Class Note 1942
Issue
Jan - Feb 2016
It is remarkable how two months can seem like two days (by that we mean from the last time we submitted a column).
In Hanover there was the dedication of Dartmouth’s newly renovated Memorial Field November 6. The great class of ’42 made a substantial contribution to a plaque that will memorialize our class, together with other war classes. Perhaps we will be able to show a photo in our class newsletter for those of us who cannot be there.
Just checked with Jon Mendes and he is “good to go” for the 2015 New York Marathon on Sunday, November 1. We have been asked to provide refreshment at Mile 17, where we actually live. We will certainly provide a photo. You will hear or read more about it in our fall class newsletter.
We were surprised and pleased to receive the following and first-ever fan mail.
“Dear Mr. Caproni, My name is Jeff Krolik, Dartmouth ’78. I just wanted to send you a quick fan letter on your Class Notes, which I always find engaging and insightful. I always thumb back to your section because my father was Dick Krolik, class of ’41, and it became a habit to read his Class Notes and the years immediately before and after. My father loved Dartmouth and stayed close to his Dartmouth friends his entire life. All of those friends—John Hess, Tom Braden, Charlie McLane, Ted Gates, Mike Ellis, Charles Bolte, the list goes on—became important parts of our lives and our paths crossed countless times. I was close to my father and Dartmouth brought us together from the very beginning—road trips to the Yale Bowl, checking the temperature gauge on a Christmas visit to the Hanover Inn, buying a job interview suit at Campions. He always drove so that we could approach the campus coming up Main Street and the first sighting would be the Green and Baker Library. And he would always say: ‘Isn’t that just great!’ Yes, it was, then and now. Thanks for your notes, and know that I will remain a faithful reader.”
Once again we have the sad duty to report the loss of another classmate, David M. Davis, on August 30, 2015.
—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
In Hanover there was the dedication of Dartmouth’s newly renovated Memorial Field November 6. The great class of ’42 made a substantial contribution to a plaque that will memorialize our class, together with other war classes. Perhaps we will be able to show a photo in our class newsletter for those of us who cannot be there.
Just checked with Jon Mendes and he is “good to go” for the 2015 New York Marathon on Sunday, November 1. We have been asked to provide refreshment at Mile 17, where we actually live. We will certainly provide a photo. You will hear or read more about it in our fall class newsletter.
We were surprised and pleased to receive the following and first-ever fan mail.
“Dear Mr. Caproni, My name is Jeff Krolik, Dartmouth ’78. I just wanted to send you a quick fan letter on your Class Notes, which I always find engaging and insightful. I always thumb back to your section because my father was Dick Krolik, class of ’41, and it became a habit to read his Class Notes and the years immediately before and after. My father loved Dartmouth and stayed close to his Dartmouth friends his entire life. All of those friends—John Hess, Tom Braden, Charlie McLane, Ted Gates, Mike Ellis, Charles Bolte, the list goes on—became important parts of our lives and our paths crossed countless times. I was close to my father and Dartmouth brought us together from the very beginning—road trips to the Yale Bowl, checking the temperature gauge on a Christmas visit to the Hanover Inn, buying a job interview suit at Campions. He always drove so that we could approach the campus coming up Main Street and the first sighting would be the Green and Baker Library. And he would always say: ‘Isn’t that just great!’ Yes, it was, then and now. Thanks for your notes, and know that I will remain a faithful reader.”
Once again we have the sad duty to report the loss of another classmate, David M. Davis, on August 30, 2015.
—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