1948

If history repeats, we should be getting this column about the same time we are returning from our 55 th reunion in Hanover. Pre-reunion guesstimates indicated that about 75 or so of the faithful would attend. For those of you who are too busy celebrating wedding anniversaries in June to come to reunions,you might consider the mini-reunions normally held in fall and winter. Skiers are particularly welcome at the winter edition held in early February near the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire.

Dartmouth Medical School's spring edition of its magazine Dartmouth Medicine included a two-page article on neo-natal whiz Jerry Lucey, whose feats at saving babies are legendary. He continues to hold forth in Burlington, Vermont, at the UVM Medical School, conducting and publicizing research in pediatrics—another example of our class's contributions to medical excellence.

Spring is the time when anxious teenagers and their parents watch the mail for news from the colleges to which they aspire. Dartmouth received almost 12,000 applications this year and accepted nearly 2,100, about half of whom will probably attend. Unlike our years, only 5 percent of those accepted are legacies. If they all show up it could double the legacies in '07 to 10 percent. Diversity may be the goal of admissions but one can well imagine that the planned giving staff winces whenever they see data like that in anticipation of the major capital drive which is waiting in the wings.

Class geographer, publisher and jack-of-all- trades Bob Huke and Ellie knew just what to do when Jack Frost unloaded record snow on the Upper Valley last winter. They headed for Southeast Asia and a College-sponsored alumni tour on a luxury cruise ship. Their extensive experience of studying and living in that area make them prime lecturer material for that kind of junket. On the way home they spent a week in California—we hosted them for two nights—and the Copper Canyon of Mexico. We didn't hear how long it took them to dig into their Norwich home but another late storm let them know that you can't completely escape winter in the North Country.

The rise in the stock market since it bottomed-out earlier this year should hearten Dartmouth trustees, whose endowment portfolio bonanza came to an end last year. Trying to make ends meet is no easier in academia than with us old folks on fixed incomes. The swimming program almost drowned but was rescued by concerned parents and alumni who dug into their pockets to keep it afloat. We expect the College to seek solace from our fixed incomes.

Next issue we'll have the report on our BIG 55th. Don't you wish you'd come?

Latest known classmates to leave us are Dick Sassenberg, Miles Richardson, Jack Barry and Don Funk. The class's sympathies to their families. Obits later.

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