1940

P.O. Box 336 Old Lyme, CT 06371

Dear Class: The thought for May is ... be glad your children have graduated and otherwise finished with college. The new figures are out and next year the total for tuition, room, and board goes to $18,199. Tuition alone is $13,335. Gulp.

Talked with Bill Chapin in March to learn that he is still enjoying tennis and poker (not necessarily in that order). Bill has finally finished his book about P.O.W. experiences in WW II. It will be out as soon as they decide on the title.

More phoned-in news. Bob arid CrosbieMacMillen were in Italy in January. Bob came home just in time to come down with pneumonia—but all is well now. He's has been helping with the forthcoming pre-reunion directory by checking names and nicknames. Said directory is even now at the printers and should be in the mail before too long.

Our various southern detachments have been sending "feelers" up our way to see if the temps are sufficiently high for their Florida-thinned blood.

Let me stop for a moment, in memory of two classmates who have left us: James M.Faulkner II and Charles V. Berry. Our sympathies go to their friends and families. Obituaries will appear in this or a subsequent issue.

Bob and Didi Gensel came North in April to check up on their home in Southold, N.Y. Their condo in Florida, we can report, is in a lovely spot on North Hutchinson Island.

Moving to Louisville for a moment, we have a nice note from Pres Joyes. Pres and Adele have two daughters-one in Ithaca, N.Y., married to a veterinarian at Cornell, and the other in Santa Maria, Calif., married to a rancher and vineyard owner. Two grandchildren thus far. Pres and Adele spend summers up in Michigan . . . not far from Bill Wotherspoon. Pres puts in volunteer time on committees and boards and spends time on his farm. We hope to see him at the 50th!

A February note from Dick Babcock finds him in Tallahassee as a visiting professor at Florida State University. Although retired from his law firm of many years, Dick enjoys carrying the message on land-use law as a visiting professor to many universities—as we reported in the March issue.

Hopkins Center honored Walt Bernstein this past February. He was in Hanover to introduce his Woody Allen hit of 1975, TheFront, and to preview his newest film TheHouse on Carroll Street, which has since been released nationally. Both films recall experiences during the black days of McCarthyism.

Jack Fitzgerald sent on an interesting note from the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. Jack participated in a recent reception honoring the society's collection of prints on exhibit at Boston University. Jack and Alice are fine and visited with Johnand Barbara McDonald at the reception.

That's it for this month, boys and girls, and hey! my news barrel is absolutely empty. Better get busy or face the alternative of re-runs!