1951

The calendar has January 1 as the beginning of the year, and many businesses have other dates to mark new starts. But all of us—who spent many intense years getting to and getting through college(s)—continue to feel that fall is the season of starting anew: new courses, new teachers, new friends, new teammates, new resolves. This September witnesses two news starts of significance: one administrative, one athletic, but both academic in the Dartmouth way of thinking. We expect that both James Freedman and Buddy Teevens '79 will make important and lasting contributions to that indefinable "Dartmouth spirit." Perhaps it is through its sports programs that such a spirit is most easily assessed. Teevens's comments indicate his understanding of the place of athletics at Dartmouth, where these contests are viewed not just as ends in themselves but as preparations for the tests of spirit and character which confront the individual after the sports of youth are ended. James Freedman, though a newcomer to Hanover, is no stranger to the demands of academic excellence. His contributions to the "Dartmouth spirit" may be more difficult to assess, however, for they will not be demonstrated on successive Saturday afternoons. We alumni should not be too quick to judge either of them as they will undoubtedly have goals other than merely winning or finding a temporary remedy for a difficult problem. We welcome both to Dartmouth.

John Clayton has made arrangements for our class to become more acquainted with the new president (if not the new coach) at the upcoming Dartmouth-Harvard game weekend in Boston/Cambridge on October 16-18. Rooms for 'sls may still be available at the Boston Marriott Copley Plaza Hotel. For last-minute information, call John in Hingham at 617/749-3066.

And don't forget our class mini-reunion in Hanover on the weekend of the Dartmouth-Yale game, October 30-November 1. Friday night is Dartmouth Night, which last year featured a 91-tier football rally bonfire. Over 100 of us, including family and friends, attended a year ago.

And speaking of great attendance: at the Class Officers Weekend on May 1-3, well over 500 attended. As usual, the College organized a full agenda of meetings. And on Sunday Mike Choukas conducted a bird walk at 7:00 a.m.

Late on Saturday afternoon of that weekend, your class officers Bob, Howie, Jake,Jack, Batch, and Bill, met in one of the Reed Hall classrooms to discuss (but not to determine) class finances, special class projects, mini-reunions, and a possible class survey questionnaire. If you wish to have a say in any of these matters, drop any one of us a line. That evening, the following met at Jesse's Restaurant on the Lebanon Road: Dave Batchelder, Howie Read, Bob Hopkins, Jack Giegerich, Jake and Susan Livingston, Mike and Nita Choukas, Al andDottie Mori, Dave and Linda McDonough, and your secretary. Joining us was Sally Prescott, the assistant director of Alumni Affairs.

BITS AND PIECES: A June reunion of the class of 1947 at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H., brought together four of the 17 from that school who enrolled at Dartmouth in the fall of that year: HarryBerwick, from Needham, who has been with Loomis-Sayles Investment Bankers for 26 years in their research department; JohnPer-Lee, from Atlanta, who is an ear-nose-throat specialist and who teaches at Emory University; Batch, from Salisbury, Conn., builder of houses and newsletters; and BillBoynton, from Holyoke, teacher and sometime barrell-maker. Phone calls to other KUA '47s produced this information: DougJohnston is now in insurance in Tennessee; and Jerry Lindsay is now in financial services in Bellevue, Wash. Incidentally, Jerry wants to know where Craig Murphy is and what he is doing. So do a lot of the rest of us!

Wes Blake's father, Wes '24, offers this news about one of the most enduring out doorsmen of our class: Wes is a glaciologist for the Geological Survey of Canada, for whom he does extensive field work on Ellesmere Island and Greenland, usually in the late spring. This year, in addition, he was a visiting lecturer in Scandinavia and Europe and did research on Svalbard.

Jim Tobin, of Columbus, Ohio, has been reported as being considered as chairman of the SEC. Jim has specialized in securities law and has helped draft take-over legislation in Ohio.

That Jock McDonald '87 on the April cover of the DAM and author of the feature article is indeed Sandy McDonald's son.

Take care, all of you, and please keep in touch.

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