1936

Now that I am an almost full-fledged Cape Codder, I attended the January meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod in Hyannis, which this month was hosting the president and editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Review. Representing 1936 were Charles Brooks Jr., Henry and Connie Mascarello, and your secretary. When the weather improves I will try to get a larger contingent of '36ers to later meetings. Henry, looking hale and hearty and fully enjoying his almost-retirement on the Cape, brought and introduced to the meeting Edwin Powers, professor of psychology at Dartmouth when we were undergraduates. At the age of 88, Professor Powers has compiled and published a book entitled Constitutional Rights of Prisoners. It seems that the courts in Massachusetts and elsewhere are crowded with cases frivolous and sincere arising out of actions of ill-informed or over-zealous prison personnel. Powers' work should substantially assist in alleviating future log jams.

Charlie Brooks, after a short junket to Sturbridge with his yacht club associates, is getting ready for a visit to his daughter and family in Vail, Colo., thus dispelling the rumor that all able-bodied '36ers spend their winters in Florida.

Our stalwart social chairman, Barry Sullivan, reports from Washington, D.C., that he has spanned the continent with a weekend visit to Hilton Head and another in California. Like the proverbial visions of sugarplums dancing in one's head, thoughts of a return to Asia tod the Far East sometime in 1984 are being toyed with by Barry. But he has no comment on how these will affect our continuous chain of mini-reunions. His remarks on the D.C. atmosphere are summarized: "We sort of seem to go along in a constant state of turmoil and confusion. If Congress is not here screaming and yelling, someone from overseas is either screaming at Washington or about it. Traffic continues to get worse and it seems to take longer all the time to get little things done. I find I have less patience 'to suffer fools gladly' but try to remember that such may be a part of having been around in life for a while who knows?" No different, Barry, whatever part of the map you hit!

Down in Maine, William U. Niss received a "Religion and Youth Recognition Award" for service to the Unitarian-Universalist Youth and Scouting Program in the Cumberland Foreside area. The award was from the First Parish Society, U-U, and the Unitarian Association of North America in cooperation with the Boy Scouts of America. Bill has been active on the Sea Scout ship and has served long as president of the Puritan Council, whose headquarters were recently named the William U. Niss Scout Service Center in recognition of his work.

From Casco Bay to San Francisco Bay, we pick up news from Robert and CarmelitaBullock. Adroitly stealing a little time from his management consulting activities in the spring, he and Carmelita joined their daughter and her family in a Club Med-type foray into Mexico as a warm-up for a much longer but casual trip late last summer into very rural southern France. This trip included a week's barge trip on the Canal du Midi, off the Mediterranean. "Although most of the voyage was spent chugging slowly along the tree-lined streams, through fields and vineyards and picturesque stone villages, we found that working the barge through the many locks took much ladder-climbing, running with lines, and helping the lock-tenders (was strenuous). But there were enjoyable walks to nearby towns either to find restaurants for the evening meal or to buy the local produce, charcuterie, and wine for life on board during the lovely early October days."

Back in January, Paul Guibord, wearing his hat as chairman of the alumni committee on bequests and trusts, sent all of us a questionnaire designed to help the College update its many files in connection with Paul's work. If you haven't already done so, please take a couple of minutes to complete and return the confidential information form to Paul.

I suspect that by now Norb Hofman will have recovered from his latest move on the Bay and will have the 1984 Dartmouth Alumni Fund in full gear. This is a special year for the fund: (1) It is the fund's 70th anniversary. (2) Last year the fund failed to meet its goal. This has never happened two years in a row. We must not let it happen in 1984. (3) This year the fund goal broke into double digits by surpassing $10 million (wow!). The class of 1936 has always done its share and often more. As we roll on to our 50th, let's keep our record rolling.

P.O. Box 837 in Mashpee has plenty of space for 1936 news. Happy spring planting and summer planning to you all.

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