1935

Keeping the door open for last minute responses to my "yearbook" questionnaires leaves me in a time bind, so this will be a bit disjointed. With what I consider a disappointing response (about 30 percent) to the initial mailing, the prospect of a plain vanilla yearbook with only about 100 listings raises serious doubts as to its interest value. I'll see what two more mailings bring forth, and then decide whether to proceed further or forget it.

Meanwhile, I have some interesting column material in the form of gleanings from the responses received, in addition to a couple of communications received in the normal course of events.

A green card from Saul Deitel advises of a tough summer following quadruple bypass surgery plus complications, but an apparently successful recovery. Also on the mend is our good Alumni Fund chairman, FredRaymond, who is counting on a substantial increase in our 55 th year contributions above the normal annual gifts. Fred enclosed a clipping from a Carmel (Calif.) paper showing a happy and handsome BillGahagan celebrating his 50th anniversary with bride Lorna, along with a photo taken on their wedding day in 1939.

Ralph Specht reports hosting a picnic luncheon for Alison and Joe Fellows, along with the Koehlers, Moultons, Richters, Websters, and Al Ritchie. Trudie and Ralph will be off on a cruise to the Orient next spring.

Gleanings from some of the "yearbook" responses: Jack Au Werter, just back from Russia ("great") "still begging" for college, school, and church; Ofay Allen, recently retired from law practice, "enjoying living—never sick or lonesome"; Harry Ackerman, still working in television and now fully recovered from throat cancer, "I greatly fear President Bush is going to prove to be a too-little too-late President"; EarlArthurs, semi-retired, "same size and weight as when I graduated," and opining "Dartmouth appears to be moving along stronger than ever"; Reg Bankart, getting to Hanover four or five times a year and finding that "the closer the contact I have, the better I understand what's going on and the more willing I am to support it even though I may not approve of everything"; Bill Blakeslee, suggesting we "stop coddling prisoners, and trying to be Big Brother to all people"; and Bob Bonner, retired to Hawaii from surgery practice in Connecticut, whose "greatest concern is with pseudo-intellectuals who teach youth the far left doctrines of hate, racism, and godlessness."

That's all for now—more "gleanings" next month. Peace and love to y'all—all y'all.

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