1955

Class president Brooks Parker reports on the highly successful Chicago mini-reunion, due in full measure to the thorough preparation and fine hosting of Mary and Joe Mathewson. Long one of the Windy City's leading citizens, and now teaching at Northwestern, Joe put together a rich varied program of tours, history, and cuisine, ably abetted by Dick Fairley on Kenwood Academy and Jere Daniell recounting the colorful mayoralty of Longjohn Wentworth, a Midwestern Dartmouth graduate who went west to seek fame and fortune. A full account of all the events will be found in John French's class newsletter.

Also a great success was the recently concluded Alumni Fund, which saw the College overall up a full 18 percent. Equally impressive was our own class, which not only met its ambitious target, but also set a "year-out record" (43 years out) and saw participation rise to an impressive 74.6 percent. Thanks for this fine outcome go to head agent WoodyGoss, with the hardworking assistance of Tom Blumberg, Jack Cogswell, Joe Mathewson, and Eliot Smith. Brooks also reports seeing Ross Robbins and his wife, now happily retired and enjoying their residences in Chicago and Boca Grande on the west coast of Florida; and he tells of the singular honor bestowed on JohnBallard, selected to be this year's commencement speaker at Thayer School, where for a number of years he has been a trustee. Congratulations!

Cyril Murowcew sends a vignette of his several happy years as an exploration geologist in Canada (which I will pass on to our prospector-author Mo Kaufman) and writes that the Russians are still talking about prevention of incidents at sea—and he is still interpreting their words—though there have not been any in our happier post-Cold War world!

And Joe Mathewson kindly sends a profile from the travel section of the ChicagoSun-Times on the culinary joys of the Buddy Bombard Balloon Adventures, which runs five- to ten-day swank balloon trips in Western and Eastern Europe featuring haute cuisine both aloft and at selected landing sites. About a third of each day, says Buddy, is spent on what he calls "aerial nature walks" in his colorful giant balloons.

Lastly, and on a sadder note, I have received word of the passing of two classmates who were with us for a time at Dartmouth, William Clark Snyder and John Hudson Brabb. Obituaries will appear in a later issue of this magazine.

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