1938

Gene Waggaman reports on his latest venture into the literary world, coauthoring "Business/Management of General Consumer Magazines," second edition. On the dust jacket: "Eugene Sauve Waggaman Jr. is associate director, advertising, at Newsweek. Previously, Mr. Waggaman was the general manager for Motor Boating andSailing and guided the advertising and promotion of the Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Advertising Bureau as well as MacFadden, Inc. He has authored a regular column for Motor Boating andSailing as well as numerous pieces for scholarly and trade journals, and was editor of The Horolovar 400 Day Clock Guide"; it's been called "an excellent resource for magazine professionals and journalism school students."

Robb Kelley called asking for the dates of this fall's mini-reunion in order to clear his calendar for our get-together. An excellent idea, Robb and Win, and one I hope will be duplicated by many more classmates. The dates: September 26, 27, and 28!

Ace reporter Jim Cotter reports from Tempe, Ariz., that Marsh Land, a new resident of Longboat Key, Fla., 2721 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is slowly getting in shape for golf after a successful hip operation. Jim also received a call from WillieThomas's wife saying that our "Larry Bird" is now in the Village Green Nursing Home, 2932 Number 14th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008. Old number "3" would love to hear from you all.

Dick Sherwin and I journeyed to Hanover last February for lunch with TedThome and Johnny Scotford to plan for our 50th yearbook. Scotty and Dick will handle design aspects, and Ted will write the class history. Gene Waggaman will edit, and Francis is the gatherer of information from you all. This is quite a group and one that will provide a great book! Ted indicated that "to withstand the pace of life in Wilder (Vermont, that is) I spend a lot of time at North Conway, Colebrook, and Pittsburgh."

And now "Do You Remember?" From the 1934-1935 Dartmouth Handbook: "Hoppy" wrote, "There is almost no limitation which the College feels bound to place upon the hopes with which it welcomes each new Freshman Class, for the potentiality of such a group as enters Dartmouth College each year is beyond any estimate. Each year we have the memory of fine classes which have gone before to fix the standards of what the new class needs to be to maintain the reputation which the College has required. Each year likewise, we look to the new class for the talent and the disposition which shall enable the College to conform to its highest standards even more closely than ever before, and every once in a while, and not infrequently such a class develops. I think I speak for all Men of Dartmouth, both alumni and undergraduates, when I say that there is a fundamental desire that the Class of 1938 shall prove such a class. It is with the desire for complete fulfillment on the part of the class that the challenge is issued. The College eagerly awaits the response of the class of 1938, and meanwhile welcomes it to all that Dartmouth has been and is, as well as to what she may be." We accepted and met the challenge! We are the AMAZING CLASS OF 1938. We dared to be different!

Take a moment to reflect on these excerpts from selected classmates during Class Day and graduation exercises. Merrill Davis: "The realization that Dartmouth gives to its men something, something that cannot be purchased along with a liberal arts education or a professional training, has slowly come upon us as these four years have been drawing to a close. . . . College spirit is a trite and overworked phrase, yet this instilled by Dartmouth is a college spirit, but one so different that it can only be classified as the Dartmouth Spirit." CarlVon Pechmann: "I am no poet. If I were, I might be able to put into words how we of 1938 have felt these few days. I might be able to make you feel how we feel, for our love for Dartmouth is exceeded only by man's love for women and for his creator. 'Dartmouth Undying' is not the name of a song merely. It is the echo of our solemn devotion to a home and a spirit that often grows boisterous, and yet which underneath rests on a profound and lasting affection." John Cutler: "We will fulfill our duties as Dartmouth graduates and measure up to the spirit of loyalty that forever blooms fresh and lovely in the tradition of the Old Pine."

Adios, amigos! It has been fun! Bob Ross now takes over, with his initial column appearing in the next issue. Your input is absolutely required to prepare an interesting and newsworthy column, so send what ever you have or will have to Robert at Box D-2, Waterford, ME 04088.

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