1958

Tidbits from February’s conference call with Jim Wright et al. about the College’s finances: He really did say he was glad the pinch came on his watch, not successor Jim Kims. Uncuttable are financial aid and tenured salaries. Later a Parkhurst colleague told us he could see DOC folks out on the Green trying to rebuild the melted-down Carnival ice sculpture. Global warming strikes again!

Jim Crawford, with son Robert ’90 and three grandkids, ran into Ann and Pete Tower at a Dartmouth-Harvard basketball game in Cambridge. They traded talk about Doggie Julian and Al McGuire and Pete’s forthcoming visit with Henry Hof in north Jersey. “By the way,” adds the Rev. Jim, “we witnessed a terrific game. Harvard (9-7) vs. Dartmouth (2-13), no contest? You gotta play the game! At the end of regulation it was 62-62, at the close 75-66 Dartmouth, lifting the Green to .500 in the Ivy League.”

Norm Sylvester, after an extremely close runoff with Jack Bennett, will replace Dave Bradley as our Alumni Council rep. Nominating chair Walt Vail says 146 classmates voted. Be assured, though, that head agent Jack doesn’t lack for challenges.

Norm and Jim Spence in early March were fielding responses to the proposed May 4-6 minireunion at Williamsburg, Virginia, and lining up events. On tap: tours of Colonial Williamsburg, the Jamestown settlement and the Yorktown battlefield—plus golf, tennis, shopping, a spa, two museums (the Abby Rockefeller and Dewitt Wallace), a winery and the Anheuser-Busch brewery. There’ll be an arrival lunch Monday the 4th and dinners with entertainment Monday and Tuesday at notable eateries. Whether your pleasure is imbibing history or whacking balls, spring is great in Virginia’s Tidewater region.

Nick Stevens reports that the Dartmouth ski history project is moving along nicely, with extensive ’58 input from Bob Downey, Jim Fannin, Fred Hart, Phil Livingston, Tryg Myhren, Wylie Scott, Bill Smith, Phil Stoddard and Sam Silverstein. The book will tell “a sweeping story” of the DOC beginnings and racing greats of the past to contemporary championships. Contact Nick (nisteve3@aol.com) to join in.

Gersh Abraham, in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving (visiting granddaughters), spent an enjoyable afternoon with Fred Pitzner, who is “pretty much retired” and loves the desert climate, comparing notes about Dartmouth and careers. Gersh, by the way, will be inducted into the Stephen Mandel Society for his fundraising efforts at a May 11 dinner in New York.

Pete Kelsey’s good deeds continue, says Ralph Manuel. In recognition thereof, St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover is naming its new student living facility the Kelsey Community. John Murphy had rotator cuff surgery in January and may not be up to golf in Williamsburg. Come anyway, John. Frank Gould confirms a VT-NH ’58 luncheon on June 5 at the Norwich Inn, to which all and sundry are invited. I goofed in editing last issue’s account of Frank and Nora’s USA drive-through. Joe Jacquet points out that Beale Street is in Memphis and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, not the reverse.

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