1939

We find it particularly difficult facing a July 15 deadline for the September publication of these notes, although as we confront our Apple lie we note that it is cold enough to be a fall day. Speaking of fall, it is entirely possible that you will read these words in good enough time to join the class festivities commencing October 3 in Baltimore. A class executive committee meeting will be held in the Hyatt Hotel over cocktails immediately preceding the pre-Navy game College-sponsored banquet in the same hotel. Saturday a.m. most of the group will board ship for a three-hour cruise to Annapolis complete with breakfast. This is followed by lunch in a Green-striped tent at the stadium, the game, and a return cruise (with dinner and dancing) to Baltimore. We think this reminder might be particularly appropriate to classmates who live in the Balti- more-Washington area and might have in mind seeing the Navy game. You'll enjoy it more in the bosom of fellow '39ers. So you still have time to act and join the crowd. If you need any help call or write Andy Ruoff, 11303 Hunt Farm Ln., Oakton, Va., 22124-1202, 703/620-0835.

We are saddened to report the deaths of Eliot Reynolds and Don Bridge since our last report. Eliot died of cancer on April 15, and Don of heart problems on May 3. (Obituaries in this or a later issue.)

On a more cheerful note, this past June the class was well-represented in the Dartmouth group tour of Alaska. BetsyWyman-Emmons, Bill and RobileeTomkins, and Joe and Carol Hoover made up the contingent.

A note from Bill Kent in Sea Island, Ga., suggests that he keeps busy either on the golf links or administrating golf tournaments throughout the world. He has enjoyed the association with many fine and interesting people, all of whom are brought together by their interest in and love of a game. Winter visitors coming through Sea Island were the BobCushmans in January, Endy Smiths in March, Junie Merriams through April, as well as a surprise meeting with Lou Oldershaw, also in April.

Bill Risley writes that he will not be on hand for any mini-reunions this fall as he and Gina will be on a long-postponed trip to Europe through September and October.

In answer to a birthday greeting, ChuckFarnum gave us a brief run-down on his busy career. "After Dartmouth I was graduated from Northwestern Medical School followed by a residency in internal medicine in Chicago. After army service, I returned to Peoria in 1947 and practiced solo medicine until 1974, when I changed careers and acted as medical director of one of our Peoria hospitals. I retired in early '85, and consequently we spent four delightful months on Sanibel Island, Fla., this past winter."

On May 30 Math and I sadly journeyed up to Burlington, Vt., for the funeral of George and Ginny Neiley's eldest daughter, Cynthia Hyde, who had lost a protracted and courageous battle with cancer. It entailed an extraordinary outpouring of Cynthia's legion of friends with as many on the church lawn as filled the church to say goodbye to an extraordinary young lady. We ran into Zeke Hill who also attended.

We have been privy to a lively bit of correspondence between John Page and President McLaughlin relative to the Indian symbol. John's point is that the tale oft circulated from Hanover that a Boston sportswriter (Bill Cunningham) originated the Indian symbol of Dartmouth in the 1920s is "hoogwash." As proof positive, John enclosed a copy of the"D" certificate that his dad earned in baseball in 1906 with the familiar Indian brave depicted on said certificate, the same that appears on the recently distributed '39 class tie. President McLaughlin suggests that he suspects that the Indian symbol was used for athletic purposes before the turn of the 20th century, as he has found some old programs which employ the use of Indian heads and tepees in connection with sports contests.

Doug Beasley was elected president of the very active Cape Cod Dartmouth Club this past spring, an organization that is well-represented with '39ers.

As an excellent incentive to put us in the mood for this column we report that last evening and this very noon we have broken bread with Buzz and Janie Waters. They were weekending with Janie's kid sister, Marg White, and husband, in nearby Kittery Point, Maine. Buzz recounted tales of their trip to Spain and Portugal this past fall in the company of the peripatetic Bob and Cocky Davidson. The Waters are planning to make the Annapolis outing in October.

See you in Baltimore on the 3rd!

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