1932

The deadline for this column seems to arrive with inexorable regularity; this time it coincides with the "Ides of April," i.e. IRS day. So, spring is here, along with frustrated robins who are seeking worms through a fresh blanket of snow which will melt as the day progresses.

But all was not snow and ice for Sally and me as we joined an Alumni College journey "To the Land of the Mayas" aboard the fabulous four-masted, squarerigged barque Sea Cloud from Cancun, Mexico, to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, and return. Dartmouth professors Noel Perrin and Marysa Navarro enriched the voyage with stimulating lectures about the early days before the mast, and about the Mayan civilizations as they rose and fell, leaving great pyramids and temples in what is now the jungle of Yucatan.

While we were in Florida before this cruise, Jim and Amy Corbett hosted a luncheon in their beautiful new home in Sarasota. The Bob Reinhardts shared this fine luncheon with us. Bob has accepted the challenge of raising 1932's 55th reunion gift to the College. Later, we stayed with reunion chairpersons Whip andAdie Walser in North Hollywood in their most interesting home, which, along with its comfort and charm, is a museum of objects collected in their years of travel to practically every place you can think of. We saw Marv and Carmen Chandler at their apartment (or condo) in Tequesta. This overlooks the ocean and the line of blue in the distance, which is the Gulf Stream, not to mention the beach where Marv has become an expert and successful fisherman, to the delight of his many friends and neighbors.

A note and pictures came from Bo andGina Wentworth, who had also enjoyed the Corbetts' hospitality along with the AlZinglers, the Dan Gages, and Jack Morris. The Wentworths sent another photo, taken in Naples, showing the Joe Byrams and the Bill Allyns. They also had spent a fine evening with the Jack Whitcombs in Naples.

Art and Dobbie Allen attended the annual reunion of D.E. skippers at Oahu, where they were taken aboard one of the new and vastly different warships from the World War II models, such as Art had commanded in the Pacific for many months. Following this reunion, they joined a cruise through those South Pacific waters from Fiji to New Guinea. To their surprise and pleasure, Pete andRusty Knight were also aboard this cruise.

Francis and Sonny Savage attended a symposium at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn. It was sponsored by two Connecticut alumni associations and featured lectures by Dartmouth professors Jere Daniell and Robert McGrath. They lectured on the history of that famous sailing port and on the art contemporary with those days of sail and whale.

John Zimmerman, who has been interested in and involved in the restoration of the Mystic Seaport, had been instrumental (or at least partly responsible) for bringing this event to Mystic. While attending these lectures, the Savages stayed with John and Alice in nearby Stonington.

Dr. Robert Dickey has retired from the Geisinger Medical Center and its clinical research and educational programs. The announcement stated: "Dr. Dickey has been a guiding force in the development of the Geisinger Medical Center." In a fine tribute, Dr. Frederick Jones, chairman of the department of medicine at the center, added: "Dr. Dickey is one of that surprisingly rare breed who are utterly at home with human beings."

We have just been informed of the death of Joseph Slattery in Florida on February 25, after a long illness. To his wife, Loraine, and his sons, Vincent '59 and Donald, our class extends its deepest sympathy. A more complete obituary will appear in that section.

There is still time to make Harry Rowe happy. He has worked so hard as our class agent; he deserves our support. Ben Ezra.

Robert E. Ackerberg '32 was one of two alumni named Class Newsletter Editor of the Year. A lawyer by profession, he has been active in church and community af- fairs and has been secretary of the Chi- cago Dartmouth Club and class agent and head agent. "You always manage in each of your letters, with your good humor and wisdom and a blend of nostalgia and masterful common sense, to calm the troubled waters" brought on by class- mates with "vocal and irrevocable convic- tions," said the citation.

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