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March-April 2023

As many years as I have been writing this column, I never get used to writing it during the holidays and know it will be spring when you read it, so bear with me. First it is freezing—14 degrees on Christmas day—coldest in two decades.

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January-February 2023

We were all saddened to learn of the death of President James Wright and will send a condolence card from the great class of ’42.

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November-December 2022

Whenever I go about the city by bus, I always carry a bag labeled “42s 65th Reunion.” On more than one occasion it generates a conversation from a fellow passenger. Sometimes it will be someone who went to Dartmouth.

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September-October 2022

Wonderful news that President Hanlon is dropping all student loans for students starting with the summer semester and replacing them with scholarships.

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July-August 2022

News is scarce during the pandemic, thus the ability to gather news has been dramatically reduced. Weather, in the part of the world where I reside, has been a mixture of the very warm (80 degrees one day) to the very cold.

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May-June 2022

One of the pleasures of writing this column came in the mail a week or so ago. A fellow from the class of ’45, James Field, read it and wrote me a letter about a story I submitted by Tom Harriman.

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March-April 2022

Oops, I have never waited this long to file the news of the ’42s. Perhaps it is because I didn’t get any or maybe it is because your secretary fell on her way to Thanksgiving dinner with her extended family.

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January-February 2022

I have been soliciting memories from the dwindling, though no less spritely, class of ’42. My question is “How or why did you choose Dartmouth, and did it meet your expectations?” Most recently Tom Harriman wrote.

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November-December 2021

I asked Jon Mendes what contributed to his choice of Dartmouth and did it play out?

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September-October 2021

There were refreshing photos of 2021 Commencement looking normal and joyful after these long 15 months.

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July-August 2021

We are slowly coming out—today we can walk in the street without masks!

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May-June 2021

The following letter from Irenee duPont came to me in response to my many requests for news from classmates and widows—thank you, Irenee!

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