1952

You read this as winter seems ever longer in your part of the country, whatever winter may be where you live; but it is written from the perspective of fall in New England. Jackie and I just returned from Dartmouth's Homecoming weekend, a time filled with old friends, a trip north through full fall colors, then through brown leaves and bare branches, class meetings, a stirring football victory over Cornell, a march through town, the bonfire, and parties. A sad part was the sight of some empty storefronts on Main Street. Most important, though, was the feeling that the core of the Dartmouth experience remains much the same for most students as it did for us: learning, experiencing, growing, and finding long-term friends. Come back to reunion this spring and find again for yourselves how little the skittering leaves of controversy we read so much about affect the purpose of the campus and the main student body, save to enliven their memories of their time at Dartmouth.

By the way, if you get to Hanover at any time, be sure to make the trip out Route 120 to see the new medical center and hospital. Don't just drive around it, park and go inside to see a patient and family-oriented concept of medical care.

Old friend Bill Kay wrote me of tie many changes recently in his life, along with a rundown of the geographic and career moves he has made in the 40 years since graduation. He is now remarried to author Marcia Chellis, has added two daughters-in-law to his family, as his sons Peyton and Billy III were both married in 1990, and has moved to a new career in Boston. Bill had been executive vice president of Sun Oil Company in Philadelphia, but left during the massive restructuring of Sun and is now in strategic planning with Braxton Associates on State Street in Boston. He can be reached at his home, Round Hill, 307 Smith Neck Road, South Dartmouth, MA 02788, a home he describes as having a golf course in the back yard, tennis on the side yard, and a beach and a sailboat out front.

Harvey Kelley sent along news the easy way ... a clipping with a short note attached that said I could use all, part, or none of the clipping. Aside from continuing his 26-year job of selling Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company products, Harvey carries the flag (literally and figuratively) for the St. Georges Society of New York, being honorary secretary of the organization and bearer of the society's 45-pound flag up Fifth Avenue in various parades. St. Georges Society, founded in 1770, is the oldest British-oriented charity in the United States, and from the clipping it was clear that Harvey truly works at the job of secretary as well as having the honorary title. It must be the British background that so elevates this note-taking, slow-typing job of organization secretary. He even managed a plug for Dartmouth, via a quote from a philosophy professor, in the article.

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