1921

Every day on page one of all newspapers we read about terrorism and its destructive influence on this country. Let's not forget that in 1816 Adm. Stephen Decatur ended the aggression of the Algerians, at which time he wrote: "Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong."

From Marion Folger we learn that she is enjoying the good news that comes from her grandchildren. Peter majored in geology at Dartmouth and is now in his second year of graduate study at Montana University. He was with a geological survey group from Denver working in Alaska in the summer of 1983 and 1984.

Susan was in Russia during 1983 for three months at Moscow University. Then with a girlfriend, she toured Europe for three months. When she returned home, she took exams at New York University at Albany and obtained her M. A. in Russian. Now she must work for a year before going back to college for her Ph.D.

David, their dad, D '53, has been on a project this past year examining the results of the hydrogen bomb which was exploded on Eniwetok 20 years ago a part of the Marshall Islands. Recently a TV report said that the natives won't be allowed to return to the island until three feet of topsoil is removed and the whole island is replanted. Congress must vote the money but when?

An item that should not have been misplaced this past summer came to light at year's end. I must record it in our notes because Martha and Warren Ege did so much for the class and the College. When you graduated and needed legal help in Washington, Warren was always there to help (how well I know).

At the end of July, Martha spent several days at the Hanover Inn. She visited the Hybridome Facility (gift of Martha and Warren), had lunch with Ort and Lois Hicks and Dr. McCollum of the Medical School, and wound up her visit with a party at the Faculty Club for Pat Ling, who was leaving for Philadelphia. It was a happy trip.

The opening paragraph expresses my concern with our republic, but please read how Lord Byron expressed his concern: "A thousand years scarce serve to form a State: An hour may lay it in the dust."

Did he have a premonition of the nuclear age?

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