1957

First, a hearty class of 1957 welcome to Provost Susan Westerberg Prager and Dean of the College James Larimore.

Joel Mitchell carried the '57 sign for the Homecoming parade in October. He and Dee Dee were there from Ryebrook, N.Y. Both Dick Mann and Lee Mann— the Men?—were there. So was Eileen Mann, with Ed Waldron, from Naples, Fla. They got the distance-traveled award. Woody Woodbury and Sheryl drove from North Carolina for the unofficial timetraveled award.

Forty-one gathered for the party at Jane and Joe Stevensons', for dinner at the Norwich Inn, and brunch with ClarkGriffiths and Happy. Class meeting highlights: The state of the treasury warranted a contribution to the Athletic Scholarship Fund, support for "our" Woodward-Ripley-Smith cluster, and a second scholarship award. We are aiming to fund four scholarships so we can help a student in each class. The Memorial Book program continues to be scrutinized; good ideas (besides "buying the book") are earnestly sought! Tom Schwarz was voted the Class of 1957 Award with thanks for his stellar 22 years publishing the newsletter, and electronic Adam Block was recognized for his persistence with our extraordinary e-list and website .NedBixby has agreed to follow in RandyAires's shoes as head agent, and Joe Stevenson will succeed Dave Cook as bequest chairman.

Stace Stacey represented Spokane, Washington's Community Foundation at the annual Community Foundation conference in Miami, where he liked BillDavidow's speech. Bill was insisting that the psychic reward from charitable giving is greater than the kick from buying a trophy sportscar. Stace's note triggered a message from Lee Hirschey about running into Bob Lee, then running the Denver Community Foundation, at the same conference some years ago.

Les Little is the new director of the American Academy in Rome. The academy fosters international exchange among artists and scholars. Les is Dwight W. Morrow Professor of History at Smith College. His most recent prize-winning book is Benedictine Maledictions: LiturgicalCursing in Romanesque France.

More books: Hutch Hutchins has written Walking by Day (Book Press). It's about how government regulation brought "a growing, prosperous manufacturing firm to the brink of insolvency and a fight for survival." Bob Young's illustrated collection, Notes from Millennium Beach (New Paradigm Books), includes an essay by Keith Nolan as well as one by Bob.

Thanks to Wendie Howland, who was surrogate secretary at the class meeting at Homecoming. The synopsis above doesn't begin to provide the flavor of her detailed report, which should by now be available in full on the class website (address above).

We would all like to know what happens at mini-reunions (what a clumsy label!). Send me a report, someone, from skiing at Steamboat Springs and at Mad Riverwhenever "two or three are gathered together." I will snatch a highlight or two for these notes and forward the whole text to the website, if that seems appropriate. We're all indebted to the Howlands for setting such a good example.

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Rabbi Robert Schreibman '57on being Jewish at Dartmouth, p. 34