1943

1943

Should Dartmouth expand its number of undergraduates? A task force has been appointed to study the possibility of expanding the number of students from 10 to 25 percent; from the present 4,300 undergraduates, the smallest in the Ivy League, to as many as 5,400. New dorms would be required—one possible location might be College Park, near the observatory. Would this change affect the College’s identity? A report from the task force is expectedby mid-March. “A larger student body would lead to more graduates, which would amplify our impact on the world,” says President Hanlon.

Congratulations: Tuck School is ranked No. 5 in Forbes’ list of the best business schools in the country. Dartmouth is one ofthe top 10 “Best Value Schools in America” (determined by academic quality and cost) in a list released by U.S. News & World Report. Former New Jersey Congressman Frank J. Guarini ’46 has doubled his original gift of $ 10 million to promote foreign study in hopes of improving students’understanding ofthe world. Thayer School professor Eric Fossum received the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering—presented to him by Prince Charles. The Economist lists Professor Douglas Irwin’s book, Clashing Over Commerce, as one of the best books of 2017—it “sets the record straight and in the process elegantly debunks a host of trade policy myths.”

We should all be congratulating ourselves over thegoodhelp our 1943 class fundprovidesforneedy students. This year three students, from California, Oregon and Virginia, were the beneficiaries.

We are sad to report the deaths of Allen W. Phillips, Harry C. Sayre Jr. and Roy Watson. Our condolences to their families.

This is my last issue as your class secretary; late middle age is catching up with me. I hope another classmate, or the wife or widow of a classmate, will take over our column so we don’t lose our place in DAMs Class Notes. Please contact me if you’re interested in the job—it’s not a hard one and is a wonderful way to keep up with college news.

Thanks for your support and kind words through the years. God bless!

—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org