1954

February-March 1954: "As 1742 dewy-eyed dates flow noisily into town for the 44th Winter Carnival, Jonathan Moore and his dry guys are busy preparing trombones and tambourines to welcome them"; Phi Gam's Pete Kenyon directs Hasty Heart starring Ted Hartshorn, Sarge Joys, and Norm Ross at interfraternity competition; Chi Phi wins Best Play Award, Best Actor is John Cunningham, and Best Supporting Actor is George A. Hume; Robert O. Collins receives Marshall Scholarship for two-year study in England; Harry Rockefeller, Fenn Shrader, and Dan Weintraub undergo one-day indoctrination cruise aboard submarine out of New London; Ed Scott wins doodle contest sponsored by The Dartmouth with "Duel Between Two Expert Fencers"; Pete Geithner established new Eastern Intercollegiate basketball record with 13 assists against Brown; Coop sells Oxford grey flannel suits for $44.95; Pete Robinson recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.

Jim Rill, who was assistant attorney general in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1989 to 1992 and is now practicing law in Washington representing software companies that compete with Microsoft, wrote a featured article in The Wall Street Journal-. "Why Bill Gates is Wrong."

Tom Corcoran answered my plea for news of missing classmates. Pete Kirby is retired, living in Quebec.

Blair Academy, a local prep school, recently opened The Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts in Blairstown, N.J. The architect was Lo-yi Chan. His activities could fill several of these columns. Just a sample of present activities: commissioner of the New York City Art Commission, commissioner of the Ashley Falls (Mass.) Historical Commission; member. National Academy of Design; and trustee or director of the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass., The Lingnan Foundation in New York City, and Henry Street Settlement. As previously, reported, he is working on the College's master plan. He has also been partner in charge of educational projects at Peking University, Columbia University, Connecticut College, Harvard, and The Institute on Man and Science.

Lo-Yi reported that this past summer he stopped in New fane, Vt., for lunch with Jack and Nancy Reed. Jack continues his interest in music, singing in a local choir and chorus. Nancy sings, directs, and plays the church organ. Their home, on the edge of a meadow, a sparkling pool in the foreground and distant views of mountains and sky, is a "retirement dream."

At Homecoming Harry Robinson was presented with the Class of 1954 Award. John Cunningham and Pete Geithner were presented with the award at the New York holiday luncheon. Well deserved! Seventy classmates attended the luncheon either in New York or Boston.

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