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I attended "Dartmouth Horizons" October 4-6, a beautifully planned, tightly packed, many faceted, 40-hour immersion in Dartmouth College. Without propaganda, the program is a great upper, and would be an eye-opener even to the closed minds of the disaffected. Not surprisingly, I was the ancient one, the other 19 males and females ranging from '38 to '81, plus a fine selection of students, '91 to '93. One of our sessions was held in the 1930 Room, sometimes called the most useful room on campus.

Coincidentally, I arrived in Hanover just as the great "anti-hate" rally of October 4 ended, so was not among those 2,500 gathered on the Green to protest The Review's latest blast. "Horizons" gave us ample opportunity for discussion with undergraduates, who sounded largely anti-Review.

Mini-reunion the following weekend, as reported in the Thirtyteer, attracted about 40 of the faithful. Whereas last year's attendance of 79 was an enthusiastic warmup for our record-breaking 60th, the tapering-off process was apparent this year.

Notable absences among the regulars included the Mclnneses, following their recent move; Fred Scribner, attending a client's funeral; Pete Callaway, awaiting a re-op on a botched hip replacement; the Durgins, with Win having surgery following a recent heart attack; Barbara Condon, horse-sitting; Libby Davis, attending a Wellesley reunion; the O'Brions, with Bill recovering from surgery; John Tiedtke, with conflicting dates; the Alcorns and Haffenreffers; and numerous sun-belters, too soon, too far, and too late in the year. Les Godwin was reported in Hanover but missing in Woodstock. Missing also was the Bema lunch, which got thoroughly rained out for the first time in years.

On October 1 late Representative BobMcClory was warmly honored by his former House colleagues in a bill naming the U.S. Postal facility in Carpenterville, I11., as the "Robert McClory Post Office Building." Extensive remarks by Congressmen McCloskey, Gilman, Hastert, Porter, Smith of Texas, Hyde, Crane, Annunzio, Roe, and Dreier paid great tribute to Bob's 20 years of distinguished, non-partisan public service, including his leadership in the Nixon impeachment hearings. Several mentioned Bob's "very lovely and charming wife, Doris" not Congressional hyperbole!

Robert M. Marr, 318 Los Rincones, Green Valley, AZ 85614-2937