Class Note 1954
Issue
“Though ’round the girdled earth they roam…” has been spinning ’round in my head for the past three days. To explain: I had to make a quick trip into N.Y.C. from our summer rental in Sag Harbor, New York, the charming old whaling village located on the East End of Long Island (for the benefit of those not in the know), to receive yet another shot of cortisone into my aching, arthritic left knee. Standing in an elevator in a small medical building on East 34th Street a young woman spots my ’54 50th reunion coffee mug and, smiling broadly, says, “My sister went to Dartmouth, class of 1980.” Returning her broad smile, I told her how I had recently attended my 55th reunion and asked how her sister had liked attending the College. No sooner had she said “my sister loved Dartmouth” than the man standing next to her, and the only other passenger in this small elevator, extended his hand to me and said, “I’m Harry (?), class of 1952.” Now, the chances of three Dartmouth-connected people taking the same small elevator at the same time are not very great—but are definitely guaranteed to produce three very broad smiles.
A relatively new feature of our bimonthly Class Notes column is the addition of frequent addenda to the online edition. We’ve mentioned before that our word limit in this print edition is now set at 350. This fact, coupled with the six-week lead time from submission to printing, has prompted the editorial decision to add frequent items to this column’s online version. With our quarterly newsletter and bimonthly DAM column representing the chief means of communicating class-related news, the online addenda provide a means to rapidly report newsworthy events to all classmates. Simply by going to the ’54 Web site and then clicking on the recent Class Notes link you’ll be able to stay up-to-date on what’s going on with class activities and your classmates. Please let me hear from you via e-mail, phone or snail mail and see your newsworthy item communicated instantly to all classmates—at least all those who check the ’54 Web site on a regular basis.
—Anthony Kane, 650 Park Ave., 18A, New York, NY 10065; (212) 628-2147; akane32@nyc.rr.com
Nov - Dec 2009
“Though ’round the girdled earth they roam…” has been spinning ’round in my head for the past three days. To explain: I had to make a quick trip into N.Y.C. from our summer rental in Sag Harbor, New York, the charming old whaling village located on the East End of Long Island (for the benefit of those not in the know), to receive yet another shot of cortisone into my aching, arthritic left knee. Standing in an elevator in a small medical building on East 34th Street a young woman spots my ’54 50th reunion coffee mug and, smiling broadly, says, “My sister went to Dartmouth, class of 1980.” Returning her broad smile, I told her how I had recently attended my 55th reunion and asked how her sister had liked attending the College. No sooner had she said “my sister loved Dartmouth” than the man standing next to her, and the only other passenger in this small elevator, extended his hand to me and said, “I’m Harry (?), class of 1952.” Now, the chances of three Dartmouth-connected people taking the same small elevator at the same time are not very great—but are definitely guaranteed to produce three very broad smiles.
A relatively new feature of our bimonthly Class Notes column is the addition of frequent addenda to the online edition. We’ve mentioned before that our word limit in this print edition is now set at 350. This fact, coupled with the six-week lead time from submission to printing, has prompted the editorial decision to add frequent items to this column’s online version. With our quarterly newsletter and bimonthly DAM column representing the chief means of communicating class-related news, the online addenda provide a means to rapidly report newsworthy events to all classmates. Simply by going to the ’54 Web site and then clicking on the recent Class Notes link you’ll be able to stay up-to-date on what’s going on with class activities and your classmates. Please let me hear from you via e-mail, phone or snail mail and see your newsworthy item communicated instantly to all classmates—at least all those who check the ’54 Web site on a regular basis.
—Anthony Kane, 650 Park Ave., 18A, New York, NY 10065; (212) 628-2147; akane32@nyc.rr.com