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One person we expected to see but I, at least, missed at the fall mini was Jerry Mitchell. After all ,Jerry lives and works in Hanover. Turns out he did join the parade, which passed near the office of his Dartmouth Travel, but was then on grandparent duty for the balance of the weekend. I called him after returning home and Jerry explained his absence and also mentioned that he and Nancy had recently spent a week in Korea, where he was a second lieutenant some years ago. Jerry described Seoul as a town that has grown from 150,000 to 11 million and looks great—modern and prosperous and better than Hong Kong for shopping and visiting. He says the Koreans build a city a mile square and ten stories high but only let residents move in when it's complete. He couldn't read the road signs, and, while on a destinationless drive, he suddenly found himself "somewhere above the 39th parallel." That wasn't a good place to be without an explanation, though political changes just since our tel-con might reduce the potential drama if it happened today. Happily, he was able to fill the gas tank and return to the safety of Seoul.

A most pleasant surprise was encountering Mo Monahan at the mini. He was to go from there to Boston and then Washington to visit his Senators Inouye and Akaka (Hawaii). I asked him to let me know how he made out in D.C., and he writes, "We have all known each other since small kid time, so our concerns are natural and sincere. It appears that our several projects will be supported." Mo also wrote, "reliving the weekend, I felt a great sense of well-being about my old classmates, Dartmouth, and the generations of students who will soon become alumni after their term as 'resident custodians of die Dartmouth tradition.'" Mo articulates a view shared by many of us.

Also from the Capitol, we learn that attorney Al Moses was elected 22nd national president of the American Jewish Committee, a humanitarian organization, and one of several Jewish-American relations groups in which A1 has held leadership positions. You will recall that he served in the Carter White House.

Looking ahead, I invite your contributions to a future column that will treat your relations with personal computers. Are they part of your life yet? Are you thinking about the subject? Need a "guru?" (I'm not volunteering, but they are never far away.) Give me your thoughts.

Treasurer A1 Brout urges all '51s to send in those $25 class-dues checks. This is what pays for your subscription to these pages. An extra gift will support some of Bob Hustek's thoughtful proposals for class projects, especially the furnishing of the John Sloan Dickey Room at Dick's House.

Your executive committee approved matching, from class funds, up to $5,000 of your individual gifts towards this marvelous project which honors a man none of us can ever forget.

Thanks, Batch, for putting my name on the Green Cards in your recent newsletter. When I'm short of news I long for those cards. Stay in touch with each other and with me.

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