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Up to Speed May 23-26, at 201355 Class of 1958 55th Reunion Smith Class of ‘58 Winter 2013 CLASS OFFICERS Co-Presidents Dear Classmates, Aubin Zabriskie Ames 973-239-0244 This has been a good year for our class and for Smith! Our 55th Reunion [email protected] was enthusiastically and well attended and we set a Smith Fund record for high- Fran Beekley Ames est class participation (77%). An amazing record for a 55th Reunion class! Our 503-221-5457 [email protected] thanks to our hard working Fund Agents and to all of you who contributed. Vice-Presidents/Reunion Chairs Special thanks to Ann Stebbins Sidles who has served as our class president Audrey Riven Wolf 202-965-3456 these past five years. Ann is just as able and lovely as she ever was, and very de- [email protected] voted to our class and to Smith. The outgoing class officers each supported Ann Ravelle Silberman Brickman and we owe them a debt of gratitude as well. A huge thank you to reunion co- 212-683-8934 chairs Mims Shea Placke and Marlene Futterman who masterminded a splen- [email protected] did reunion for all of us. Please see their report in this newsletter. Secretaries Tinka Crosby Lunt Smith looks wonderful. The campus is beautiful, there are remarkable new 413-773-7753 [email protected] buildings, the museum is first class, many dorms have been updated – a place we Susan Smith Pratt can all be proud of. The college had a record number of applicants for the class of 902-634-8687 2017. After fond goodbyes to Carol Christ, our president for 11 years, the col- [email protected] lege has welcomed her able successor, and eleventh president of Smith, Kathleen Special Gifts Chairs McCartney. Many of you may have seen her inaugural on the internet, and some Judy Olin Higgins 203-661-5381 attended in person. An exciting time. [email protected] As we launch into the next five years leading up to our 60th (!) Reunion, you Glenn Johnson Sheffield 314-962-9739 will note that Class Officers are now “Co-Officers” – sharing the responsibilities. [email protected] We suspect this is a hedge against the vicissitudes of our age, but we welcome Class Fund Agents it! For us, having married brothers, we find the chance to serve Smith together a Esther Chute Williams great joy and privilege. 617-497-0061 [email protected] Enjoy the holidays, and let’s keep in touch. Rose Converse Morgan 978-626-1349 Aubin and Fran [email protected] Planned Giving Chair Peggy McNeil Boyer Your secretaries would like Check out our class website for 781-259-8106 to remind you to register your photos from the May Reunion; then [email protected] email addresses and all contact send in any news and/or photos that Memorial Gifts Chair information updates with Smith you would like to share. Our class Margo Pinney Norris (they are never given out to others) website is always open and is just 313-369-9017 at [email protected] or a click away at alumnae.smith.edu/ [email protected] 413-585-2040. If you don’t have or classes/classwebsites/1958. Webmaster use email, please send your news by Ann Weldon Perce 847-251-3372 postal mail to the secretaries. (see [email protected] addresses on pg. 1) Many thanks! THE INAUGURATION OF SMITH’S vard. Kathy looks too young to be President of Smith 11TH PRESIDENT but there is no doubt that she will lead our college in October 19, 2013 – What a day for Smith Col- new directions in the years ahead. Dinner was held lege!! Beautiful weather – New England at its best!! in a transformed Scott Gym – beautifully arranged in I arrived at Smith in time for the second panel – celebration of the Inauguration. Our classmate, Sukie “Transformational Power of Women’s Leadership”. Grousbeck, attended the dinner sitting at the new It was superb. By all accounts, the first panel – “Fu- president’s table – Carol Christ was at my table and I ture of Higher Education Leadership” was excellent, was pleased to see her looking so well. Kathy Mc- too. Time allowed us to picnic on Chapin lawn and Cartney’s four children, as well as three former Smith explore the campus, which looked terrific. Inaugura- College presidents, (Dunn, Conway and Christ) wel- tion was at 3 pm, beginning with an academic parade comed the new president with their enthusiastic and through campus to the Indoor Track and Tennis facil- articulate words of praise. Dancing began after dinner ity. All pomp and circumstance, led by a wonderful but I went home!! It was a day to remember and one bagpiper. Excellent speeches for Kathy, including to make all Smithies proud. President Drew Faust – a former colleague at Har- Judy Olin Higgins

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Talk about great looks, good bones, happy faces of appreciation goes out to all those who contributed and camaraderie! As a Smith undergraduate said, to the program and orchestrated the meeting in the “Wow, you guys look great!” Yes, we do, and true to library’s most distinguished room. our Reunion theme, we were “up to speed at 55”! Saturday began with cloudy skies and a drizzly Ours was a wonderful Reunion of 70 spirited class- rain, but, undaunted, we put on our whites and classy mates from 21 states and Canada who arranged their red accessories and moved to the Indoor Tennis and handy name tags and greeted one another with hugs Track Center for the traditional alumnae parade. and whoops of happy exclamations... “How wonderful Check us out by viewing the Reunion photo gallery on to see you! You look great! Tell me your news!” our class website!

