1920

20 My plea for news about the fate of the senior canes elicited several interesting replies last spring.

Mariel (Mrs. Ralph E.)Campbell writes from Madison, Wis., "Ralph's cane was on loan to a friend of mine for her husband, a very dapper man who couldn't stand the cane they gave him in the hospital but was very proud to carry the Dartmouth Indian.... I needed a cane after knee replacement but could not use it because I am too tall. It sits in my living room and is a great conversation piece."

Lowell H. Holway's Dartmouth son and grandson responded nobly. From Lowell II '53: "I have three senior canes standing together next to the bookcase in my living room ... I inherited my father's cane as well as his college, as did my son Lowell H. Holway III '90." He includes Bud Weymouth in his reminiscences about pleasant times spent in the old Hanover Inn coffee shop in the 1950s.

From Lowell III: "My grandfather's cane rests in an honored corner of my parents' living room. Next to it stands the cane of my father. Recently my own cane was added...."

I was pleased to get an inquiry from Michael Bernkopf '49, who owns the cane of his father Harold E. Bemkopf. He read the bit about canes in the April issue, having missed the earlier reference, and asks, "What's going on? Is someone making a collection?" No, Mike, my inquiry was a rather desperate ploy to encourage members of the 1920 family to send news for this column. The above answers were most welcome, and I hope it continues to work!

42 Lebanon Street, 4A, Hanover, NH 03755