As our sophomore winter wound down and spring returned to Hanover, Dean of the Faculty Arthur Jensen prophetically gave an address titled “The Context of Our Time,” emphasizing the challenge of rapid change for a democratic society. The American legal structure began a momentous transition in March and April 1963, when Ernesto Miranda was arrested for rape in Phoenix, Arizona, and not advised of his rights. Later in the year the Supreme Court decided Gideon v. Wainwright, assuring that indigents could have lawyers appointed to represent them if they could not afford to hire one. 


In events that none of us could fully appreciate, the Ba’ath Party took over in Syria in a military coup on March 8, 1963. Four days later Lee Harvey Oswald effected the mail-order purchase of the rifle with which he would assassinate the president. On April 12 Martin Luther King Jr. and others were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, for parading without a permit as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s protest against segregation. King then wrote his open letter, “From the Birmingham Jail,” calling for nonviolent civil disobedience, asserting “a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Lawrence of Arabia won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film was loosely based on Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which, along with T.E. Lawrence’s other writings, has become highly influential in the formation of modern counter-insurgency doctrine as practiced by the U.S. Army. 


That spring our classmates began to shine in various arenas. According to The Daily D, debaters Brian Butler, Dale Beihofer, Weaver Gaines and Harry Miles “starred” in three tournaments, portending greater things to come. The lightweight crew, including Rick Davey, Edgar Hirst and stroke Bryce Harbaugh, won the Durand Cup for the first time since 1959. Classmates Ted Friel, Ken McGruther, Chip Hayes and Dick Horton shone on the baseball team’s southern trip, playing 10 games in 11 days.


On November 28, 2012, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices honored Dr. James Broselow of Hickory, North Carolina, with its Lifetime Achievement Award for the impact his career has had on safe medication. He practiced family medicine “in the good old days,” then emergency medicine from “its infancy.” In an effort to save patients’ lives Jim developed methods and technologies that are employed in hospitals all over the country. He modestly says that he has been “passionate about patient safety and technology and working to reduce medical errors” by taking advantage of technology to simplify methods and “take the math out of medicine.” Congratulations, Jim. 


This year our class will be commemorating our collective 70th birthday, with a special mini-reunion in Hanover during the weekend of July 12-14. Friday evening we will combine our festivities with the “Etiquette Dinner” for our “Connection Class” of 2015. On Saturday we will have a birthday reception and dinner party, probably at the Dartmouth Outing Club House on Occom Pond. Please try to join us. 


The 14th annual CarniVail will be held March 1-3, featuring a premier of the Dartmouth skiing documentary, Passion for Snow. Our 50th will be June 11-16, 2015. 


Please send me a note about what you have been doing.


—Tom Long, 1056 Leigh Mill Road, Great Falls, VA 22066; (703) 759-4255; tomlong@erols.com