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November 2007 November 2007 President: Head Agent: Alumni Council: Roger W. McArt Donald F. O’Neill Peter A. Bleyler 26 McKinley St. 9959 Brassie Bend 19 Rocky Hill Ln. Rowayton, CT 06853-1530 Naples, FL 34108-1923 Lyme, NH 03768-3425 Vice-President: Newsletter Editor: Web Master(s): J. Michael Murphy Thomas S. Conger Harris B. McKee (Publisher) 11042 Lake Butler Blvd. PO Box 563 5 Cunningham Ln. Windermere, FL 34786-7806 Kula, HI 96790-0563 Bella Vista, AR 72714-3550 tcink**hawaii.rr.com Secretary: Robert H. Conn (Editor) Victor S. Rich Gift Planning Chair: 3025 Loch Dr. 5 Red Ground Rd. Peter M. Palin Winston Salem, NC 27106-3007 Old Westbury, NY 11568-1119 854 Azalia St. Boca Raton, FL 33486-3536 Project Chair: Treasurer: Cleve E. Carney Ivar A. Jozus Mini-Reunion Chairman: 708 Lenox Rd. Box 1298 Maynard B. Wheeler Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-3932 73 Main St. P.O. Box 538 Middletown, CT 06457-3408 Grantham, NH 03753-0538 Class Web Site: http://www.dartmouth.org /classes/61/ 1961 Wide Wide World 2 December 2007 As stated in that last issue, there’s a plethora of class business demanding to be addressed; so w/o further ado: 1961-2011 Connections Program In our tradition of promoting programs to “Good Morning (Afternoon). The enhance life in Hanover, we have embarked Dartmouth Class of 1961 adds our Welcome upon an effort to establish/maintain liaison to the terrific Class of 2011. In June of with the class of 2011, those youngsters who 2011, our two classes will march together in will graduate as we celebrate our 50th. Some your graduation procession, which is the may recall that the class of 1911 was present time of our 50th Reunion. That date as we strode across the Commencement probably seems far away as you begin your stage back in June of 1961, although the years at Dartmouth, but it will come faster general consensus seemed to be puzzlement than you know. at the ancient relics we saw from our smug [grossly naive] perspective of presumed Fifty years ago this week, at our eternal youth/immortality. Thus we hope to matriculation, we shook hands with become more of a presence, if not an President John Sloan Dickey on the second influence, for this select group of young floor of Baker Library. In June of 1961, we adults who so recently matriculated to our followed the Class of 1911 at our graduation old school. procession. Pete Bleyler <Pete.Bleyler**valley.net> In the past 3 or 4 years, the College and heads up a committee of about a dozen ‘61 Alumni have attempted to increase the volunteers who are getting the Connections involvement between the incoming class and Program (you recall the 1961<—>2011 logo the 50th reunion class. We call this the from a few issues back?) off and running. “Connections Program,” and our goal is to His suggested verbiage participating ‘61s support you and join with you in events would use at Matriculation events went like from time to time. Perhaps you read the this: article about this Program in the Daily Welcoming Statement to the Class of 2011 Dartmouth’s special Freshman issue, which 1961 Wide Wide World 3 December 2007 you received in August. We also had an ad locals. And, most of them are still active on in that edition speaking about the program. campus today. Over the next several weeks, you will be starting classes, getting to know your Another difference between Dartmouth Now roommates and other classmates, and and Dartmouth 50 years ago, is diversity. planning for building the bonfire on Your class of 2011 is the most diverse class Dartmouth Night on October 19. At some in Dartmouth’s history, with students of point this term, you also will elect your class color and international students comprising officers and executive committee. Soon approximately 40% of the incoming after, a few of us from the ‘61s would like to students. I don’t know what the meet with them to begin planning activities corresponding percentage was in our days, for our two classes. but it probably was less than 5 or 10%. Dartmouth’s campus has changed You may be wondering how Dartmouth was dramatically over the years. Many buildings different during our undergraduate years have been erected over the past 50 years, from what is now [your] Dartmouth. including dormitories, libraries, and other Perhaps the biggest difference is Women! academic buildings. When our class was Dartmouth was an all-male institution studying for final exams just prior to during our days, and it was a welcome graduation, we were kept awake by the pile change when women were admitted in the drivers starting the construction of