1932

Congratulations to our head class agent, Harry Rowe, and his many assistants for bringing 1932 into a very good performance for the 1985 Alumni Fund! And many thanks to you all for the support which enabled us to achieve 76 percent participation, which is higher than the goal set by the College. We should note that many widows contributed significantly to this success.

Just in case any of you have been misled by my mention of Dr. George Hahn's enjoyment of his retirement "in the Chesapeake Bay Region," please be advised that there are two sides to Chesapeake Bay, and that his home, "Coveside," in Porter's Creek Lane, St. Michaels, is located on the eastern shore. According to George, this regional pride is proclaimed on vehicle tags which read: "There is no life west of the Chesapeake Bay." The many honors which have been bestowed upon him were recently added to by his fraternity, Sigma Chi, at a Washington, D.C., meeting as one of Sigma Chi's most distinguished members.

Howdie Pierpont, class treasurer, called to verify a vote taken at last fall's executive committee meeting. The substance of this vote was that the class dues would remain at $l5 per year, but that voluntary contributions could be made to the class treasury for the purpose of eventually establishing an additional internship when sufficient funds are accumulated.

Carlos Baker was mentioned in TheNeW York Times on August 11 as the grandfather of Michael Scott Carter, who was married in Bayonne, France, recently. "Mr. Carter, a third-year student at the Columbia School of Law, where he is the editor of the Columbia Journal of Law andSocial Problems, graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His father, [son of Carlos] is executive vice president for administration at Columbia University." This clipping was sent to me by the secretary of the class of 1928, Os Skinner.

Ade and Terry Nitchelm have been traveling again. This time it was on a tour labeled "Art Treasures of Russia," which covered an extensive range of cities from Kiev to Leningrad, Moscow, and other cities where the great cathedrals and palaces of Imperial Russia flourished.

It was a surprise to discover that a young matron of this tiny municipality of Vershire, Vt. (423 people), whom I had known for ten years, was a niece of RogerNeedham. Roger's brother-in-law was visiting and asked if I knew Roger. In a follow-up phone conversation with Roger, a marvelously active retirement for both Roger and Anne Needham was revealed. As an engineer, he had been called to teach at the Regional Technical Vocational High School.

Roger is also serving as recorder for his chapter of the Knights Templar, while continuing to be on the board of the registrar of voters in Gardner, Mass. However, as he spoke, it sounded as if he considered his most important activity to be serving as chairman of the Peoples Task Force in Gardner, which sponsors monthly dances for junior and senior high school students, without alcohol and drugs, and on a very inexpensive but selfsupporting basis. Anne Needham matches her husband in activity by studying at a nearby community college.

To conclude this column, I quote from a letter from Alex Christie: "The wider my experiences have become and the more people I have known, from the very rich to the very poor, the more I come to respect and admire the statement of Ernest Martin Hopkins: that the liberal arts college should not attempt to teach people what to think; its true purpose is to teach people how to think. ... I thank God for my Dartmouth experiences, which I know have provided me with an unending source of strength."

Ben Ezra.

Snowfield Farm South Vershire, VT 05079