1936

Two years after the American Revolution, Yankee populating of the beautiful northernmost valley of the Connecticut River began. Huddled against what became the disputed Canadian border, touching Vermont but ultimately New Hampshire, Indian Stream became its own self-governing community. When the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 decided the Canadian border, Indian Stream became Pittsburg, N.H. That's the knitting-together thread of Dan Doan's post-humous book, Indian Stream Republic, is published by the University Press of New England, Hanover and London. Cloth, $145; paperback, $19.95. Its editor is his daughter, Ruth Doan MacDougall, and it has an introduction and afterword by Dartmouth history professor Jere R. Daniell. Comfortable in your favorite chair, humming "A Song by the Fire," have a good read, hotbuttered rum in hand.

Budd Schulberg is quoted by Philadelphia Inquirer book editor Carlin Romano, as saying of F. Scott Fitzgerald, "You wanted to hug the guy. He was loveable. A man who wanted to redeem himself." Romano's article marked the one hundredth anniversary of Fitzgerald's birth. Romano further writes that Budd "found himself co-writing a screenplay with the author of The Great Gatsby just after graduation from Dartmouth." I seem to remember Budd worked with Scott Fitzgerald on Winter Cm-nival and did so in Hanover the year after our commencement.

We can all rejoice as President Freedman does in his February letter to Dartmouth Friends. He notes with great appreciation the success of the Will to Excel financial campaign, the quality of the faculty, the superior capability of undergraduates (applications for admission to the class of 2000 reached an all-time high), progress on Berry-Baker Library and other facilities for the undergraduate community and the graduate schools, significant changes in leadership and the emphasis remains "Our business here is learning."

Notable is his concluding paragraph: "This September 1, I had the privilege of delivering my tenth convocation address as President of Dartmouth, and I find myself now the senior president of the Ivy League. With continuing good health, a capital campaign successfully concluded, an inspiring company of students and faculty, and an undefeated football team, it is hard to ask for more."

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