Hopkins ‘70s. Your class is 50.1% male and 49.9% Center. Also, some buildings that were female. (As a father of three daughters, I constructed after our graduation have now was very eager for Dartmouth to become co- been demolished for newer, better buildings. ed. And, fortunately, one of my daughters Over the next 4 years, we will do our best to did attend Dartmouth with the class of ’87.) get to know you before we march together at During our Freshmen year, Dartmouth was your graduation from this magical college. on the semester system. It was at the The Class of 1961 wishes you well!” beginning of our sophomore year that Dartmouth went to the quarter system. Actually, we should say we went to the trimester system, since the College didn’t have a Summer Term in those days. The Summer Term was added when the College went co-ed in 1972. At that same time, Dartmouth increased undergraduate enrollment from around 750 males per class, to approximately 1,000 men and women. Adding the Summer Term reduced the pressure on student housing with this big increase in enrollment. A year or so before our class matriculated, Pete’s report on that Matriculation weekend the student body voted to prohibit any in September is as follows: fraternity from having a restrictive clause “Saturday night was the dinner at the Bema regarding membership. As a result, a for all 1,116 members of the Class of 2011 number of national fraternities became and alumni. There were about 110 alumni 1961 Wide Wide World 4 December 2007 who came, and they put one alum (or one donuts, coffee, juice, etc. for light alum plus spouse) at a table with 8 or 9 refreshments, and then one of us old guys students. It was a beautiful late gave the welcoming remarks. This process summer/early fall evening. There were two continued uninterrupted for three hours, things that let us know that the dinner was before breaking for lunch primarily for 18 year olds and not for 68 “We were primarily in two shifts, one year olds: First, there was no coffee. morning and one in the afternoon. The Second, there were no portable toilets. morning shift consisted of Rog McArt, John Damon, Henry & Laurie Eberhardt, and Pete & Ruth Bleyler. The afternoon shift had Maynard Wheeler, Al Rozycki & Diane Kittredge, Dan Paradis, and Bruce & Marsha Johnson. The matriculation process was finally over at 4:00, and Jim Wright came down to thank everyone (the morning shift had gone by then). We don't know whether he had to go home and soak his hand or not. “In our welcoming remarks, we compared the major changes between Dartmouth Now and Dartmouth 50 years ago. We talked about: • co-education • semester system to trimester system to full quarter system • getting rid of discriminatory clauses in the fraternities • diversity • technology • buildings • Saturday classes • Animal House • one dingy old computer on campus “Sunday morning the matriculation process when we arrived (less memory than an started promptly at 9:00 AM. On the front iPod) lawn of Parkhurst to the left of the entrance • one pay telephone per dorm were 40 or 50 chairs, which was the staging • the sandwich guy coming by at 10:00 area for each group of '11s. The first group PM ringing his bell walked into Parkhurst to get their • most of us with crew cuts, mostly matriculation certificates and shake Pres. white, and all of us male Jim Wright's hand, while the next group • traveling to Smith, Holyoke, came to the staging area. When the first Wellesley, and Skidmore on weekends group came out of Parkhurst, they were • doing term papers in long hand or on herded to the tent on the right side of the typewriters with carbon paper entrance, where the '61s and spouses were waiting to pass out their class pins, a gift of the Class of 61. Dartmouth Dining had 1961 Wide Wide World 5 December 2007 “The '11s are the 2nd largest class in geographically. This could be put on our Dartmouth history and the most diverse. web site and then each quarter send a blitz Approximately 40% of them are persons of email to the whole class reminding them that color or International. I personally met it is there with the link. We cannot lead students from Norway, Kenya, Zimbabwe, them to the trough but we can try to make it Jamaica, and South Korea. There are 49 easy for those who want to drink!...such a states represented by this class, and we were project should include our wives and trying to figure out which state is missing. I significant others whose career experience met guys from North Dakota and Alabama would be helpful as well...Although the and gals from Wyoming and Arkansas.
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