1932

Once again the North Country is preparing

its autumnal show which the "leaf peepers," as we call them, come in great flocks to view and enjoy.'

Already, too, a premature harbinger of winter has sprayed white crystals on Moosilauke, catching a group of hikers who were enjoying Freshman Week, some of whom, we have learned, were in shorts. However, the spirit of camaraderie and class solidarity flourished in spite of the inclement weather. We learned this last evening at a gathering hosted by Artand Doby Allen. Caroline Allen, Art's granddaughter, and Chris Drew, my grandson, were among the seven new Dartmouths meeting one another for the first time. What fun it was to see them interact with one another, and how strong did their sense of becoming a part of Dartmouth seem to pervade their spirit! And can you imagine - one very lovely and charming young lady told me that she was going out for rugby!

There is good news from Dartmouth Sailing: The large-boat yawl team which was trained off Freeport, Maine, by Art Allen, took first place in the elimination trials in Newport, thus qualifying to participate in the "biggie," the MacMillan regatta. The small-boat team was not to be outdone as this group of Dartmouth sailors won their regatta.

We have learned that Jim Tomlinson, having retired as president of the General Abrasive Company, and, very sadly, having lost his wife, Connie, has decided to return to Buffalo after trying the Florida scene. He will become active as a consultant for his former company.

Congratulations to former class secretary Bob Mitchell, who received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at the University of Vermont last June. The Rutland Herald, of which Bob is the senior editor and publisher, has been recognized as one of the ten best small newspapers in the nation.

The class of 1932 has been well represented off the Scandinavian coast this summer. From the Nordkapp came a card from Bo and Ginna Wentworth reporting that they might have been able to see the coast of Maine on a clear day, which it was not, but this did not prevent them from searching for the footprints of three "intrepid explorers and their spouses," namely Pierpont, Corbett, and Allen, who had preceeded them to that region.

We spoke with Pete Sawyer recently, who reported a visit from Ron Olmstead, and a retreat into the Maine woods, something they have done for many years. Pete has retired from his position as the manager of vast tracts of Maine forest, but remains a much loved and respected citizen of his town of Ashland, Maine. Ron is still collecting antique lamps and occasionally lectures on the subject, on which he is an authority.

By the time this is published, the football season will have run its course, for better or for worse. In visiting a practice session last week, we saw a highly professional staff putting the team through its paces in the many specific assignments which comprise current football. Regardless of the results of this season, these scholar-athletes will have given the best that was in them.

We spent a delightful weekend in Deer Isle, Maine, with Pete and Rusty Knight. Sailing around Penobscott Bay with them in their lively sailboat can be a stimulating experience, requiring all hands to shift their weight to the windward side whenever a strong breeze comes along. It is interesting to note that three of the four Knight kids have established vacation homes there on Deer Isle, the ancestral home of Pete's father. Ben Ezra.

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