We gathered frequently at our class headquarters Awards were in order, and the class of 1958 made for snacking, reminiscing and catching-up, marveled Smith headlines. With 77% class participation, the at Smith’s 21st century campus and enjoyed the com- highest participation of all Smith classes, we contribut- fort of the Neilson Reading Room for our class activi- ed $523,046 to the Smith Fund 2013, and $2,090,741 ties. There, following a beautiful remembrance ser- total with restricted gifts! Additionally, the class vice and the class meeting, three classmates discussed received the annual “Friends of Smith College” award their respective experiences and the evolution of their (Athletics, Botanic Garden, Libraries, Museum of Art) professional careers over the past 55 years. It was a in recognition of the highest percentage of member- fascinating program on medical advances and current ship participation. We are special and very generous! technology, a program symbolic of a Smith continuous Thank you to all who made these awards possible. learning experience, which sparked a lively discussion. continued next page To learn more about the presentations, do visit our class website at alumnae.smith.edu. A sincere note Up to Speed (cont’d) allegiance to Smith, organizational skills and creativity made our 55th Reunion truly memorable and happy. Talk about having fun! By Saturday night we Ann Stebbins Sidles, our president these past five had several committee chairs lined up for our 60th! years, and Marlene Futterman, our Reunion co-chair, Imagine that! In tune with our Reunion theme, “Up to join me in thanking everyone most kindly. It was a speed at 55,” table arrangements featured Rand Mc- grand experience. Nally road maps, ivy and miniature red 1950’s cars. The dinners were to perfection, especially the New So… let’s take care of ourselves, stay fit, be happy England lobster platters, and, as dessert was served, and keep in touch. We’ll meet again in 2018! the wonderful Smiffenpoofs stopped by to serenade us. With warm regards, Our 55th Reunion Team and all who lent a hand Mims Shea Placke deserve a great round of applause. Their enthusiasm, Reunion Chair

YOU DON’T NEED A MAN WITH YOUR BRAINS An ode to Smith in the Nineteen-fifties (sung to the tune of “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun,” from “Annie Get Your Gun” by Irving Berlin, first produced in 1946) This song was originally adapted You’re sharp as a pin point, Your marks are really ten point, in the 1950’s by an anonymous alum. You are Dean’s List, Sophia Smith – Ravelle Brickman edited it and added But if a man wants a kiss, kid, two verses in 2013. Tinka Lunt, Audrey He doesn’t want a Quiz Kid – Wolf and Ravelle worked on the music Oh, you can’t get a man with your brains! together. Your French may be flowing, Your Russian just as knowing, Oh – You may sprechen zie Deutsch with ease – We were smart, we were witty, But love for a man is We could write a clever ditty, The Universal language – We were able to cram all night – Oh you can’t get a man with your brains! And we knew we would eventually flourish existentially, You might know the futility Since you don’t need a man – no, you don’t Of marginal utility need a man – And believe that our enterprise is free – Oh you don’t need a man with your brains! But that’s irrespective Of love, which is collective, We’ve been diplomats and dancers, Oh, you can’t get a man with your brains! Politicians and free-lancers, You may know Lucretius, We have doctorates and MDs too – And all the things he teaches, We were writers, lawyers, teachers, You may think with Socratic skill – Artists, ranchers, even preachers, But when a guy wants a mate, oh So you don’t need a man – if you don’t want He isn’t quoting Plato, a man – Oh, you can’t get a man with your brains! So you don’t need a man with your brains!

You have Joyce in your carrel Finale: And write like James T. Farrell, With your brains, with your brains, You recite all of Shakespeare’s plays – Yes, you can – get a man – if you plan – and But you can’t get a Romeo you can With a Smith diplomee-oh. But you don’t need a man with your brains! No, you can’t get a man with your brains! NONPROFIT ORG. The Class of 1958 U.S. POSTAGE Smith College Office of Alumnae Relations PAID NORTHAMPTON, MA 33 Elm Street PERMIT NO. 13 Northampton, MA 01063 Address Service Requested

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Up to Speed May 23-26, at 201355 55th Reunion Smith Class of ‘58