Class Note 1942
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
We have found our survey of classmates and what experiences stood out most about their four years at Dartmouth a stimulating project. Most recently, Jon Mendes writes his three experiences: The hurricane of 1938, building the Eleazar Wheelock sculpture and professor John Moffat Mecklin and his saying, “There are no absolutes.”
As for Professor Mecklin’s statement, it caused me to Google that statement. Please send us your thoughts. Ours: “There is no right or wrong.” I remember clearly arriving the night of the hurricane of 1938. My mother and father drove me to Hanover and we took a fellow classmate out to dinner. All was calm at that point. When we finished our dinner and walked outside we ran head-on into the storm, with trees down along the road and, of course, much wind and rain.
Some of you may remember our scholar, Neha Narula ’03, who says, “The mentoring I received at Dartmouth helped me succeed in my field.”
Five members of the class of 2015 received their commission, and each one received a copy of our book, Dartmouth at War, in recognition of their accomplishment.
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, spoke at Commencement. Before Commencement he met with 25 seniors and offered some good advice. “Life after college can be a shock to many,” he said. “After 22 years of structure—you are the most supervised generation in history—suddenly you will be released into the wild. “Nurture friendships, don’t judge yourself against your friends’ Facebook highlight reels” and pick a moral hero to emulate, Brooks says. Please send us your news, especially your recollections of the most important and influential experiences you recall of your four years at Dartmouth. None of us will forget being uprooted in the first semester of our senior year by WW II, its profound influence on us then, how it shaped our future and, for that matter, how it shaped the world.
Once again it is my unfortunate duty to report the loss of a classmate, John Stewart, May 2.
—Leo F. Caproni Jr., 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York City, NY 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com
Back to 1942 Class Year
More of 1942 Class Notes
As for Professor Mecklin’s statement, it caused me to Google that statement. Please send us your thoughts. Ours: “There is no right or wrong.” I remember clearly arriving the night of the hurricane of 1938. My mother and father drove me to Hanover and we took a fellow classmate out to dinner. All was calm at that point. When we finished our dinner and walked outside we ran head-on into the storm, with trees down along the road and, of course, much wind and rain.
Some of you may remember our scholar, Neha Narula ’03, who says, “The mentoring I received at Dartmouth helped me succeed in my field.”
Five members of the class of 2015 received their commission, and each one received a copy of our book, Dartmouth at War, in recognition of their accomplishment.
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, spoke at Commencement. Before Commencement he met with 25 seniors and offered some good advice. “Life after college can be a shock to many,” he said. “After 22 years of structure—you are the most supervised generation in history—suddenly you will be released into the wild. “Nurture friendships, don’t judge yourself against your friends’ Facebook highlight reels” and pick a moral hero to emulate, Brooks says. Please send us your news, especially your recollections of the most important and influential experiences you recall of your four years at Dartmouth. None of us will forget being uprooted in the first semester of our senior year by WW II, its profound influence on us then, how it shaped our future and, for that matter, how it shaped the world.
Once again it is my unfortunate duty to report the loss of a classmate, John Stewart, May 2.
—Leo F. Caproni Jr., 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York City, NY 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com