1936

As memories of our glorious 50th slowly slip onto an historic dusty shelf and our thoughts and hopes look forward to Joe Cunningham's inspiring '36 v 55 z 1991 reunion we are inundated with 50th anniversary celebrations, commemoratives, and occasions calling for rejoicing, reflections, and remembrances.

As such, I received a letter from Jack Littie '40 describing an awards dinner held in May by the Westhampton Writers Festival on Long Island, New York, honoring Budd Shulberg. I quote:

"Bud, turned 75 recently, is the author of What Makes Sammy Run, soon to be republished in a 50th anniversary edition . . . and the screenplay for the Academy Award winning "On the Waterfront," one of the ten best American films ever made. Other of his works of fiction and non-fiction include A Face in the Crowd, The Disenchanted,The Harder They Fall, and Moving Pictures.

"Not so well known are Budd's contributions to social causes. Following a trip to riot-torn Watts in the mid-sixties with his friend, Robert Kennedy, Budd conceived the idea and founded the Watts Writers Workshop to encourage writers and poets from the black ghetto. This led to his founding and becoming the first chairman of the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center in New York which has helped bring out the talents of an astonishing number of black writers and artists.

"Some of the luminaries paying tribute to Budd at the party were Howard Cosell, Wilfred Sheed, Tom Glazer, Jo Sullivan, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Betty Freidan, Pete Hamili, Robert Parrish, and Jerry Cooney. Besides being famous, Budd is a wonderful person, warm, reserved, determined, who is beloved by many good friends . . .

"I'm sure, too, that somewhere in heaven Prof. Sidney Cox—whom many of us in Budd's era considered the best creative writing teacher of all time is beaming at the success of one of his outstanding students!" At a recent meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod I lunched with Henryand Connie Mascarella, who survived the ugly winter of Cape Cod with great resilience, and Charlie and Faith Brooks, who are looking for a busy summer on the friendly waters of Nantucket Sound. The annual dinner of this group was held on June 13 at the Daniel Webster Inn (appropriately) with an overflow crowd of alumni, wives, and guests welcoming George Munroe '43, chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Ray and Jerri Builter are deserting the family confines of Fairfield, Conn., and plan to have a new address at The Plantation's in Venice, Fla., later this fall. Frank andGerry Kappler hope they can extricate their roots from Ardsley-on-the-Hudson and settle in a new home in Fearington, N.C., without missing a single issue of Tithe.

Amongst the envious travel reports, Miltand Marge Johnston are just now returning from a great trip down the Rhine with their New Canaan-church choir. They participated in a strenuous concert program followed by time in Salzburg, Vienna, and London.

And congratulations to Boyce Price (and, I'm sure, also, to his patient and suffering wife, Betty) on his successful conclusion as president of the Dartmouth Club of southeastern Connecticut. For anyone in our age group such a responsibility is quite a challenge. We have a realistic nostalgia, a deep pain for the current problems, and yet a never-diminishing hope for the future, Quite a challenge, yes, but Boyce never flinchedi

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