1961

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The class of 1961 is this year's winner of the James B. Reynolds Trophy as the top non-reunion class, as our class raised a nonreunion Dartmouth record of $260,814. Congratulations to head agent Bill Shure, his campaign committee, the class agents, and the contributors. The trophy was to be presented on September 18 in Hanover, reports Henry Eberhardt, who, of course, is Alumni Fund director.

And congratulations to Ron Boss and to Henry for leading a campaign that raised a record $12 million.

1961 Fellows Chair Bob Vincent writes that this year's 1961 Fellows Program "was a great success. The topic was 'lmplementing Public Policy: The Legacy of the Reagan Era and American State and Local Politics.' Sam Bell and Ross Sandler were a wonderful choice for the Class Fellows. Their lectures, informal talks, and meetings with students, faculty, and college guests were highly acclaimed. Both Sam and Ross have a warm, easy style and the various audiences were fascinated with the presentations. Sam, as chairman of the appropriations committee and designated Speaker of the House of Representatives of Florida, had enough material to lecture for an entire semester.

"For anyone who had either lived in New York City or been to New York City, Ross's description of the political problems he has faced in seeking to make headway with the transportation problems in New York was the stuff that provides grist for stories for years to come."

Bob Vincent made the,trip to Hanover himself, introduced Sam and Ross, wrote press releases, and did everything he could to make sure the visit was smooth. The group gave a public lecture in Hinman Forum at Rockefeller Center, and also appeared before Prof. Frank Smallwood's urban politics class and Prof. Dick Brooks's environmental studies class in environmental law.

Reminder: It's time for the trip to Hanover for mini-reunion. The dates: October 30 to November 1, but if you can't come up for the weekend and live in the northeast, why not drive up for the day, and join us for the football game and class dinner? Come in costume, if you dare.

Shakespeare Scholar: Edwin Toothaker is devoting much of his life these days to his conviction that William Shakespeare was a great philosopher in the tradition of Plato and Aristotle and not simply the world's greatest English-speaking dramatist and poet.

Toothaker was the subject of a full-page profile in the Green Valley (Ariz.) News/Sun this past spring, arguing that Shakespeare the philosopher has profound implications for contemporary man and modern institutions. But much of the article is devoted to the problems that Toothaker has had communicating his beliefs, including opposition from much of the academic world and rejection by publishers because his writing is "too intellectual."

"The problem is that the Shakespearean scholar has no training in philosophy," Toothaker told the Neivs/Sun. "Conversely, the professor of philosophy has no training in either the Elizabethan age itself or Shakespeare in particular. There is a hole, a gap in the history of philosophy by virtue of the elimination of the, Elizabethan era, a significant one."

There's more to his argument, of course, and I'm sending the whole article to BertRowley, so he can reproduce it in our class newsletter. Fascinating.

Finally, Henry and Laurie Eberhardt visited Ellis and Kathy Alden at their ranch in Geyserville, Calif, on June 5. "What a spread," commented Henry, who sent along a picture.