1935

Faced with the usual summertime drought in class- mate communication, I have elected to wax nostalgic for this issue, hoping that reviving forgotten memories will prove refreshing. To this end I have referred to the yellowed pages of 25- year-old Tear Bags (give or take a year).

Item: The Milburn McCarty Scholarship Fund drive exceeded its goal of $25,000 ana the first student recipient was enrolled in the class of '6B. I believe we have had nothing but good reports on the accomplishments of the six students who have since enjoyed the benefits of the Fund.

Item: Of the 16 men reported in attendance at a New York Alumni Fund banquet, 12 are still among us and ten are regulars at our Fall reunions!

Item: Eleanor AuWerter earned extensive press coverage of her one-woman war on the big snapping turtles that were decimating the duck population of the lake behind her home. Her best catch was an 18 pounder—she apparently never did snare the Big Daddy who was her personal Moby Dick.

Item: Lou Bookheim's scholarly research caught the College fathers in uncritical acceptance of an ancient error of interpretation. Correct translation: "A voice crieth: In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord." Let that be a lesson to all of us.

Item: 103 members of The Great Class were in the Century Club that helped produce a 1964 Alumni Fund of $1,625,000 against a goal of $ 1,500,000. Coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, The Great Class used 103 assistant agents to produce $35,000 against a class goal of $34,300 (with 89 percent participation).

So much for the ancient history. A few current items: Eleanor Smith reports the planting of a 30-foot red oak on campus in Dave's memory, in the triangle formed by the sidewalks in front of Thornton. She had a nice visit from our "peripatetic class ambassador, " Earl Arthurs, who continues to charm cruise partners on all seven seas, and associated tributaries. Rudy Pacht reports a phone conversation with Gus Davis, who sounded great. Also has a story to tell (later, I guess) of an encounter with Morris Heller's daughter Dona. And Sax Ziemen joined ten class members in Bud Cahoon's annual Cape Cod festival two salutes fired, the second for The Great Class's oldest member, "wherever he may be." Not me, boss!

That's it. Peace and love to y'all all y'all.

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