1973

Sooner or later it is mud season in Hanover.

Some months ago Reed Greene wrote, "Lyndon Johnson once said that an honest politician is one that stays bought. I am proud to say I am no longer a Reagan Democrat but a Republican, despite the recent thumping we got at the polls." He went on to note that he recently moved his law office to Boerne, Texas, which Reed describes as "the edge of hill country." When any classmates are in south Texas they are invited to call him.

This year the College celebrates 50 years of leadership in developing programs for international study. Dartmouth first awarded academic credit for study abroad in 1958, and since then more than 25,000 undergraduates have taken advantage of such opportunities. Professor John Rassias was instrumental in developing the language study abroad program that began in 1967, in its youth during our college years. Dartmouth is the top Ivy League school for international study, with more than 64 percent of students participating in off-campus programs in 23 countries.

George Byrkit has been busy in the Ann Arbor, Michigan, area pursuing two passions: amateur radio and purebred dogs. He is an elected board member of ARROW Communications Association, a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of amateur radio and the oldest ham club in Ann Arbor, and serves as president of the Wolverine Belgian Tervuren Club of Ann Arbor.

The Dartmouth Outing Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009. As all should recall the DOC is the oldest collegiate outing club in the nation. For those who plan ahead, celebratory events include Woodsmen’s Weekend April 24-25, a 100-mile trailwalk May 22-25, a one-day hike of the entire Appalachian Trail on October 10, a “bagging” of 100 peaks in New Hampshire and Vermont on October 25 and an alumni banquet on December 14, the centennial date of the actual founding by Fred Harris, class of 1911. Details available at www.dartmouth.edu/~doc/centennial

Unfortunately, the end of 2008 brought news of the deaths of two more loyal sons of Dartmouth. In July Christopher "Cass" Squire, who devised his own special major in world food and population problems, succumbed to melanoma. His sister Margot Squire '79 wrote, "Cass loved Dartmouth and strongly advised me to go there, making me fill out a preliminary application as soon as the school went coed, 'just in case.' I did go to Dartmouth and have been going back ever since." Cass was related to Richard Hovey, class of 1885. In November Hans Hognestad passed away in Florida, where he was known as "Mr. Hans" in his ministry to children in the Coral Gables area. Our condolences are extended to their families. Obituaries appear in this magazine.

The Dartmouth Association of Alumni will hold its annual election for association officers (president, first vice president, second vice president and secretary-treasurer) and seven executive committee members between March 25 and May 6, followed by the annual meeting and announcement of voting results in Hanover on May 9.

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