1934

The recent airline tragedy on Guam reminded me that we have a classmate there, Les Lummis, one of six Dartmouth alumni on the island, according to the latest College directory. I remember years ago seeing an article and a fall-page picture of Les in the Alumni Magazine when he was in Vietnam, and had just founded a home for orphans of the war does anyone else recall seeing it? Les has since run for president of the United States, on his plan for a tax-free economy. The plan is somewhat difficult to explain, and it involves completely getting rid of the Federal Reserve, one reason why it never got very far beyond Les's enthusiasm for it.

Ben Blair, who left Dartmouth in junior year to attend law school, and later became a local judge in his home state of Connecticut, writes me that he has not been feeling well legs not holding up as they used to, and his eyesight is deterioriating.

Whether you're feeling up to par, above, or below, I'd appreciate it if more of you wrote me. You'll know that you have at least one classmate that's sympathetic!

Use those green cards that Bill Scherman always encloses with the newsletter.

Bill filled up more than a green card for this recent letter: "Gerry and I had a delightful time last Sunday as guests of Jim and Phyllis Darling at their beautiful home in Thetford. It was supposed to be a pool party, but the recent drought had lowered the water table so much that Jim's pump could produce nothing but air, so all refreshment of a liquid variety became the responsibility of the bar, and it was pleasant indeed. Jim and Phyllis are wonderful hosts. At lunch I sat next to Mrs. Sterling, a French Canadian and one of the original professors in the College's Native American Studies course. She was a good friend of the late Michael Dorris and his wife, the novelist Louise Erdrich '76. Jim remembers those fun-filled times washing dishes at Minnie Chase's eating club with you, me, and Tim Inglis. I always wondered why you allowed an outsider from New Rochelle High to join you three Horace Mann grads at the sink. Gerry and I also had a nice lunch with Gail Raphael's widow, Sigrid, a month ago, when she was here from the West Coast to see her daughter in Lexington, Mass.

"How many of you from Horace Mann were '34s? I can count five who are still around."

198-B Heritage Hills, Somers, NY 10589.'

jflLes.' Lummis ran for president on a plan ot get rid of the Federal Reserve. GENE GRSENIGO '34