1948 Class of 1948 Newsletter DECEMBER 2017

GREETINGS FROM HANOVER As always, our heartiest and warmest holiday greetings to all. Here in THE GREAT CLASS OF ’48 Hanover we have traversed from a prolonged, splendid autumn to the President chilly start of winter. Although the past two winters have been relatively Harthon I. Munson mild, the Farmers’ Almanac predicts this winter will be somewhat more Secretary rigorous. Skiers will rejoice. Must admit that a couple of good snowfalls David A. Kurr are a Dartmouth tradition and really add to the luster of the first green Treasurer sprouts of spring. Now on to an update of developing news of the Beth Kelley Class and College. Head Agent Warren F. Daniell, Jr. REUNIONS Newsletter Editor Harthon I. Munson The 2017, 69th Class of ‘48 Mini-Reunion - Attendees kicked off Friday Gift Planning Officer evening with cocktails and tasty sandwiches in the comfortable Winship John A. Van Raalte room on the second floor of the Blunt Alumni Relations Center directly Mini-Reunion Chair overlooking he campus across the street. From that strategic vantage Harthon I. Munson Widows Program Coordinator point we had a clear view of the parade around the campus, then just Pat McAllister stepped outside to watch the traditional roaring and rather spectacular Class Projects Chair bonfire circled by enthusiastic Freshmen. We numbered 13 hard core Harthon I. Munson reunioners. There were several classmates - Bud Munson, Warren and Dorothy Daniel, and Pete and Anne Foster. Judy Cross was Executive Committee accompanied by two friends. A strong widows brigade bolstered our Richard A. Dahl numbers - Pat McAllister, Alice Becker, Lynne Greene, Ellie Huke, Jean Francis R. Drury Guthrie, and Marion Page. Widows are an integral part of reunions. Pat Peter Foster Foxhall A. Parker McAllister worked out all details of the evening with Alumni Relations Raymond F. Richard including designated, ’48 marked parking places around the building. William F. Scott All the ladies cheerfully pitched in to set up dinner and later clear up - Gilman C. Shattuck well done. Morton Smith, Jr. Pat McAllister 1948 was well represented at the game with Yale on Saturday by Bud Munson, Daniels, Fosters and Marion Page. We lustily cheered as Dartmouth won a nail-biting contest with a last-minute touchdown. Later in the evening, Bud hosted the reunion group for a light supper at his new, well-appointed condo in West Lebanon just a couple of miles from the campus.

70th (Maxi) Reunion Alert - Remember our 65th class reunion hosted all expenses paid by the College at the Hanover Inn? Well, the College will magnanimously host us again in 2018 for our 70th next September from Friday the 28th until noon on Sunday the 30th.We’ll send you a detailed reunion schedule next April. Expect a superb weekend packed with fine lectures, a football game, campus tour and lots of time for socializing and enjoying Hanover Inn cuisine. We look forward to enthusiastically welcoming all who can journey to Hanover for a fun, festive reunion. Numbers may dwindle but not spirit. We’ll send details in a newsletter next April. Page 2 SUMMARY FINANCIAL REVIEW Treasury - Our class financials are rock solid. The treasury balance is now $22,575, up from $21,473 in FY17 largely due to not having to replenish Hanover Inn porch chairs as we did a year ago. As expected at this stage of the game, dues payments were almost a thousand less than the previous fiscal year. Expect the treasury balance to slump from now on as dues contributions inevitably decline.

Dartmouth Fund - Warren Daniel and associates continue to do a super job for the Alumni Fund. 37 classmates out of 77 the College considers active, 9 widows, 2 family members and the McAllister Fund contributed $42,680. John Hatheway’s substantial gift was augmented by 19 additional contributions given in his memory by members of the Hanover community. Many thanks to all.

DARTMOUTH TO INCREASE UNDERGRADUATE NUMBERS? Bet that many of you don’t know that Dartmouth has the smallest number of undergraduate students in the . We didn’t and were surprised when the local paper, the Valley News, published a chart shown herein, and an account of the Colleges’ examination of possibly increasing the undergraduate student body. President Hanlon recently appointed a task force headed by two Deans to study and come up with a potential model to increase the student body by 10 to 25 percent. Based on current undergrad numbers, the result could increase the number of students by as much as 750 to 5,300 total. President Hanlon wrote that “The most compelling reason to contemplate growth is that Dartmouth aspires to better the world by preparing graduates who have the skills and ambitions to change the world.” Perhaps another major reason may be to ensure that the scope of Dartmouth’s academic programs and financial base matches the high-quality levels of other Ivy and top national educational institutions.

Another major consideration is where to house up to 750 additional students. Present dorms are full to capacity. One solution planners will consider is building a new dorm complex in the College Park wooded area, the only College owned land left for building construction. But, the Park includes the Bema, Bartlett Tower and Shattuck Observatory that are rather iconic landmarks to Dartmouth grads. However, College officials maintain that only the old observatory would need to be eliminated. Some members of Science departments located across a narrow street from a prospective dorm site warn that vibrations from construction, particularly blasting of rock ledges, would seriously degrade delicate Page 3 measurement calibrations of many scientific instruments. Other folk express a desire to preserve College Park’s 3.5 acres of nature preserve and recreational land close to downtown Hanover. Another major consideration will be increasing faculty to meet academic requirements of perhaps 750 additional students.

