1947

What irony befalls a writer of class columns. With lead times imposed by the printing and editing, and by a personal sense of being early, here I am writing for our late April reading, while in real time here and now it's 2 degrees below zero, with 20 inches of pure white snow all around, and windy. And the TV is showing us the scenes in Virginia and North Carolina, where we are about to experience the "snow storm of the century," and we in the North Country will have the "Blizzard of 1996." This is just beginning to unfold for us. Can you. all recall where you were for this event, this first weekend of January?

Now shift focus to the present, noting that we are just days away from Class Officer's Weekend, May 4, which some of us, happily, will be attending. We are just a year from the major celebration of our class 50th Reunion. We'll be looking for as many of us as possible to show up, and spend at least a day, I hope the fall weekend, of June 6, 7, 8, 1997, in Hanover. Our class will be doing honor to our College, recognizing our opportunity; and in turn, we will be honored by the College. It is all at once a time of memory and reminiscing, greeting old and new friends, introducing many of your closest family to Dartmouth and the campus you once roamed. I his writer can make you a promise: you will definitely see buildings and places, classrooms and athletic fields, hills and waters, that are exactly as they were in our day; and you will be thrilled to see the"new," the buildings, sports facilities, and beauty of the campus.

Our class will in fact be residing in some of the very newest of living quarters for students, a far cry from what we knew. All have bathrooms, comfortable furniture, and living space, with social areas, and all accessible to the challenged. So, do be sure to plan to visit Hanover then. Capture the essence once again. I'll be trying to keep all of us up to date and in touch with the campus, and with each other, and the plans being made for us by chairman BobKirsch and his crew. Keep in mind our Reunion slogan, "Our Class Shows." We showed up for WWII, for our graduation, one year or the next, for the Asian conflicts, and in uncounted places provided by history. Show up for 50th.

Hon. Fritz Alexander was honored Oct. 12, 1995, at the Pro-Am National City Leagues Association's fourth annual Achievement Award Dinner. Alex was one of ten distinguished New Yorkers recognized for a lifetime of commitment to benevolence and social consciousness.

Alan Hall writes from Hopkinton, N.H., where he and Merry live, to say he has semi-retired from teaching at renowned St. Paul's School. He still guides the scholars in their publications and literary efforts. He and Sax Fletcher are collaborating on a 50th directory, to which all of us will be invited to contribute, just as these two did for our grand 25th yearbook. Keep those letters flying. See you soon,

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