1967

1967

For this issue I asked classmates to answer the question of their grandchild, grandniece, or grandnephew—“Why should I go to Dartmouth?”—by providing three reasons. Nick Mason said, “Great education, great environment, and great people.” Al Hine reflected, “You will learn great leadership skills and be placed in a number of situations to sharpen those skills; you will gain a sense and obligation that we are here to help others to decrease human misery; and you will more fully understand and appreciate beauty in all ofits physical and abstract forms.” Ed Arnold believes it’s “the environment (I grew up in L.A., and wanted to get away fro m the ugliness, p ollution, and distractions of a big city), the academics, and its size (small enough for a 17-year-old not to get lost and isolated in the atmosphere typical of a huge state university).” Owen Leach says, “The quarterly system gives you a chance to do more exploring outside your major; the Upper Valley is a great place (granite in your brain is a good thing); and the afternoon tea at Sanborn House affords you the chance to be a civilized grownup every now and then.” John Bash’s three reasons are “the quality of undergraduate teaching by professors, not teaching assistants; the camaraderie among the students and the resultant strength of the alumni network; and the beauty of the natural setting and the resourcefulness from coping with winter and the outdoors.” Ellis Regenbogen says, “An unparalleled undergraduate education from a faculty focused on teaching, mentoring and creating lasting relationships with undergraduates; the unparalleled beauty of the Dartmouth campus and the Hanover environs; and the establishment of lifelong friendships with classmates and other members of the student body with different diverse backgrounds and interests, who over the course of your lifetime will follow diverse paths that enrich all of your lives.” John Manopoli would tell him or her to “go to Hanover and poke around for a day or two and see if it feels right. Talk to students and sit in on a class or two. If they still have afternoon tea at Sanborn House, that should be on the list. If that visit doesn’t suggest a reason or two, you should probably apply elsewhere.” Ed Kern’s three reasons to attend Dartmouth are “Harvard, Yale, and Princeton,” while Dick Clapp argues for “location, location, location.”

Hans Peter Fuglesang writes that he and his “two good friends, Preben Mehren ’68 and Jens Raanaas ’68, were all economics majors, still ski together and all still work and enjoy life in Oslo—a good place to live—but we miss Hanover!”

There is still time for you to contact Larry Bowen (lbowenl72@gmail.com) and tell him you are coming to the 22nd annual Rich Paolino Dartmouth ’67 golf open and dinner, scheduled for Saturday, October 2, in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Finally, on a sad note, our classmate Tom Flannery died of a heart attack on April 9 in his hometown of Pittsburgh.

—Larry Langford, P.O. Box 71, Buckland, MA 01339; 1967damnotes@gmail.com

Larry Langford