1934

My first '34 conversation of the decade was with Dave Callaway, still in Darien. He lets someone else call the daily shots now, but continues to attend all the important meetings of his company, First of Michigan, as chairman of the board.

Our '34 chief is not running fast into the '90 she has to get used to that new knee but don't count on too much advantage on the tennis court. Jack Tobin knows how to hurdle barriers, and luckily has Bobbie there to handle his oddball requests.

The class of 1934 is indeed proud to learn of special gifts to Dartmouth in honor of classmates. We have mentioned others in the past. And by now many of you will have seen that smiling picture of another great couple inside a "Dartmouth Development Report." It announces the Alice W. andSamuel G. Carson '34 Scholarship Fund. Thanks to the five Carson progeny there will be a new Carson scholar in each class, with three now on campus. What a 50th anniversary for Sam and Alec!

Then there is the new William and MaryBarnet II Fund established by the Barnet family. Among other related things it will support the publication of papers from a conference in May at the College on "Hebrew and the Bible in Colonial America: Historical, Literary, and Theological Aspects." More about this later!

New York is a mighty big city, but a sudden glance can surprise. Why, there's our old (or should I say "long-time") friend standing on my Grand Central pathway: Jerry Danzig—looking ever like The Dartmouth editor in search of news. He says he misses Stan and Mabel Silverman, now moved down to Florida.

Not all encounters are upbeat. When in Washington I made a phone call to RuthWilson, Luke's widow, and learned she had a bad fall the day before at a Thanksgiving Day party, and later learned the sad news she did not recover.

Then on the train one day I saw a familiar name in The New York Times. Sadly it was in a report of the passing of Zelia, wife of Oscar Ruebhausen, at their retirement home in California. What a contributing life she had as a civic leader, relating to foreign affairs and community projects. Our sympathy both to Oscar and to the Wilson family.

Stay well! and enjoy your first spring of the new decade.

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