“Where late the Savage roam’d in search of prey, fair science spreads her all enlivening ray,” wrote George Ticknor on his print of the College in 1803 that rests on a wall outside the Orozco mural study hall in Baker Library. Why do we love Dartmouth? asks this issue. It’s location, location, location, learning and fellowship. Ike said, “This is what a college ought to look like.” Learning, says Ticknor, “makes the desert blossom like the rose.” Fellowship flows from alumni such as George Shimizu ’43, who wrote us ’60s a note praising Bruce Hasenkamp, our late class president, for his service to the people of California. That’s the kind of guys we are.

We are also going to miss Carl Bahn and Robert Moody,who passed away last quarter of 2015.

Phil Kron suggests the following, “The class of 1960, in addition to distinguishing itself with annual Dartmouth College Fund record-breaking achievements, is accomplishing the same results in gift planning by adding members to the Bartlett Tower Society (BTS). With 85 members now, second only to the class of 1934 at 89, we expect to pass them on the way to 100. If you have already provided for Dartmouth and haven’t told anyone, let Phil Kron know at mlbkpck@aol.com. Otherwise, the easiest way to become a BTS member is to have your lawyer add the following codicil to your will: “I bequest $--- to the trustees of Dartmouth College for general purposes.” There is no minimum amount required and there is a lot of flexibility regarding Dartmouth-affiliated beneficiaries. Let Phil know when you have done it and he’ll get you on our list.

Mort Kondracke published a new book, Jack Kemp: The Bleeding Heart Conservative Who Changed America, co-written with Fred Barnes. It received excellent reviews.

Oh, one more thing. The overwhelming good done by Dartmouth alumni of every stripe, and especially you who write to us about your adventures and goings on, allows us to brush off the thuggery of a few bad apples last fall like a bar fly in a bistro.

—John M. Mitchell, 300 Grove St., Rutland, VT 05701; (802) 775-3716; jmm00033@comcast.net