1937

Sam Dillon, our graduate student at the London School of Economics, joined the "Romance on the Seine" trip and wrote the journal of that 1937 class trip September 21 to October 2, 1990. Excerpts follow, while the complete journal will appear in the Mint-Bag.

Sam writes, "on Paris: some who had not been to Paris for a long time were pleasantly surprised to see how clean the city is and how polite the French. Taxi drivers were a joy compared to those of New York or even London. And where the staff of most hotels in New York and London are a mixture of races from all over the world, that of the Le Grand was completely french, speaking good English and offering hospitality seldom seen today.

"We visited the historic river towns of Vernon, Les Andelys, Rouen, the capital of Normandy, Caudebec, and Honfleur, and took shoVe tours to Versailles, the Pathway of Louis XIV, the world famous gardens, and long-time home of Monet and the Chateau Bizy. We sailed by the cliffs high above Les Andelys, where Richard the Lion-Hearted's Chateau Gaillard stands watch over the valley below. We had a fall day's trip to Caen, the capital of Lower Normandy, with its recently opened Peace Museum. Then to Bayeux and a visit to the world-famous-70-meters-long Queen Matilda's hand-woven 11th-century tapestry, perhaps the most precious medieval relic existing. It recounts the conquest of England by Wlliam the Conqueror—until then William the Bastard—and his knights. Next, to the D-Day landing beaches of Pointe du Hoc, where the U.S. Rangers scaled the sheer cliffs on D-Day, and the broad Omaha Beach. Finally, the American Mlitary Cemetery, where so many of our servicemen are buried.

"In London we visited the Churchill War Rooms where many of the decisions were made during the years 1939 to 1945 which helped save the world from Hitler and his Nazi regime. The 40 participants found the trip fascinating and enjoyable."

Ben Doran, who coordinated the trip with AHI International Corp., is busy investigating a trip for 1991.

In October Bill Heroy received the prestigious "Distinguished Sevice Award" from the Geological Society of America. Congratulations to Bill whose contributions to society bring great credit to the class of 1937 and to Dartmouth.

Jack Devlin traveled from Arizona with 35 of the "70-plus Club" last August and skied the Southern Alps on South Island in New Zealand. He reports that the skiing was as good as one would want, and he found the trip stimulating and rewarding in a number of ways.

George Skinner has departed Massachusetts for the warmer climate of Ameilia Island in Florida. Dave Kenerson continues to teach one course per semester at the St. Petersburg Campus of the University of South Florida. Our traveling M.-B. editors, Bill and PattyRotch are off to Mexico five days on trains in the Sierra Madre, then to Mexico City where he hopes to see Roily Kent. Doug Rainey, grandson of Dave Rainey and son of Art Rainey '65, is a member of the Dartmouth freshman class. Doug is the eleventh kin of our class now attending Dartmouth.

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