Our 50th Reunion Book associate Marshall Ledger submits with pride: “Remedies, my daughter's first novel, has just been published by Putnam (imprint of Amy Einhorn). The early reviews are A+: An Ingram Premier Pick, a top book recommendation to libraries across the country. The official “Community Read” of the 2009 Twin Cities (Minn.) Jewish Book Fair in November. The book pick for a brand new book group on mommycast.com. Self magazine's book pick for September. Starred review from Publisher’s Weekly.  And the quality of her writing also gets raves: ‘A surgeon's precision and a magician's sleight of hand, in prose that is clear, seductive, and sure.’ ‘A stylish grace that exudes both empathy and wit.’ ‘A taut and elegant book.’ I spent my entire career reading literature, teaching English in the early years and then editing magazines and writing articles, sometimes for lofty periodicals. And, still, what Kate has done—even just the idea of it—takes a dad’s breath away.”

This anxious reader-wannabe is awaiting Marshall’s return from holiday to learn where we can buy copies—preferably signed by the author.

  Henry Gerfen might be called politically incorrect. Regardless, in this apolitical, neutral rag we publish whatever our classmates submit. [we urge you to resist the urge to shoot the messenger...! ed.] Hank: “I've always enjoyed your humor in WWW, but Maggie and I never laughed as much as reading McLaughlin's letter.  He probably spoke for a lot of us with his reaction to all the new technology.  As for me, my ‘Big C’ is still in remission thanks to those awful greedy pharmaceutical companies and profit-driven doctors.  I'm hoping to get all my treatments in before Obama thinks I'm too old and should just get pain pills.  Actually, I've moved up in the world.  When Clinton was in office I was just a greedy capitalist entrepreneur exploiting the poor people I forced to work for me at slave wages.  Now I've made the big time...” [we can’t go any further: messengers are far too easy targets for enraged shooters... but Gerf did continue w/some funny stuff drawing on actual statements from America’s political arena—which may often be confused with Laugh-in Revisited... ed.] Speaking of which, Hartley Paul ’59 sends this old statement on political action: "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest [the country] become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." True, Hartley’s grandpa was Governor Roland Hartley of Washington state ( "We are too much governed. The agencies of government have been multiplied, their ramifications extended, their powers enlarged and their sphere widened until the whole system is top heavy..."), but these observations were made even before his time—like, by Cicero in 55 BC...

David Birney forwarded some very glad tidings regarding Arthur Bloom’s scholarly research and the products thereof: “A message from Arthur Bloom about his  book on Joseph Jefferson, a great American actor of the 19th century, has just been reviewed very positively in the NY Review of Books. The book was published a while ago, but it is a major work of scholarship and puts Arthur in the first tier of important American Scholars of the theatre.” From: "arthur bloom, arthur" <Arthurbloom1***comcast.net> :

“Well, some real surprising good news. This month's edition of The New York Review of Books has a very positive review of my book Joseph Jefferson: Dean of the American Theatre.   Frankly, I had never even dreamed that the book would be reviewed in so prestigious a journal or by so prestigious a critic as Robert Gottlieb, former editor and chief of Simon and Schuster, Knopf and The New Yorker. Nineteenth-century American theatre history is not an  easy sell. Moreover, since the book was published 9 years ago, I feel like it has been resurrected from the dead. Anyway for those who care to rush down to their neighborhood Borders, it's the October 22, 2009 issue of The New York Review of Books. My book on Edwin Booth should be completed by Christmas. Hope you are all well.” We gave Arthur a blurb in this rag back just before the Jefferson book came out, and it is indeed a treat to re-hype his opus after so glowing a review. Further, we look forward to his upcoming tome about the fine 19th century Shakespearean actor whose career suffered only temporary damage from the rather untoward behavior of his brother, John Wilkes Booth, in 1865...

  Green Cards. (with apologies for the improper address on the last batch—somehow slipped through the cracks that our lowly scribe had renounced his citizenship in the Peoples Republic of Hawayah...): Denny Engelman <dennyengelman***comcast.net>  allows: “Well, it’s been a long time, but now that Doberman is a friend on Facebook, what else do I need to know. Sold my company to ETrade in 2004 for stock, and you know where that is. Also, Bernie Madoff was my first customer & a friend. Need I say more?  5 back & spinal operations and a bout with prostate cancer, but I’m happily, happily married (3 is a charm) & still see the grass from the green side. Nice going, Al Rozycki. My brother John [’68] also received the Wearing the same night. I miss you all & have a lot of fond memories.”   

Alas, poor Yorick...

