend last May. Assured by Leo that '42 is solvent, the committee voted $200 to the Baker Memorial Book Fund and devoted the rest of the session to the search for an alternative to the DOC house for the fall minireunion.

A long letter from Bate Ewart makes travel to Watch Hill to L.A. look like backyard gallivanting. He and Posie live in Wilmington, N.C., whence they venture forth to such places as Southern Sudan where they helped to settle 100,000 Ugandan refugees. Bate reports that Dick and Ginny Nehring have retired to nearby New Bern, refugees from Massapequa, N.Y.

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