As this issue arrives in your mailbox Homecoming is in full swing and the presidential elections and future of our country are a bare two weeks ahead. Yes, we live in interesting times.

Bruce Bernstein, Tom and Alice Macy ventured north of the Arctic Circle on a College-sponsored trip led by Ross Virginia, director of the Arctic studies program at the Dickey Center. After visiting Iqaluit in the Canadian north, they crossed the Davis Strait to Greenland. They visited the town of IIulissat and the Jacobshavn Icefjord and walked out on the vast ice sheet that covers most of the country. Their last stop was the town of Kangerlussuaq. (Several years ago I was privileged to visit Ilulissat and Kangerlussuaq and I must agree with Bruce that, “it was the most amazing trip I’ve ever taken.”)

Class membership in the Bartlett Tower Society is approaching 60. Ted Jennings would like it to reach or surpass 60 by the time of our 60th reunion next June. Ted says Dartmouth offers excellent ways to turn underperforming assets into income producers. You can even make a favorite campus activity a beneficiary.

Speaking of our 60th reunion, it will be held June 12-15, 2017. Look for detailed information in the class newsletter. Contact Clark or Happy Griffiths at clarkgrif@comcast.net or Mike Tompkins at miket@infionline.net for more information or to volunteer to help.

Most of us have reached our 90th decade and many struggle on in poor health. Our sympathy goes to the family, friends and classmates of the following deceased class members: Richard Norris, Douglas Trottier, Lee Beattie, Charles Maschal Jr. and Frank Szymanski.

—Bruce Sloane, 124 Hull School Road, Sperryville, VA 22740; (540) 987-8859; bsloane@wildblue.net