1940

College archivist Ken Cramer reported that 30 classmates were represented in the display of publications in Baker Library's Treasure Room during our reunion. (That's not bad when you recall the level of our literary talents on entering the College in 1936.) About 250 visitors were counted as they examined the display. We note the appearance of two more publications since the reunion. Bob Graham's The Dartmouth Story leads us on a walking tour of the campus, where we learn of the origins of the most important buildings when they were built, how they got their names, who were the dominant personalities at the time, etc. Interesting reading. Ike Weed gives a plug for Page Smith'sKilling the Spirit, an excellent history and criticism of higher education in America.

When Bob Dibble goes to press it is not with a manuscript but with a truck full of apples. Seriously. From September through December each year he is in the cider business. Two or three times a week, depending on demand, he works with his son, Tim, and with Stephen Foster '53 to convert 30 bushels of apples into 100 gallons of cider at each pressing. This is the same juice that used to sit on dormitory ledges trying to become apple-jack but invariably turning to vinegar. Bob and Crosbie MacMillen have quit the

1940 class center in Lyme, N.H. for the winter to enjoy their newly acquired house at Jekyll Island. No more shoveling.

Jack Fitzgerald is tapering off his participation in Boston Latin School affairs. He was president of our 1936 class there and has remained active ever since. Eight of us from BLS entered the class of '40. Is it fair to remind our classmates from outstanding institutions such as Exeter, Andover, Tabor, University School in Cleveland, etc., that the prize for academic excellence in our freshman year was awarded to the contingent from Boston Latin School? Unfortunately our staying power is not up to the average of our Dartmouth class, as only four of the eight are still left.

The appearance of next month's column here will depend on two things: first, some of you will have to overcome your writers' block; second, Ruthe and I will have to return on schedule from our expedition up the Orinoco River.

Chet Berry, P.O. Box 10, South Orleans, MA 02662