1950

Midsummer is hardly the time to invoke the Spirit of the North. But such are deadlines.

In our day the faculty kept secret the splendor of New England summers. Lingering cooling twilights follow lazy hot days. Nights break early in misty dawns. Visit Hanover both to see what we missed and to enjoy a special type of vacation. Summer Carnival, a study in contrasts.

Then the air turns crisp, the elms yellow. September comes with another freshman class, the 40th since we as callow youths first wandered over the campus. The years slip past.

The finals are in, and the results are disappointing, on two counts. First, the College missed its Alumni Fund goal by more than $600,000 or 5.2 percent. The shortfall means that the belt will be even tighter next year to keep costs on a level with income. If the trend continues and scholarship funds become scarce, some qualified students will be unable to attend Dartmouth in the future.

Second, the class fared no better, despite heroic efforts by our head agent. Seeking a better record, Ed Tuck dedicated his spring to the task. He convinced 408 classmates to contribute; but, we regret to say, more than 200 stayed on the sidelines again this year. So the class fell short of its goal by $1,200. The deficit is even larger when compared to oversubscriptions in the past.

Gridiron gleanings: no stars are evident. No cannon-armed quarterback, no sticky-fingered ends, no elusive runners, no spectacular defenders. The team will have goals: to win a non-Ivy game; to forge at least a .600 record. Penn, Harvard, and Yale are front-runners for the title, and there is little room left at the top. A win over Princeton is essential.

Final comments (here) on the Indian symbol. The March column elicited six responses: four for the symbol, one neutral, one opposed. The majority is hardly overwhelming. Boynton Merrill wrote from Kentucky, "I will speak out for the first time on this subject. I was deeply offended when a few stridently vocal people were able to destroy a noble Dartmouth tradition in 1972. Since then I have received a great many requests for money, which I have responded to as best I could; but not once, until now, was my opinion requested.... I have felt insulted and angry for 13 years and still do. Anyway, thanks for the chance to vote."

In a recent letter a Harvard alumnus, George Mac Donald, reflected, "HerbCarey was a lifelong, close friend of mine, and, in fact, we officiated high school football games together for the past 20 years. Herb was extremely popular and well liked by everyone. He dedicated his life to working with young people. He loved people; he loved sports, particularly football; and he especially loved Dartmouth College." George solicited funds for the Herbert W. Carey Scholarship Fund, Naumkeag Trust Company, c/o Sylvia Ward, 217 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a scholar/athlete from Marblehead High School. Remembering Herb is your choice.

Tidbits here and there: an entirely different life-style, but Parton Keese is still writing, tennis-ing, and watching football from the vantage point of California. After returning from a winter in Florida, my tennis-playing friends reported that Chipper Chapman fares well in retirement from UConn. Phil W. Brown is the first to say "see you at our 35th" in June 1986. Just north of San Francisco, BudMacDonald practices law in San Rafael. Dr. Arthur Lee has retired (involuntarily, for health reasons) and lives just west of his hometown, Atlantic City, which he prefers not to visit in its modern mode. A continuing advocate of the Athletic Spon- sor Program, Frank Harrington seeks ideas for spreading the word about the program. Property in Ross will go on the market if the rumor is true that Fritz Jewett is moving to "the fat end of Broadway," close to the Presidio in San Francisco.

It has been a long summer, and the other mail brought less cheerful news. Three classmates Robert Moore"Buzz" Burrill, Charles Robertson"Chink" Parr, and Charles Adrain "Charlie" Gardner passed away in recent months. In many ways each enriched us; we miss them.

This year's mini-reunion is Princeton weekend. The rallying point is The Sunset Inn on the Hanover Road in West Lebanon; it is just north of Wilder Dam. The whole weekend is planned for you, so come, even at the last minute. There is always room for one more, and there will be plenty of seats at the stadium. We'll see you there. Cheers.

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