1936

As I settle down to prepare this column, the weather is far more in keeping with what we should expect at the time of Dartmouth Night Weekend, which this year will be the Yale game, November 1 and 2. But eventually the two rival lowpressure scoundrels will move on out into the Atlantic, and we can start to make plans for the fall mini. Closing date for tickets for the Yale game is October 11. Can't say when we will get class seats on the 50-yard line, but I must report that this year, in the Friday night torchlight parade, the class of '36 gets to ride on the fire engines. Bob Fernald and Barry Sullivan will fill you in on housing accommodations and other highlights of the weekend.

Before worrying about Dartmouth Night reservations, have you sent your 50th yearbook biography, photo, and statistical survey to Boyce Price? The deadline is NOW, and if Boyce hasn't heard from you by now, your claim to fame in the rolls of the class of 1936 may be but a single line. Call Boyce, call Federal Express act NOW!

July marked the retirement of Dr. Thomas M. Monagan, pediatrician. After 38 years of caring for many, many Waterbury, Conn., youngsters, Dr. Tom just wants to lean back and relax for a while, after which, he says, he might even go to night school and take up carpentry. One thing for certain, what with ten daughters and two sons he should never run out of grandchildren to spoil.

For many years, Dr. Joseph N. Schaeffer kept busy in the field of rehabilitation at Wayne State University's College of Medicine in Detroit, Mich., and as director of Rehabilitation Hospital. In 1980 Joe and his wife, Jane, retired to their summer home on Sugar Island, a 54-square mile piece of property on the United States-Canadian border just a few miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Here they set out to build "St. Luke's on the Trail," the only Episcopalian Chapel within a 50mile radius. The project is very much a family affair; a daughter and son-in-law, the architects; land donated by the Schaeffers; and lumber milled from oak and pine trees cut when the land was cleared. Both Joe and Jane are licensed lay-readers and have for some time conducted Sunday services in their home for a handful of their fellow church people year round. Horace Huffman (retired chairman of the Huffy Corporation, world's largest manufacturer of bicycles) had visited the Schaeffers from time to time and became excited about their dream of having their own chapel and is now busy raising money for the project from his summer home in nearby Harbor Springs.

No date as yet has been set for the first services, but the Schaeffers and Huffmans would be happy to see any '36 classmates who may be in the area. Come to think of it-right now the foliage should be turning and the view from the picture window inspirational.

Another classmate who took his major in botany and his DOC training to make a "home on the range" is Alan A. Beetle. A1 is professor emeritus of range management from the University of Wyoming and recently received the Frederick G. Renner award from the International Society for Range Management (SRM). The award is for "exceptional accomplish- ments and contributions to range management," which culminated in a fourvolume publication, Grasses of Mexico. A1 is responsible for establishing range-management teaching, research, and extension programs at the University of Wyoming. He developed the Beetle Herbarium, one of the nation's best grass collections, with more than 10,800 specimens from throughout the world. His discoveries revolutionized how scientists evaluate the condition and usefulness of rangelands dominated by big sagebrush. His publication Grasses of Wyoming is considered to be one of the most complete and widely used documents of its kind.

The annual meeting of the Cape Cod Dartmouth Alumni Club was held at the Wychmere Harbor Cub in Harwichport late in June. More than 200 strong turned out to cheer President McLaughlin and welcome in the summer. Members of '36 included Henry and Connie Mascarello,Charlie Brooks, and Walter and MarnieMosenthal. June and I had the pleasure of sitting next to adopted classmate Marion Bratesman, very much the guiding light behind the success of Hopkins Center (see Alumni Magazine, May '85, "Wearers of the Green"). She had only the kindest praise for Frank Kappler, tireless editor of "Tithe." Frank is now filling in some of his spare time by assisting in preparing a commemorative for Life magazine's 50th birthday.

The "girdled earth" syndrome shows up everywhere. Ray and Jerri Builter visited the Hills on the Cape recently and were enjoying a sail around Popponesset and Coutuit Harbors in a friend's 22-foot MacGregor Voyager. Coming down a tricky channel under power the motor conked out, leaving the MacGregor to drift helplessly onto shore or into any of a hundred or so Sunday pleasure craft. Suddenly, who should appear but JoeMillimet and his trusty Boston Whaler to give us a tow out of the congested waters. You never can tell when a good lawyer may come in handy. Thank you again, Joe.

As 1 wind up this volume, the fair weather highs have taken over, the dahlias are about to bloom, and the Alumni Office has sent out another survey. I hope you will have enjoyed the summer and have returned the survey to Hanover.

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