Although construction of the Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) House has been delayed by COVID-19, fundraising continues and is doing well. You can see more about the project (including an online version of the detailed book about the project with multiple great photos) and here and it is easy to donate online here.
William E. Ferguson, Ph.D. (Bill), age 73, of Springfield, passed from this life and went on to glory Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Bill was born on March 25, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pa. to Norman and Annetta Ferguson. His family moved to Ridley Park and he graduated from Ridley Park High School in 1965 where he was a member of the Cross Country and Scott’s Hi-Q teams. Bill went on to receive a B.A.
A Traveling Company of aspiring thespians (not just actors and directors, but those who consider themselves theater-adjacent) collaborated this past weekend on a Zoom-reading of Shakespeare's As You Like It. The merry but motley crew included classmates from 3 countries, 9 states, both coasts, and 5 time zones. We are already planning more events.
Paul Tuhus sent these photos with the following comment: "
Our Class soccer commentator offered some good thoughts about the world's most popular sport, the Beautiful Game:
I wish I had had the time / discipline to respond to each of these last 5 emails that came after the one with the "Brazilian hug". There are so many interesting stories, aspects, and opinions that I'd enjoy interacting with. Guess I'll do a couple to start.
Here are some communications from classmates about their travel experiences. Feel free to submit your own...
From Paul Tuhus:
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It’s been a few years since my last tour assignments in Asia, but here are a few thoughts.
A post Reunion communication from John Mathias:
Dartmouth’s librarian in 1969, Edward Connery Latham, wanted to compile a concordance of all of the poetry written by Robert Frost to accompany the complete collection of Frost’s poetry which Latham had just published (SBN: 03-072535-6). A concordance is an alphabetical list of all the individual words used by Frost in ALL of his poetry.