1953

"Give a rouse, then, in the Maytime, For a life that knows no fear! Turn night-time into daytime with the sunlight of good cheer." "The Stein Song" by Richard Hovey '85 is one of the lesser known pieces from a composer who has written so many immortal songs about Dartmouth, e.g. "Men of Dartmouth," the "Hanover Winter Song," and "Eleazar Wheelock." Franklin McDuffee, the composer of "Dartmouth Undying," is the only twentieth-century composer of a Dartmouth song of sustained interest. That prompted us to the challenge that this extraordinary class might not want the twentieth century to go by without some contribution to Dartmouth's song repertoire. We have 1but a month to bring your hearts to the matter. What say ye?

Cameo news of classmates: Skip Adams still re-building Houston, the only engineer in Texas with a Vermont accent; Gus Allen gave up on the wet streets of Seattle and returned to the sunny shores of New Jersey with his investment corporation; PutBlodgett made a major canoeing trip across Canada; Tom Bloomer has laid on a tremendous 45 th "Reach Out" program for those with whom the class has lost touch; DickBlum narrowly missed making the Olympic team on the mogul squad; Charlie Buchanan's grandson Nicholas is the cyber star of the dynasty; Bob Callender and Dick Fleming hosted a Harbour Ridge reception at the Occom Associates BOQ condo attended by Howard and ConnieClery Leo and Dolores Clancy, Howieand Debbie Pitts, Dave Halloran and Joanne Maddaloni, Robbie and WilmaRobinson, Jack and Jody Zimmermann,Bob and Anne Simpson, and a host of other Dartmouth folks. Lou, Callender's labrador and our latest honorary classmate, tended bar. Tom Dewey extols the virtues of Virginia countryside living versus the E1 Niňoed San Francisco; Wales "Tom"Dixon, a Hawaiian war canoe champion, hosted Norm Carpenter during a recent visit to Kailua on Oahu; Fred England hosted a grand luncheon for the Kisuk Cheung presentation of Classmate of the Year in Boston; Gerry Grady has reached new heights for innovative photo Christmas cards watch his camera at Reunion, and you may see your next Christmas card in the making; Fred Stephens has pulled together a superb post-reunion wind-down at the Basin Harbor Club on Lake Champlain Fred Whittemore has declined to run for the presidency on the Independent ticket; Ted Spiegel will retire from the world of academe in June, though we hear there is a major student protest at Kellogg about that decision. Dave Florence, Jack Crisp, Fred Carleton and Gene Gene Gabiane and others, will join Ted and Audrey for Aspen events early in March; Bill Gilges is busy collecting all the music ever sung by the Injunaires "Lest the old traditions fail"; Ron Scheman is wondering if Asia's dilemma is South America's delight; Dave Salter has enjoyed great times on Eleuthera as El Nino rakes the mainland. What a class!!

"For it's always fair weather When good fellows get together; With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear."

Dave Halloran,Icon Associates, 700 Spring Valley Road, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714-5820;

June 15-18, 1998