Lest the old traditions fail: In September I had the good fortune to visit Hanover twice. First I attended a legacy reception at the Hanover Inn. There along with numerous spouses and several legacies fresh from freshman trips (now first-year trips to the politically correct; I assume it was the “-man” not the “fresh-” that was potentially offensive) were classmates Brad Koenig, Peter Scannell, Alex Frank, Jamie Ardrey, Tom Gettinger, Shari Jankowski and Mike Palitz. Among many alumni from other classes spotted were acting athletic director Chip “Cep” Ceplikas ’78 and head football coach Buddy Teevens ’79. This just in: On October 24 Buddy’s struggling team got a big monkey off its back by collaring Columbia at Homecoming to break a long losing streak. Scannell, looking fit enough to play rugby—and fittingly given his many years of service on the rugby club’s board of overseers—also visited the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse while he was in the neighborhood. Peter reported that neighbor and fellow legacy parent John Cholnoky hosted a more intimate reception over the summer for incoming freshmen—er, first-years—from the Greenwich area. New trustee Bill Helman joined the Hanover gathering and waxed animatedly (thus characteristically) about inspirational new College President Jim Kim. On my second visit I learned why, as President Kim addressed his first Class Officers Weekend gathering. Backed by a slideshow of his first week, Kim engaged and regaled a fairly spellbound audience with his impressions to date and his future plans for the football team (restoration to prominence), fraternities (noting his support), reintroduction of a summer “great issues” course (with a global approach; greeted with a rouse), focus on undergraduate teaching (set in stone), commitment to faculty research (critical to attraction and retention of those good teachers as well as helpful to undergraduate teaching) and the hope that each student will contribute to the quests for solutions to even the most intractable global afflictions (he’s been there). Mike McClintock presided over all COW ceremonies while Merle Adelman, Lynn Bodden, Mike Palitz and I cheered him from the back. While President Kim has joined the Wheelock succession, Lynn has followed the Rev. Wheelock in a fashion: She is an intentional interim pastor, meaning that she specializes in the delicate role of temporary pastor when called by various Protestant churches. She is such a specialist that in the interims between her interims she trains prospective interims. ’Round the girdled earth version No. 1: The Wall Street Journal ran a nice story that described the efforts of a global group of leading plane financiers to help emergency response donors of medicine and other supplies find unused space on commercial flights. The spokesperson for these good corporate citizens was our own Bob Brown, who has served as a director of the charitable foundation of the industry group. ’Round the girdled earth version No. 2: Kaj Christenson rang me from JP Morgan London where he runs the “distressed” loan restructuring team. He sounded busy but not distressed. Having surrendered bachelorhood at age 41 Kaj is married with two young children. While he hasn’t been back to Hanover since graduation he recently saw Bruce Stockwell in London and regularly sees Peter Storfer, who has been living there for many years and teaches drama and English—mostly to Englishmen, er, Englishpeople. I implored Kaj to return in June (Thursday to Sunday, 17-20) for our 30th reunion. Speaking of which, early indications point to a record turnout so start spreading the news and making your plans. Even if you are undecided, Rob Daisley needs everybody’s current e-mail address; please e-mail him at rob@daisleymediation.com or robdaisley @me.com. —Paul Elmlinger, 1111 Park Ave., #2A, New York, NY 10128; pelmlin@frk.com; Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com