Class Note 1957
Issue
Holiday greetings to all! As we approach our 90th decade (some of us are already there) may 2014 find you and your loved ones happy and in good health. Wives and significant others play a vital role in class activities. Many of them have expressed an interest in having their own listserv, open only to women and significant others of all members of the class of 1957. Thanks to the efforts of Howie Howland’s wife, Wendie, such a list, known as OWL-57, is up and running. “The owl,” says Wendie, “is the symbol of Athena, goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts and skill.” To sign up, from your computer email account send a message to: listserv@listserv.dartmouth.edu. In the body of the email write: Subscribe OWL-57 Yourfirstname Yourlastname. (For example: Subscribe OWL-57 Jane Doe). No email subject is needed. You’ll get an email back welcoming you to the list. To post to the list, address an email to owl-57@listserv.dartmouth.edu. There will be more details about OWL-57 in the next class newsletter. I’ve received very little news for this column which has inspired me to write the following: This column’s sparse I hate to say. There’s little here to make your day. That’s not the way we want to play. So send me something right away! To avoid such doggerel in the future, tell me what you are doing. Many folks are involved in interesting and worthwhile activities. So blow your own horn and let me and our classmates know what you are up to. Class necrologist Mike Tompkins creates the obituaries for fallen classmates. Since he has assumed those responsibilities in July, 2012, after our 55th reunion, there have been 13 deaths reported. Most recent is Charles Sellman. About 26 percent of classmates, 195, have died. Mike’s obituaries are posted to the class website by Alan Vendeland. As always, our hearts and thoughts go out to our departed classmates and their families. —Bruce Sloane, 124 Hull School Road, Sperryville, VA 22740; (540) 987-8859; bsloane@wildblue.net
Jan - Feb 2014
Holiday greetings to all! As we approach our 90th decade (some of us are already there) may 2014 find you and your loved ones happy and in good health. Wives and significant others play a vital role in class activities. Many of them have expressed an interest in having their own listserv, open only to women and significant others of all members of the class of 1957. Thanks to the efforts of Howie Howland’s wife, Wendie, such a list, known as OWL-57, is up and running. “The owl,” says Wendie, “is the symbol of Athena, goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts and skill.” To sign up, from your computer email account send a message to: listserv@listserv.dartmouth.edu. In the body of the email write: Subscribe OWL-57 Yourfirstname Yourlastname. (For example: Subscribe OWL-57 Jane Doe). No email subject is needed. You’ll get an email back welcoming you to the list. To post to the list, address an email to owl-57@listserv.dartmouth.edu. There will be more details about OWL-57 in the next class newsletter. I’ve received very little news for this column which has inspired me to write the following: This column’s sparse I hate to say. There’s little here to make your day. That’s not the way we want to play. So send me something right away! To avoid such doggerel in the future, tell me what you are doing. Many folks are involved in interesting and worthwhile activities. So blow your own horn and let me and our classmates know what you are up to. Class necrologist Mike Tompkins creates the obituaries for fallen classmates. Since he has assumed those responsibilities in July, 2012, after our 55th reunion, there have been 13 deaths reported. Most recent is Charles Sellman. About 26 percent of classmates, 195, have died. Mike’s obituaries are posted to the class website by Alan Vendeland. As always, our hearts and thoughts go out to our departed classmates and their families. —Bruce Sloane, 124 Hull School Road, Sperryville, VA 22740; (540) 987-8859; bsloane@wildblue.net