1932

We need not dwell on the current football season, except to report that 1932 was well represented at the opener against Penn on September 20. Seen at the game or afterwards were Bill and Peggy Morton, Art and Dobbie Allen, Jim and Amy Corbett, Howdie and Dottie Pierpont, Francis and Sonny Savage, Harry and Charlotte Rowe, Bo and Ginna Wentworth, Ben and Dorothy Burch, Nate and Pat Pearson, and Greydon Freeman. There may have been others whom I missed.

Forgetting football, there is more positive news about the Dartmouth sailing teams: ArtAllen, still an active coach, reports that HerbPike's grandaughter is a fine sailor and won first place in an early regatta on Lake Mascoma, and this means being the best among both men and women sailors! Congratulations! Then the big boat team which Art had trained on his yawl, Capella, tied for first on points in their regatta at Stanford, Conn., and are headed for the MacMillan championships at Annapolis.

There is an institution at Dartmouth known as the coffee klatch. It is unofficial and very in- formal, but the discussions generated within this group of interested and formerly active participants in the Dartmouth scene cover many of the current programs and problems inherent in the operation of the College. It was started some years ago by Ort Hicks '21, then a vice president for development, and one of the greatest supporters by word and deed that Dartmouth has ever known. Last week, Art Allen invited me to attend a special session at which Ted Leland, the director of athletics, unfurled the details for the complete renova-tioh of the athletic facilities.

The Trustees have approved the overall plans, contingent, of course, upon the necessary financing, built upon the magnificent gift of John Berry '44 of Dayton, Ohio,in the amount of $5 million. The total package is expected to cost $16.5 million.

The old Alumni Gym, built in 1911, will be integrated into the total new facility. There will be a big three-court basketball area, with seating capacity for 2,000; there will be a jogging track around the old gallery and a grand entrance hall and lobby with the Dartmouth Hall of Fame. There will be adequate locker spaces, new handball and squash courts complete with communication speakers in each court, and a gallery for spectator viewing.

The improvement in suitable lockers, dressing rooms, taping rooms, a physiological testing lab to test students' abilities, a modern dance studio, as well as a coaches' classroom where films can be shown, are all part of the plan.

There will be an extensive "weight training area" to support this program which was used by 10,000 people days, last year, including students, faculty, and the community.

The new building will be placed where the Davis hockey rink is now located; it will be connected by galleries, just beyond the present pool. It will be set back from Wheelock Street to match the old gym, and the clay tennis courts will remain.

The Davis field house will continue to have lockers in the basement, but will be renovated to contain all the DCAC and coaches' offices.

In order to raise the needed $10 million, a selective campaign will be undertaken with the hope that alumni and friends who are most interested in the Dartmouth athletic program and who have the resources to make substantial gifts will provide the needed funds. For more details contact Ted Leland, the director of athletics.

The following is from a letter from JayWhitehair for the executive committee.

"Dear Classmates: The College has developed a unique and successful program entitled 'Administrative Interships.'In this, highly motivated students, usually seniors, are selected from many applicants for internships in one of the 22 College offices. These interns are a dedicated group who work 1530 hours per week for a modest stipend.

"Your class executive committee, after examining many potential class projects, decided on October 19, before the Harvard game, to contribute $10,000 to the College to permanently fund a 1932 Internship. After consultation with College authorities, the internship selected is in the office of Career and Employment Services. The duties which go with the internship are many and varied but are too numerous to mention here.

"The funds which we have donated have been carefully saved in our class treasury and use up rriost of our savings. In the future, there will be an opportunity for a voluntary contribution for classmates who wish to add to this type of fund."

And now for the news . . . My file is empty, and I have been too busy managing the harvest in my "retirement orchard" to go after your stories by phoning some of you. I would appreciate a card from you travelers from wherever you may roam. You can write your letters to Bob Ackerberg with the details, but your brief reports would be welcome for this column, as well.

I regret to report that John R. Bell, of Kirkwood, Mo., died in late September, following a distinguished career in the newspaper wbrld, retiring as the city editor of the St.Louis Post Dispatch. John was with us in Hanover for only one year. Ben Ezra.

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