Class Note 1951
Issue
Would you like to renew old friendships with classmates at this fall’s mini-reunion? If so, show up in Hanover on Friday, October 8, by responding on ’51 Fables sign-up sheet. There are two events planned that will surely grab your attention. One will be to hear President Kim speak and the other to watch the 2010 version of Dartmouth’s football team against Yale. Continuing our run down memory lane toward our 60th reunion next June 13-15, browse through the September-October 1950 pages of The Daily D. Convocation ceremonies included speeches by President Dickey and the Undergraduate Council’s president, Berl Bernhard. With the onset of the Korean War as a backdrop for their remarks we heard Dickey say, “These were the kind of days when men are tried for size.” Bernhard added that the U.S. intervention in Korea was characterized by the phrase, “The Giant Awakens.” He then suggested that “we as undergraduates should awaken a sense of responsibility and a slumbering intellect.” The 1950 football team, led by captain Paul Staley, was winless in its first four games before defeating Harvard and Yale. Indian soccer team captain Dave Saxton had exactly the reverse start in his season, undefeated in six games before losing to Yale in the mud and rain, 6-1. Hard at work on Webster Avenue were the brothers of new fraternity Tau Epsilon Phi, completing a renovation of the new home at No. 15. Don Dworken, president, was very pleased with the efforts of all. Whitey Hand, co-head cheerleader, led a rally at Freshman Commons the night before the Holy Cross game. In October tennis coach Red Hoehn lamented the fact that this year’s team lacked experience with only captain Jo Welch of last year’s first six returning. On October 31 Mike Heyman wrote a column headed “Washington Letter” in which he discussed fraud in congressional elections. Mike spent his senior year in Washington on a class of ’26 fellowship. Go online for more ’51 news at www.dartmouth.org/classes/51.
—Peirce McKee, 239 Village Gate, Orinda, CA 94563; peirce.mckee@rbc.com
Sept - Oct 2010
Would you like to renew old friendships with classmates at this fall’s mini-reunion? If so, show up in Hanover on Friday, October 8, by responding on ’51 Fables sign-up sheet. There are two events planned that will surely grab your attention. One will be to hear President Kim speak and the other to watch the 2010 version of Dartmouth’s football team against Yale. Continuing our run down memory lane toward our 60th reunion next June 13-15, browse through the September-October 1950 pages of The Daily D. Convocation ceremonies included speeches by President Dickey and the Undergraduate Council’s president, Berl Bernhard. With the onset of the Korean War as a backdrop for their remarks we heard Dickey say, “These were the kind of days when men are tried for size.” Bernhard added that the U.S. intervention in Korea was characterized by the phrase, “The Giant Awakens.” He then suggested that “we as undergraduates should awaken a sense of responsibility and a slumbering intellect.” The 1950 football team, led by captain Paul Staley, was winless in its first four games before defeating Harvard and Yale. Indian soccer team captain Dave Saxton had exactly the reverse start in his season, undefeated in six games before losing to Yale in the mud and rain, 6-1. Hard at work on Webster Avenue were the brothers of new fraternity Tau Epsilon Phi, completing a renovation of the new home at No. 15. Don Dworken, president, was very pleased with the efforts of all. Whitey Hand, co-head cheerleader, led a rally at Freshman Commons the night before the Holy Cross game. In October tennis coach Red Hoehn lamented the fact that this year’s team lacked experience with only captain Jo Welch of last year’s first six returning. On October 31 Mike Heyman wrote a column headed “Washington Letter” in which he discussed fraud in congressional elections. Mike spent his senior year in Washington on a class of ’26 fellowship. Go online for more ’51 news at www.dartmouth.org/classes/51.
—Peirce McKee, 239 Village Gate, Orinda, CA 94563; peirce.mckee@rbc.com