1955

It's been a better spring than usual weather-wise, for the sports schedule. A steady group of '52s and '53s along with yours truly give the baseball team vocal support along with a strong contingent from Kappa Sigma. They keep the opposition at bay with choice and funny comments. The lacrosse teams, both women and men, have more than ample support at their state-of-the-art facility—and well deserved, too.

Classmates, you may remember (but at our age you may not), that a chance encounter of Gene Elsbree by this author occurred on December 6. As a member of the alumni association he was running for vice president, but was defeated by a member of the Alumni Council, namely Ricki Fairley Brown '78. Our astute president Woody Goss was able to learn from the recent cent brochure on alumni trustees/council information that indeed Ricki is the daughter of Dick Fairley. The inheritance of superior intelligence, probably attributed to his wife, Charlestine, does not stop there, for a freshman named Amanda Brown, with an A+ in chemistry for example, carries on this tradition. Dick has remained close to Dartmouth and indeed helped entertain President Wright in Washington during his spring tour, as will his daughter, Ricki, in Atlanta.

Dick asked about Tom Byrne and whether he was still in the Hanover area. I assured him that Toms input in local government as the planning council chairman is still going on. Another classmate, Dick Blodgett, contributes his time as treasurer of the Upper Valley United Way.

Another area of '55 activity is in the "research triangle" of North Carolina. The Web site www.learnmore.duke.edu/dilr finds Tom McGreevey and Ken Lundstrum listed respectively as course directors in "The History of Movies" and "A Person Per Week." It shows what these chemistry majors can do?

A nice phone call from Randy Hayes, residing in sunny Florida, brought up the subject of obituaries—in particular, that of recently departed Ace Hall. We need no reminder that the near future will multiply the need of such. Indeed, some older classes have separated this activity from the secretaries'. For the present, the class must remember that the time lag is dependent upon the College's confirmation and adequate information reaching this personage. If anyone in the class desires to write an obituary (150 words maximum) they are more than welcome, and with better information should do a better job.

Randy and Betty recently returned from a South American cruise with accolades about the cuisine, people and peso/dollar ratio of Argentina. Ed Willi, a frequent traveler to Chile and Argentina will attest to this.

The Denver mini-reunion looks like an exciting time for those classmates able to attend. We realize that May is a busy month but our hosts have provided a view of Mile High City second to none for a more than reasonable price. For many of us it is not the cost but a gut feeling " let's do it." The same can be said about our 50th reunion. Our College years were those we can remember the best. Do not let our petty feelings about Dartmouth's administration interfere with our feelings to see even one long-lost friend.

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