Many of our generation will remember the fear and trepidation we faced in passing the College’s swim test in order to graduate. Recently The Dartmouth published an opinion piece headlined “Dartmouth Removed its Only Useful Graduation Requirement.” Oh the perfidy of it all. One day sink or swim, the next who cares? To think 65 years ago many still faced this daunting challenge.

The challenge today is to get yourselves in gear to attend our September reunion. Registration materials should be in your hands or will be shortly for a full three days of reconnection and reminiscing. Reunion kicks off on Sunday, September 10, and concludes Wednesday, September 13. Hal Bernsen and Frank Gould have put together an outstanding program. We want to see you there!

I recently received emails from two surviving significant others that reminded me of the importance of this segment of our class community. Michele McIsaac filled me in on the doings of the Bob Eleveld crew and all the way from Australia Heather Mullins, Bill Hartley’slong-time squeeze,remembered fondly his playing golf with Steve Quickel. Another long-distance email arrived from Idaho from Bill Sills with Frank Gato errata: “He was my roomie. No one could ever have a better roomie.” Jim Fannin, our intrepid preservation consultant, shared that he and Minxie have written a review for the Preservation Technology International Bulletin that was just published of the book, Stories in Stone. He noted that was not bad for a guy who majored in economic geography! Tryg Myhren let me know that he and Vicki are among the honorees at the upcoming National Jewish Health annual event in Denver. “This is a truly excellent and wonderful organization which does a lot of good for people around the world.” Four guys who did lots of good for the world have died recently—Harvey Grable, Phil McCaull, Steve Quickel, and Doug Wilder. Their obituaries can be found in the archives of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.

—John Trimble, 2735 Golfside Court, Naples, FL 34110; jtrim99@comcast.net