1949

We lead off the fall series on a beautiful Sunday in San Francisco, if not in Hanover, in the aftermath of that licking from Penn. By the time of the Harvard game and the class mini-reunion on October 20, the Big Green will be more respectable, and the defense will catch up with the offense. So it says here, anyway, and I only regret that campaigning for re-election to the Board of Supervisors prevents me from joining the doughty ones for Dartmouth Night and related activities of the class.

Thanks to Os Skinner of the class of 1928, we have auspicious news about Dr. James W. Smith, osteopathic surgeon extraordinaire. Jim has been practicing osteopathic medicine in Troy, Pa., since 1957, and as of August 31 has become one of the staff physicians at the Masonic Homes, in Elizabethtown, Pa., about halfway between Harrisburg and Lancaster. The homes are for Masons, and wives and widows of Masons, and contain approximately 700 beds. Jim and wife Helen are provided a house on a hill overlooking the center. Jim is a 32nd-degree Mason, with his home lodge in Portland, Maine. As you will recall, Jim matriculated at Dartmouth from Pittsfield, Mass., and majored in chemistry and zoology. After 18 months in the army, he worked in New York City and then enrolled at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy. He is a member of the American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, and has been certified since 1979 in general practice by the American Osteopathic Board of General Practice. The farm which Jim and Helen own near Troy will be operated by their son, William. Incidentally, my informant tells me that Troy has a population of about 1,831 souls, so it looks as if Jim is moving from one idyllic location to another. As a fellow Mason, I wish him well.

Another "reliable source," Sonny Drury, of the class of 1948, forwarded an article from a Florida newspaper describing a book planned by a local author on the historical role of women in mainland China, which will be written in conjunction with Dr. Peter K. New, who, as I advised earlier in the year, is chairman of the sociology department at the University of South Florida. The newspaper article is lengthy and specifies details of Peter's family history which I never knew, and which I wish I could compress into this column. Peter will be traveling to mainland China in April 1985 with the author for purposes of research.

George O. Hinners was appointed in June vice president and trust officer of the State National Bank of Evanston, Ill. George is the head of the new business division in the bank's trust department. He had previously been assistant vice president and trust officer for approximately five years after working at Continental Illinois National Bank for 24 years. It sounds as if George emerged from Continental at the right time. I always thought he was prescient. After graduating as a music major, George was drafted in the Korean War and served as a first sergeant at Camp Gordon, Ga., while teaching Russian and German as part of the POW-processing operation. After discharge, he sang professionally as back-up for such musicians as Vic Damone and Mahalia Jackson, and then worked as the assistant producer of "The Jack Carter Show" for NBC-television in Chicago. His professional education includes certificates from the Business Development School of the Illinois Bankers' Association and the National Trust School at Northwestern University, and the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration in the Executive Development Program at Cornell. George lives with his wife Nancy in Evanston, and they have three children, George Jr., 25, Gregory, 23, and Catherine, 22.

Lastly, I have at hand a snapshot of Jay Urstadt, sent to me by our beloved classmate Gunther Perdue. Jay was fouling nests in northern California in July with Gunther, who reports that Jay's bank did open a branch in Canastota, N.Y. The snapshot is demonstrative of the affection of Jay's employees for him, and it clearly is reciprocated.

Deke Jackson and I have had the pleasure of viewing jointly the film entitled "Wearers of the Green" at an October luncheon meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Northern California and Nevada. It is a beautiful, moving film, of four-star quality.

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