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First of all, many, many thanks to the Colby staff for hearing
our appeals to them to introduce an individual class column for more of the
Fifty-Plus years. I'm sure it's been no easy task to expand coverage while
holding a tight rein on the magazine's size. . . . This start-up
column gets underway without the lead time needed to solicit '45ers news.
However, there should be ample time for me to obtain news to include in the
August issue. So you can guess what's coming next: a special plea to you to
take just a few minutes to fill in a questionnaire when you receive one so that
we can all keep up with each other and know what's happening. The information
you supplied in the 50th reunion book may well serve as good background for
updates. . . . Here in New York I'm lucky to have Joan
Gay Kent and Helen Strauss to enjoy outings with. And Rae Gale
Backer '44, who's planning a trip to Australia and New Zealand this spring,
came down last fall from Newton Centre for a little visit with me. . . .
About the time you read this issue of Colby, I'll be deep into
preparations for a June barge trip in France (the Loire Valley and all those
swell castles) with Muriel Marker Gould. Then I'm going with her to her
home in Florence, Italy, for a week. Muriel also has a house about three blocks
from me here in N.Y.C., and we get together when she comes to the States once
or twice a year. One of her daughters, an M.D., lives in New York with her M.D.
husband and their baby. Another daughter, also married and a mom, lives in
Milan. . . . Anyone else coming to New York? My phone number's
212-929-5277, which I'm giving here because I'd love to have you call, and you
won't find my number in the phone book.
Sidney J. Rauch '43 received the Outstanding
Article Award from the Journal of Reading Education for "P.S. Tell Judy
Blume I Say Hello" about his experiences with children as a visiting author in
elementary schools. . . . Eugene Hunter '48 was
inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.
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