1930

Ned Grant's son Newell '64, who's been a thoughtful contributor to this column before, has come across a piece of 1930 Alumni Fund stationery, circa 1938-40 A.D., topped by a Dr. Seuss drawing of "Ye Class Agent at Work." 31 class agents are listed in the margins, headed by Bob Bottome, of whom ten survive: Callaway, Duback,Haffenreffer, Horn, Meyer, Rauch,Scribner, Tiedtke, Wiggin, and Zagat. Congratulations!

Congratulations to survivor Fran Horn also for his fine letter to the editor in the January 15 Review, in which he points out more than a few glitches in the Review's coverage of the Capital Campaign kickoff ceremonies.

U.S. News, in an article reprinted in Dartmouth Life, recently gave prominent coverage to a ranking of the nation's top colleges and universities, and Dartmouth placed eighth overall. Worthy of note in this column is that (despite certain views to the contrary) Dartmouth was ranked first in student satisfaction, ahead of Harvard and Princeton, which tied for second in this respect. Dartmouth also topped the leaders in graduation rate, with 95 percent.

You wouldn't remember a classmate named Dave Henderson, because he was with us such a short time, if at all. You might be more likely to remember the lament of Yale '43 Class Secretary James Nelson, published in Smithsonian about a year ago. "As everyone knows," he said, "class notes are a very popular item in every alumni magazine." But, "in a class of 850 there are 25 (I should be so lucky) whose names appear in every issue," while 825 normal folk, drudges and geniuses alike, never appear, despite the secretary's efforts to get something out of them.

But suddenly, 41 years out of college, he began hearing from Dave Henderson. Though he couldn't quite remember Dave, nevertheless he gladly, avidly, reported Dave's news again and again, as Dave increasingly stretched his credibility, dropping names and glib comments about prominent visitors, travels, at least two yachts, wife Marge, their spread in Cancun, adventures and misadventures. But it all hit the fan when

Oops! The limit is 350 words, but I'll get back next month with more about Dave.

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