1957

The March Alumni Magazine will focus on sports. Send me your stories about teammates and coaches, about your competing (and coaching), about what you've learned and forgotten. I need your words in early November to meet the magazine's deadline.

A few more memories of Reunion. One of the neatly presented ethical dilemmas at the panel discussion involved doctor-assisted suicide. I think we were all struck by the power of legal reasoning, as Rom Powell reviewed the status of the issue in the courts; by the power of personal testimony, when Dr. Bob Shirley recounted his own close-to-home experience; by the power of personal conviction, as Peter Nieman, in the audience, reiterated the "inexorable logic" of how moral decay would surely accompany legalization; and, later, by the power of humor, when Chris Wren's jocular jab at oft-reviled professions brought the house down and the lights up at the end of the memorable session.

Unstoppable Dave Cook, president-elect of the Alumni Council, organized the reunion climb/struggle up Mt. Moosilauke. He also led the Chiefs, again, with Larry Elliott in town from Auburn, Calif., and A1 Shapiro from Sharon, Mass. The tent was swinging, even though Berge, Olds, and Schroeder weren't there. Bob Pilsbury '48 on piano and Bill Reynolds on drums did more than just fill in. We missed a lot of people. Charlie White wondered where Herb Hansen might be lurking these days.

A challenge: Who will tell us what they find at website ? There might be a prize for, say, the most eloquent, or most succinct, or even most thorough response.

Is that our own Bill Daily of Tampa, Fla., ranking 99th in the world in our age group time 8:53.1 on the Concept II indoor rower? Who else from our class is on that list?

Adam Block has set up an electronic round-robin "list" for our class. To join, send e-mail to . The message: subscribe class-57. If these cryptic instructions don't make sense, or don't work, ask me for details. Conversing on the list is more fun than watching tabloid TV but less demanding than local politics. There are, by the way, almost 150 of us who admit having e-mail adrresses.

I'm sorry to report the death, in May, of Tom Ely. Look for an obituary in this magazine soon. At Dartmouth, Tom was N.R.0.T.C., Dragon, and treasurer of Sigma Chi. He had been a Bay Area C.P.A. for many years. Our condolences to his wife, Lucinda, in Orinda, Calif., and to his children and grandchildren.

There seemed to be some uncertainty at reunion about just what the buzzword "diversity" really signifies. Sometimes the context of the question encompassed culture and society generally, sometimes it was Dartmouth's curriculum specifically. So I pose these questions: Does our class have any passionate defenders of a Europe-centered curriculum? Are there advocates of multi-cultural emphasis, even at the expense of some traditional courses? Are these the polar positions? Is compromise possible?

I will not quote your replies, or attach names to arguments, but I will try to summarize your positions and your reasoning accurately. If this call for comments doesn't trigger enough correspondence to bother with, I will publicly acknowledge our class's essential apathy in the "culture wars" arena.

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