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Hanover in the fall and Hanover in the spring. Close your eyes and pretend you are standing with me on the Inn corner. Look out across the campus in October when the leaves are red and gold, then picture the same scene in June when all is green. "The way a college ought to look," said ike. Now return with me twice in the year ahead to see these contrasts.

Homecoming dates are October 13-15. Class of '57 always has a strong gathering for the parade, the football game (Columbia), the banquet and Sunday breakfast. You don't have to worry that you won't know anybody because you will. We have a common bond. The competitions of life are pretty much behind us and all is good fellowship. Make sure these dates are on your calendar and plan a place to stay.

Our big 50th is now only a year away on June 8-10,2007. This one you absolutely won't want to miss. We will have a record turnout and among them will be your roommate, your fraternity brother or the guy who played on the team with you. You will have a lot to say to each other in the setting we all know and love. Attend a full class meeting and march in to Commencement with the '07s, then stay on for the post-reunion gathering at the Balsams. Your 2007 calendar should be marked in capital letters and you have plans on where to stay.

The Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod meets monthly from September to June. Jim Taylor is the current club president, John Citron is treasurer, Jack Cramer and I are on the executive committee. Programs this year have included Ward Burian '58 in search of George Washington, Dartmouth baseball coach Bob Whalen, and Lou Turner '55 telling us things are seldom what they seem. President Jim Wright will be the speaker at the annual meeting in June. As a past president and regular attendee, I encourage each of you to participate in your local Dartmouth club. You can't beat good food and good fellowship.

A press release from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced the dedication of the Charles W. Cummings, M.D., Professorship in the department of otolary-ngology head and neck surgery along with the first recipient of the Cummings Chair. Charlie has had a long and distinguished career at Johns Hopkins.

It has been said that if you could sum up in one word what is most important in your life, that word would be "today." Not yester day, that's over and gone. Not tomorrow, that hasn't arrived yet. Today. It only comes once. It doesn't last long. You are blessed with "today." Make the most of it.

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