Class Note 1943
Issue
Mini-reunion 2009 is over. Twenty-six were in attendance. A great success—thanks again to Alie Field. Next year our mini will be October 8-10. Mark your calendar!
On Friday night we had dinner with 34 undergraduate Native American students representing tribes mostly in the West and Southwest. Three of them told us about their experiences this last summer as Henry Eagle interns. One talked about attempts to design and implement a program aimed at helping high school students attend college; another about a study on how language can be used to revitalize a culture; and the third described veterinary activities that may lead to a vet career in the Navajo Nation. Just for clarification: The Henry Eagle Fund is paid for with our class dues; the Fred Stockwell Fund brings older Native American scholars to Dartmouth for 30 to 60 days to utilize Dartmouth’s resources as they work on a project they already have underway. Dartmouth adds money from another small fund.
Financial woes. Dartmouth’s endowment took a 23 percent hit during the last fiscal year—$835 million gone. It shrank from $3.66 billion to $2.5 billion.
At his inauguration Dartmouth’s new president, Jim Yong Kim, told the entering class of ’13: “Aspire to change the world—find your passion.” You know he’s done his homework when he sang both verses of Dartmouth’s “Alma Mater” without notes! He also announced that he’s considering bringing back the “Great Issues” course that President Dickey initiated. To learn more about this amazing and inspiring man read Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder.
I’m sorry to report the deaths of Bill Burr, Paul Hackstedde, John D. Milburn III, Tom Schroth, Matthew Peter Smith, Don Kersting and John Wynne. Our condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 371, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@valley.net
Jan - Feb 2010
Mini-reunion 2009 is over. Twenty-six were in attendance. A great success—thanks again to Alie Field. Next year our mini will be October 8-10. Mark your calendar!
On Friday night we had dinner with 34 undergraduate Native American students representing tribes mostly in the West and Southwest. Three of them told us about their experiences this last summer as Henry Eagle interns. One talked about attempts to design and implement a program aimed at helping high school students attend college; another about a study on how language can be used to revitalize a culture; and the third described veterinary activities that may lead to a vet career in the Navajo Nation. Just for clarification: The Henry Eagle Fund is paid for with our class dues; the Fred Stockwell Fund brings older Native American scholars to Dartmouth for 30 to 60 days to utilize Dartmouth’s resources as they work on a project they already have underway. Dartmouth adds money from another small fund.
Financial woes. Dartmouth’s endowment took a 23 percent hit during the last fiscal year—$835 million gone. It shrank from $3.66 billion to $2.5 billion.
At his inauguration Dartmouth’s new president, Jim Yong Kim, told the entering class of ’13: “Aspire to change the world—find your passion.” You know he’s done his homework when he sang both verses of Dartmouth’s “Alma Mater” without notes! He also announced that he’s considering bringing back the “Great Issues” course that President Dickey initiated. To learn more about this amazing and inspiring man read Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder.
I’m sorry to report the deaths of Bill Burr, Paul Hackstedde, John D. Milburn III, Tom Schroth, Matthew Peter Smith, Don Kersting and John Wynne. Our condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 371, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@valley.net