1957

Bob Macdonald celebrated his 54th birthday in March by hosting lunch in Cambridge for Adam Block, John Donnelly, Dan Goggin, and George Johnston. Why at the Harvard Club? Because Bob graduated from their B School (with Frank Lorenzo, among others). Conversation around the table was almost exclusively about Dartmouth, which must have driven the one non-Dartmouth person among us to consume a few extra macaroons. George later remarked there had been five guys talking and no one listening, so every topic that came up managed to stay unresolved. (That might qualify us to offer our services to the Trustees.) The recent death of his younger brother contributed significantly to Bob's initiative in arranging the get-together. As part of his reaction, Bob resolved to stop deferring things he considers important, like seeing more of his Dartmouth classmates; and we all might take a cue from that insight.

The Maritime Museum in Norwalk, Conn., was the inspired location for a College Glee Club concert in mid-March. Each of the three musical sets was performed in a different area of the museum, such as in front of the aquarium tank. The event's movable quality made for easy access to drinks and hors d'oeuvres and facilitated visiting with both the Glee Club members and alumni. Gittan and Adam Block, Sue andDick Burch, and Ann and Bill Edgerton attended.

Dave Roush thinks he's one of the few people to have left California voluntarily.In warm seasons he now lives in Wyoming, where he does a lot of fishing and is heavily involved with the Grand Teton Music Festival. In cold months he lives in Phoenix, where the nationwide trucking company he founded is headquartered. Chairman Dave hasn't driven an 18-wheeler for many years, but he can. He says there are ex-lawyers, ex-MDs, and guys with assorted doctorates driving trucks, so his skill may not be all that surprising.

As for doctorates, Herb Schneidau is using the one he obtained at Princeton in a more conventional way. After stints at several other institutions, he is now teaching English at the University of Arizona. Herb's specialties are modern writers, particularly Ezra Pound and James Joyce, and the Bible. His recent book, Sacred Discontent, argues that few people realize how much contemporary life has been influenced by the Bible, quite apart from its obvious religious applications. "In this sense, I'm an opponent of such people as Allan Bloom, who think Plato is the answer to everything." Herb mentioned, "There are classmates

I'm curious about, but they never seem to be in your columns." He gave me some names that I'll try to track down; and if any others of you have similar requests, let me know. When we got on the subject of computers, Herb told me, "I always thought the world was divided into those who hate figures and those who don't." He then said, "The world is also divided into those who think the world is divided and those who don't." So much for the charge that Dartmouth graduates lack an intellectual orientation.

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