1923

By early October you will have received Ike Phillips's fall issue of "Skiddoo" which details the business of our September 17 class meeting at the Hanover Inn. Included is a report of the presentation to Connie Dodge of a beautiful color print of Dartmouth Row, on the back of which is recorded her honorary membership in 1923 and a citation for her service to the class. Pete Jones made the presentation and welcomed her to the class. Deeply touched, Connie expressed her appreciation and her thanks for the honor of becoming one of us.

Since you will receive these notes after you have read the "Skiddoo," I am not listing here the names of the 19 1923 folks present at the class meeting. I am including, however, the names of the 13 classmates who are receiving commemorative bowl awards in recognition of their 60 consecutive years of support to the Alumni Fund. Those honored were Howie Alcorn, Vince Baldwin, RonaldBriscoe, Francis Donovan, Pete Jones, RobertMaxwell, Truman Metzel, Ike Phillips, JulesRipple, Dick Townsend, Win Wadleigh, Jerry Werner, and Charlie Zimmerman.

I recently had a very pleasant conversation with Rachel Tryon. Warren was in the Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester at the time, but Rachel described his condition as "not serious." The Tryons are now living in Rockport, Mass., in their former summer home which has been winterized. After graduation Warren received his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard. From 1947 until his retirement in 1967 he was a professor of history at Boston University. The author of several books and many articles, he has just recently completed ten years of research and writing about the ancient Mayan civilization. The main thrust of this work is to record the lives and explorations of those who discovered and brought to life the history and culture of these ancient peoples. Now that Warren has officially retired for the second time, his name, which graced Who's Who in America for many years, no longer appears in that publication.

I also talked recently with Tom Burch. He and Ruth still live in Sea Girt, N.J., a town of some 2,000. Tom retired in 1973 after spending most of his working years in real estate and building. During this period he and Ruth traveled a great deal. Tom says they are both in good health now and are relaxing and enjoying life in general. Their older son is in real estate and builds condominiums on Nantucket Island; the second son is in the import business; and their daughter is a paralegal in Denver. There are four great-grandchildren.

Mildred and Burt Prouty spent last winter at their condominium in Fort Lauderdale. They are now back in their home in Brockton, Mass. Burt says he is not feeling too well. We were sorry also to hear that Mildred had a poor winter, with serious appendix surgery.

During Class Officers Weekend last May, the Miners ran into their friend Helen "Honey" Young, widow of Leon H. Young. She was in town to visit her granddaughter Molly '84. Molly is the daughter of Herbert L. Young '57, Tuck '59.

Congratulations to Dana Grossman on her appointment as the ALUMNI MAGAZINE'S associate editor, and to Shelby Grantham as senior editor.

The sympathy of the entire class goes to Charlie Chadbourne, whose wife Ruth died several months ago. We also extend our sympathies to Hartley Caldwell, whose wife Virginia died on July 5, and to John McGrath, whose wife Mary died later in that same month.

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