As a senior and first-year Tuck student I programmed on one of Professor Kemeny’s computers in assembler language using 1s and 0s to compute payrolls. At our 2011 mini-reunion the class approved a contribution to the computer science department of $15,000 to digitize all the cartoons, drawings, compositional studies and photographs of José Clemente Orozco’s The Epic of American Civilization murals in Baker Library’s basement. Imagine what computers will be able to do in 2060.


For those not attending the class meeting, you missed a marvelous presentation of what our class does. A number of students, class scholars, are present to thank us for helping them pay their way. The Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth project, which reaches into high schools and brings youngsters to Dartmouth to appreciate the college experience, paints today’s undergraduates as extraordinary givers of their time, talent and energy to help an otherwise uninformed fellow human being.


Twenty years ago we started purchasing undergraduates’ art for display on the walls of the dorms. Some of those works are quite valuable now, and having gone to the artists’ show at Hopkins Center and seen the smiles of gratitude the artists flash, I can report that we make their day.


And Dartmouth beat Columbia. President Kim confides he believes in a sound mind in a strong body and accordingly has directed the athletic department to recruit qualified candidates who can power our teams to a few more victories. Do not hesitate to encourage young athletes in your sphere to apply to Dartmouth. One never knows.


Following a successful 50th reunion our treasurer reported a surplus in the class kitty and a committee has been appointed to conjure up a suitable gift the class can contribute as a class of ’60 presentation, of course, to the College. Let Bruce Hasenkamp know your suggestion.


It has been brought to your scribe’s attention that from time to time a column is not published in the ’60 slot. This is attributed to your secretary’s slovenliness as well as the paucity of tidbits submitted to him for consideration. If you send, I will publish.


For example, I was sent an article from the Valley News featuring a fascinating website called www.geologyuppervalley.com that provides a comprehensive guide to five popular hikes in the Upper Valley, from the Dartmouth Skiway to Mount Cardigan. These are described by Brian Dade, a professor at the College, and Howie Frankel, a retired physician from Thetford, Vermont, whose ventures into geology are further described in our Musings Unlimited opus. As a former marble company guy, I can testify that the rocks tell tales.


There you have it: this issue’s news, sparse though it is. Be sure to call up DAM’s website to look for obituaries, as they put them there now.


—John M. Mitchell, 300 Grove St., Rutland, VT 05710; (802) 775-3716; jmm00033@comcast.net