1930

On August 7, just too late for October's notes, I enjoyed a Sunday brunch with Art Behal, who was here visiting a sick sister. Art looks fine, and says he is, except for two very arthritic hands. He still owns his seat on the Amex but leases it out, so doesn't quite qualify as a Working Thirty. Because his hands could no longer handle a rope he had to give up sailing, his first love, but he plays golf several days a week, with clubs that have special fat grips. Sylvia had a stroke last year but is getting along well, though with, as Hub Christman says, "a few residuals." Art says he's coming to the 60th.

Thanks to Chicago Watchdog Alex Harroun, I have obituaries from the Chicago Tribune about Mickey Emrich and BobMcGlory, but as usual no word about himself. At least we know he's still among us.

A tip of the hat to Messrs. Wolf, Kohn, and Callaway for their letters in the DAM Summer issue. Also to Lucy Briggs of Hanover, whose father, the late Ellis '21, I once knew as a very capable, spicy, and notably outspoken U.S. ambassador.

And a tip of all my hats to S. (for Sir) Avery Raube, who is retiring with great distinction from the job of 1930's Head Class Agent. Historically, only one other class ever had one year of 100 percent participation. Ave made that goal three years in a row and missed a fourth, this year, by one percentage point, representing two noncontributing members of this otherwise great class.

The mail brought a 1955 Dartmouth Coop catalog, providing interesting comparisons with the 1988 version. Like: Dartmouth T-shirts, then $1.25, now $12. Sweatshirts, then $2.50 (with Indian head), now $25 (with seal). Highball glasses, then $7 a dozen, now $3.75 each. Pilsners $9 a dozen, now $6 each. Indian glasses, then $6 a dozen, now none. To 1988 prices add shipping; in 1955 it was included.

Sorry I couldn't dig up more news, being preoccupied since mid-July with domesticity and an ailing spouse. Day before yesterday they removed a malignant tumor. Today, despite a network of incoming and outgoing tubes, she looks better. The prognosis is good.

Robert M.Marr, Box 96, Green Valley, AZ 85622