1941

From Osmun Skinner '28 comes word, as reported in the New York Times, of the death of Clem Costello, apparently on August 26, while vacationing in France. An obituary will follow in a subsequent issue of this Magazine.

More welcome is word from the College about Werner Neudorf, whose football playing for the Big Green led to a career of high school coaching and teaching for 31 years in the State of Washington. Capping honors received during the period, Werner was inducted into the Washington Football Coaches Hall of Fame at a banquet on July 29. The press reported his having "suffered a massive stroke last year," and Werner is quoted as saying that the award "will be like a new lease on life." And so it would appear from the smiling likeness in the accompanying press photo.

Other glad tidings include word from Dan Provost that he will pinch-hit to write these notes for next month's DAM, and a note from sometime roommate, Bob Griffeth, that he and Punkin were planning to head north from Dallas for a fall foliage trip wrapped around the October class reunion. Missing that myself, as previously mentioned, I hope to see Griff, as well as BruceBrown, heading east from San Fran, here in Albany. (If I can round up Tom Littlefield and Al Van Wie, we can have a mini-mini of our own.) From Don Hagen's sheet, I see Hank Maxwell quoted about having written to me, but that particular communication is, like some classmates, among the missing. (Regarding Don's critical editorializing about today's Dartmouth, a strong dissent from this quarter—and a wish that Don had attended class officers weekend in May so as to get a current feeling for the place at the place.) Not to be overlooked, by any means, is Steve Winship's "bequests and trusts" letter of August 13 enclosing a brochure with a charmingly old-fashioned black-and-white of Webster Hall

As I write on the 10th of September, what ho: the mail brings the month's DAM including '41 now and '41 then. I notice DickRanger's letter about symbols and reference to A1 Ferguson's examination of the liability crisis. On the same page as the latter, ready to keep 'em flying for the navy in WW II, a great picture of Brubaker, Crotty, Galbraith, Hughes, Lendo, Mauro, and Seel, as well as two from '42. So youthful, so ready-"the best and the brightest"-and soon there was no Pidge, no Johnny, no Bert, a poignant reminder that no class lost more lives to wartime service than did ours.

In the same mail, letter from Bob Harvey enclosing cutting about Rob Barstow's new book, Meet the Great Ones: An Introduction toWhales and Other Cetaceans. Bob, who chairs our memorial scholarship fund, writes of the ongoing process to select a new recipient, class of 1991, to replace our first 1941 Scholar, Raul Yanes '87. He reminds us that we can donate to the fund which stands at $40,000 and needs ten more to fulfill our pledge by adding some bucks when class dues are sent to Hugh Kenworthy. Peace and Joy.

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