1933

The class of 1933 can't boast a great number of practitioners in the arts, but we can take pride in one doughty craftsman who still works hard at his easel in Kingston, Mass. Gobin Stair is still producing, but has not found acceptance of his lifetime of work, by the College or else- where, and seeks understanding of his oeuvre and assistance from classmates and art faculty in finding a suitable repository. Gobin admits that his paintings do not conform to accepted standards of the modern art establishment, but asserts that his view of life therein expressed is worthy of notice. A view of his pictures, some of which we saw at our 60th Reunion, reveals striking compositions and, to one who pretends to no ability to judge, seems to supports his contention. Gobin maintains that his works constitute a real history of our time and we hope that the College may accept some of his canvasses as examples of dedicated striving on the cultural side in the Dartmouth family.

Rip and Betty Ripley have proved that they have the granite of New Hampshire in their muscles and their brains by completing without incident a 12 day Dartmouth Alumni Machu Picchu— Galapagos Islands tour. They climbed to the fabled hidden city of the Incas, jetted 600 miles off the coast to the islands, and stopped at Andean Quito on a tour which included 37 Dartmouth people and was led by professor Marysa Navarro, an expert on South-American history. As an important addendum, we announce that Rip this year led the class to remarkable success in the Alumni Fund campaign by exceeding the '33 quota of $72,000 by $2,000, a notable record considering our declining number of contributors.

Bob and Mary Jo McDonald are already pondering programs for the 65th Reunion in June 1998. Proposals for competition in blood pressure altitude, Babinski reaction, and prostate-specific antigen volume have been proposed by Dick Lyon and will receive due consideration. Inn porch chair rocking is a likely event for the more adventurous. "What's My Name" and other memory games have been ruled out, we can't remember why.

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