Ol’ reliable Tony Horan: “We omitted the Sierra as the objective of our annual backpack and went, instead, to the Trinity Alps of Northwest California. This is a granite batholith with metamorphic rock at the edges. My wife had early swine flu & so was carried by the packer in 12 miles. I followed on foot. This was our first trip in 19 years without our son Frank. He went off to the Univ. of Pennsylvania for his sophomore year. I am talking about my book The Big Scare: Prostate Cancer and Big Business on various radio shows.”   And a very nice card from Bonnie Carlson, Bill’s widow <bonnie_carlson***howardhanna.com> : “I love reading the newsletter—to keep up with many of Bill’s old friends. If you have a chance, give me a call & stop by when you’re in Cleveland! Son-in-law Jake Hobson ’95 is really working hard & enjoying working for Dartmouth Development headquartered in San Francisco.”

, Key announcements. 

Dave Prewitt reminds all of the Philly mini in April 2010:

                                                   Dartmouth Class of ’61 Mini Reunion 2010

                                                                  Philadelphia 

                                                              April 22-25, 2010

                                                     With an optional extension 

             Highlights : Hotel: The Union League Club – A shining jewel of history .Funded 

                                          in 1862 as a patriotic society, it houses archives on 

                                          Civil War . The Inn at the League provides 3 floors of guest 

                                           rooms. We have reserved 30 rooms for our Class at a special 

                                           room rate of $185 per night (add 7% for taxes), which 

                                           includes an extensive breakfast, use of the business center,

                                           and library, use of the excellent athletic facilities and  a 

                                           reduced rate at the adjacent League garage.

                              Private tour of the Barnes Museum – one of the world’s best 

                                           Collections of French early modern and post impressionist 

                                           art rivaling the collections at the Met and the Louvre.

                              Lunch at the Merion Cricket Club – one of the oldest and most 

                                            elegant racquet clubs in North America.

                              Dinner at the newly restored 19 th century Waterworks overlooking the 

                                          Schuykill River just below Boathouse Row.

                             Bus tour of historic Philadelphia and a visit to Independence Park and 

                                        The new Constitution Center. This experience will be enhanced 

                                         By a briefing by our Classmate and Historian, Ron Heinemann

                                         Of  Hampden-Sydney College.

                             Dinner and dancing at the Union League                                 

Optional day on Monday – will include a tour of Longwood Gardens,

                                          a former duPont Estate with an extraordinary layout of formal 

                                          gardens, and a visit to the Brandywine River Museum, which 

                                          houses an extensive collection of Wyeth family art.

Maynard has details for the ’10 Fall mini in Hanover, to wit: "Mark your calendars: Fall Reunion @ Homecoming with Bonfire Oct 29 - 31, 2010, with the Harvard football game.  Come get in the spirit for our 50th Reunion in June!  We will plan an early dinner at the Hanover Inn Friday to be near Homecoming activities.  Saturday morning we will meet with our Award students and some from the Class of 2011, or Connections Class.  After the game we will celebrate the victory with Robert Frost and then adjourn to the SumnerMansion in Hartland for our traditional Saturday night banquet.  More details will follow in due time."

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Beasley Exhibition. As this edition went to press, Kouros Gallery in New York (23 east 73rd, between Fifth and Madison ) will be exhibiting the sculpture of our classmate, Bruce Beasley, starting on October 8 to November 7, and on October 14 Denny Denniston scheduled a cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres for all Dartmouth ‘61s and spouses/friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm . Some Kouros promo states: “Bruce Beasley is among the most established sculptors in the nation. He lives and works in Oakland , California , and his work is exhibited throughout the world.   At the age of 21 he became the youngest artist to ever have work collected by New York 's Museum of Modern Art . Since then, Beasley's sculptures have been collected by 30 of the world's best known art museums, including: The Guggenheim, NY; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco ; The Musee National d'Art Modern, Paris; and most recently The National Museum of China.   Beasley describes himself as a “classical modernist,” meaning that his work uses the visual language of shape, line and color. The formal concepts for his works stem from natural sources, such as the large and unusual cliff formations of Monument Valley in Arizona . Of particular interest are crystals, molecular structures or bones that stir his creative process. Based on the simplest stereometric bodies such as cubes, pillars, and columns, he creates his sculptures with combinations that are either characterized by a block-like, static unity or the quality of enveloping space in a manner that seems to defy gravity.   He was one of 12 artists chosen internationally to create monumental sculptures for the Beijing Olympic Games. He has recently installed a 70 foot tall sculpture for the City of Monterrey, Mexico,

and he has just been chosen to create a monumental stainless steel sculpture for the upcoming Shanghai Expo in 2010.”

Harbinger, 2001
cast bronze, edition of 9, 53 x 28 x 19 inches

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That ought to do for now. Start thinking about yourself and how you will portray that person in the 50th book. Bear in mind this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: we aren’t planning on doing a book for our 100th...  Or, as they say out west, Last Chance Saloon.

Aloha, 

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