First and foremost, prez Robert Kirby reminds us that we have a mini-reunion coming up in October. It is Homecoming Weekend, I believe, which consists of the bonfire on Friday night, October 20, with a dinner at Tuck-Thayer at 5:30. There will also be some fearless football vs. the Columbia Lions on Saturday, October 21, with what’s getting to be a traditional feast at “Toot” and Joe Medlicott’s camp in Lyme, New Hampshire.

Mo DeVoe, who is becoming one of my most loyal and frequent contributors to this column, reports that the Dartmouth Coach is still running from 42nd Street in the Big Apple, as she was there having lunch and saw it! Mo also reports that the “Women at Dartmouth” series she has been attending is a real winner. Close pal “Skip” Knudgen reports that his pal, Brad Richardson, a fabulous track man in his day, is using a walker now. I can remember back in our salad days (freshman year!) Don Hall, Dick McSorley, Terry Guider, and I were running track. All of us were milers and all three had better times than I did. Knowing they would all improve and I would get no letter, I opted out of organized sports and did the musical route (Glee Club, Green Collegians) instead. Your scribe has been spending most of February in sunny L.A. with a pal of my daughter, Rebecca, and that is the way to go to escape the blooming snow. (I do need more news from you; fail me not.)

I had a friendly phone call from Andy Oliver, who lives at 936 Savage Farm Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850-6504. He would be happy to hear from any classmate at (315) 399-6763. I plan to go calling when next I visit my daughter in nearby Aurora.

—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8-5 Concord Greene, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369 5879; smileytmr229@gmail.com