The foregoing will give you a good feel for the enormity and complexity of the work ahead for the task force. Rather fascinating. We’ll keep you updated.

ATHLETICS ’48 Scholar-Athlete Awards - As many of you know, years ago John Hatheway and Bud Gedney together funded this project. Annually, one male and one female scholar athlete selected by the Athletic Department are presented with a very fine framed, 1948 award inscribed picture centered on Baker Library. The award is highly prized by students who receive it. Every year, John Hatheway, formerly Class Projects Director, would attend presentation of the awards and invite the winners to be our guests at a reunion dinner. Recounts of their Dartmouth experience, accomplishments and future goals are always extremely impressive.

The 2017 male award winner was men’s soccer player Wyatt Omsberg of Scarborough, Maine. Last year he had a cumulative 3.47 GPA, earned all-American honors, and has been named First Team All-Ivy and Ivy League Defensive Player of the year in both Junior and Senior years.

The 2017 female award winner was field hockey player Morgan Philie of estW Friendship, Maryland. She was an Academic All-American and All-Ivy in both Sophomore and Junior years, and is a proud member of the Dartmouth ROTC program.

Scholar-Athlete Recruiting - Another benefit of the program is the financial support it provides to recruiting promising scholar-athletes. Dartmouth invested fund monies which now return about $400 more than is needed to pay for awards each year. The Athletic Department uses that money to help pay for trips to Dartmouth by promising high-school scholar-athletes. That visit persuades many to attend Dartmouth.

Men’s Soccer - This was a terrific autumn for both men’s soccer and women’s rugby teams. The soccer team finished the season with a 12-3-1 record and won the Ivy League championship for the fourth consecutive year. They then went to the NCAA tournament suffering a narrow defeat in the second round. They played the University of to a 0-0 tie through two overtime periods before falling heartbreakingly on penalty kicks.

Women’s Rugby - Had a perfect 5-0 record in the regular season and defeated Harvard 22-8 in the Ivy Rugby Championship match. Advancing to the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association tournament, they dominated American International 80-12 in the quarterfinals, defeated Harvard again 17-12 and lost the finals narrowly to Quinnipiac 29-20.

Football - The Big Green and Columbia tied for second place in Ivy League football this year, finishing just behind Yale. It was an incredibly exciting season. All other games won or lost except for Brown and Stetson, were nailbiting cliffhangers - D16 - Penn 13, D28-Yale 27 - D29 - Sacred Heart 26. Columbia 25 - D17, Harvard 25 -D22. The last game score was Dartmouth 55 - Princeton 44. A comfortable margin? Far from it. It was a closely fought thriller as both offenses moved up and down the field trading the lead several times. With only a little over 3 minutes left in the game Princeton scored again taking the lead 44-41. Now comes the almost unbelievable finale. Receiving the following kickoff, Dartmouth methodically drove down the field to the Tiger 2 yard line. On fourth down Page 4 with 5 seconds remaining The Big Green gambled for a touchdown rather than a tying field goal. The crowd roared as the quarterback took the snap and lunged a yard into the end zone. Score 48-41. Game over - No! With one second left Princeton desperately lateraled after receiving the final kickoff only to have a Dartmouth receiver intercept and run into the end zone. Final score Dartmouth 55 - Princeton 44 - WOW, what a game!

MOOSILAUKE RAVINE LODGE The new, totally reconstructed Ravine Lodge that opened several months ago is almost a work of art. It is a beautiful, extraordinarily creative structure in a beautiful mountain setting. Pictures shown below of the finished Lodge and at an early stage of construction are impressive but need a description to give you a complete picture. The tall exterior columns and inside beams, harvested from Dartmouth and an alum’s properties retain their natural form, some with gentle curvatures. Stripped of bark and polished they are extremely attractive, uniting the lodge with surrounding forest and towering mountain. Page 5 The Lodge’s interior is rustic and handsomely crafted. The main floor features a massive fireplace made of huge boulders artfully selected so that they fit together with almost no binding materials.The Lodge also has a gleaming new commercial kitchen, three private rooms for overnight guests and a meeting room. On the lower level, there are a social room area, library and a multi-purpose room.

Six sparkling, equally rustic renovated or newly constructed dormitories semi-circle the main Lodge. Landscaping mimics surrounding forests. Finally, as those of you who have climbed Moosilauke know, here is the incomparable sweeping view of forest and mountain

HOLIDAY BEST WISHES We’ll end the letter with a so long. Hope to see you at our 70th reunion next September. All our heartiest best wishes for a fine holiday season and tranquil NewYear.

New Year’s To Do In 2018, we will be producing a printed class directory to include email, phone and mailing address information. Please email [email protected] or call (603) 646-2253 to update your information. If you do not wish your information to be listed, please send an email by January 31 to Angela Stafford ’91 in Alumni Relations ([email protected]). Those who “opt out” of the directory will not have their information included and will not receive a copy. FirstNon ClassProfi t MailOrg. USUS PostagePostage BLUNT ALUMNI CENTER PAIDPAID DartmouthDartmouth College HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03755-3590

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