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doesn't have a 90 in it; she was merely approaching
her 89th birthday. By the way,
your reporter has now passed his own 90th,
and has found out what all the fuss was
about. It is indeed an awesome number, if
we may borrow one of the youngsters' allpurpose
words; so awesome that the French,
that sensitive but practical people, have no
word at all for 90. At 79, you'll recall, they
start the quatre-vingts, or four-twenties, and
just build on that 'til they reach 100. Thus
they slide past 90 with four-twenty-ten, or
quatre-υingt-dix, which sounds better than
it looks, and may possibly feel better.
Ken Van Wynen writes: "Your '25
notes (March issue) asked about tuition in
our time. I won the state tuition scholarship
from Ulster County so I never actually paid
it; but some years ago I wrote some biographical
notes for our children, which state
that tuition was $250 per year in 1921, and
$350 in our senior year. I lived at 325 N.
Tioga my freshman year and paid $2 a week
for a small room. Senior year it was $20 per
month for room and $30 per month for board
at 618 Stewart Ave. When one compares the
numbers then and now it seems incredible.
Student aid in those days was administered
by a lady in Barnes Hall (Miss Peabody, I
think) whose own principal sources of revenue
were waiting table, washing dishes,
tending furnaces, and occasional odd jobs on
Saturday afternoons, at 35 cents per hour.
I've just endowed two Cornell Tradition fellowships
(one a memorial to son Joel '58,
MBA '60, JD '61) as a payback for what was
given to me." Ken has cleared up the question
of tuition for NY Staters in our day, but
I still wonder where James McCall got the
figure of $800. Did he have to pay more as an
out-of-stater (as is now the case), or was he
including board and room? That's something
for you to write me about—and you are not
required to mention your 90th birthday, past,
present, or future. •> Walter Southworth,
744 Lawton St., McLean, VA 22101.
As this issue was about to go to
press, Walter Buckley has just
learned that Dr. Samuel Buckman
has agreed to take over the
writing of the '26 column, which
had been so ably written in recent
years by Stew Beecher. (Stew died
in February, we are sad to say.) Sam Buckman
will need to receive news, from both
the men and the women of the class, to include
in future columns, so please write to
him at PO Box 365, RD #3, Mountaintop,
PA 18707, or telephone, (717) 474-5007.
Someone else who would like to hear
from classmates, we are sure, is Class President
William H. "Bill" Jones, who has had
a fall, suffering injuries which included a broken
arm, but who in early April was reported
by Buckley to be convalescing—we hope
at home, which is 202 Kendal at Longwood,
Kennett Square, PA 19348; telephone, (215)
388-7111.
Among the dues forms received last
November was one from Earl C. Foster,
Baldwinsville, NY. Another, from Dr. Edwin
L Harder, who expected to spend November
through February cruising aboard
the 40-year-old Cozy Cub in the "Florida
Everglades, then up the East or West Coast
St. Paul was
shipwrecked five
times, in the Bible. I
have two to go to
catch up.
—EDWIN L. HARDER '26
from there 'til about March 1. Shipwrecked
three times. Saint Paul was, five times, in
the Bible. I have two to go to catch up."
[A brief article about and picture of Harder
appeared in the January/February 1993 issue
of this magazine (then called Cornell
Alumni News).—Ed.]
Guido R. Henry, Connellsville, PA,
reports, "Couldn't stand doing nothing," so
he is serving as "chairman of board and executive
committee of a fiberglass manufacturer,
Fibertek Inc., Scottsdale, PA. Salary,
.00." He's not the only one to shun retirement:
Eugene L. Lehr, Bethesda, MD,
says "I continue a full work week in the office
of the assistant secretary for policy, US
Department of Transportation. The past ten
months have been strenuous, as all hands
are called on to make plans and set goals
for 'reinvention of the government.' For relaxation
am taking my vacation during the
next two weeks [in November 1993] on a
trans-canal Caribbean cruise."
What did you do for fun last winter, besides
shovel snow? Be sure to let Sam Buckman—address
above—know.
^^l^i Dot Smith Porter and Don, who
I I have been in their Zephyrhills,
m m FL winter home since last Nom
m vember, were to return to Bald-
| j I winsville, NY last month. They
i " have three grands in the South,
the children of son Bruce '62. Kelly is getting
her master's in forestry at the North
Carolina State U. in Raleigh; Eric is graduating
from Bob Jones U. in Greenville, SC;
and Brian is in the honor guard at Ft. Myers.
His company is often seen on TV. Gracie
Eglinton Vigurs returned to Heritage
Village on March 8 after 2-1/2 delightful
months in Coral Gables, FL, away from the
cold and snow of the Northeast. Agnes
"Coppie" Collier Short's life "still goes on.
Still go to the Garden City Nursery School
three afternoons a week. The children and
young parents are what keeps me going."
Helen Knapp Karlen, who never missed a
mini-reunion, died last February. The few
regulars left have happy memories of those
gatherings shared between the 50th and
65th Reunions. Our number of possible
duespayers with good addresses is now fewer
than 100. News to share will be welcome
CORNELL MAGAZINE
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at all times. ••• Sid Hanson Reeve, 1563
Dean St., Schenectady, NY 12309.
Doc Bill Cassebaum, MD '31 writes: "If
you send me several reams of paper, I'll tell
you about half my troubles. I am managing
to function mentally with only a handful of
living brain cells. I talk occasionally to Alvin
'Bus' Carpenter '28, MD '31 who lives in
Omaha and has troubles, too, but is a good
fighter. It was nice to have gone to Cornell."
(For the benefit of others who have
lost some memory cells: a "ream" is 20
quires and a "quire" is 24 sheets of writing
paper, so maybe we will have to let Bill's
troubles go bye-bye for now.)
Chuck Bowman intends to move with
wife Doris to a new life-care center for
which ground was broken last fall on the
Springfield College (MA) campus, and, in
the meantime, both have spent the winter
in Pompano Beach (FL) and will saunter
among the beaches at Cape Cod and Maine
and the foothills of the Adirondacks. On the
other hand, Simon "Sam" Nathan and wife
Germaine "Gerry" (D'heedene) '29 are
not traveling but "staying close to home"
at Pine Run Community in Doylestown, PA.
Jim Pollak and Mabel are also abstaining
from traveling but are indulging a 1-yearold
great-grandson. Phil Lyon says he is
"lucky just to be around," Frank D'Ascensio
says he is "fortunate to be able to drive
around," Ed Sachs says he is "just plugging
(or, is it "chugging?") around," and Bill
McKnight has "no complaints."
Howard Conkey delights in doing
community service with wife Nadine in Tequesta,
FL, and when he has spare time, is
painting landscapes and stills, but so far he
has refrained from depicting on any canvas
stills that produce that which in the 1920s
was known as moonshine—as in the phrase,
"lit up by moonshine." ••• C. L. Kades, PO
Box 132, Heath, MA 01346.
^ \ ^ \ Memories of our 65th Reunion
I I I still remain. Wasn't it wonderful?
m \# Perhaps some of you will be back
m j \ on the Hill this year and take
• j B m part in the events. More power
Λm \J to you! Our class has been fortunate
to be able to watch the growth of the
university over the years. As we read of the
recent buildings and the result of the Cornell
Fund campaign, we can rightly be proud
of our Cornell. Many of us have helped with
the effort and can be justly proud of our influence.
Hats off to you, and you, and you!
I haven't heard from any classmates
with news of summer plans. If you are going
tripping, or to an Elderhostel, or even
just digging crabgrass out of the lawn, write
me about it so I can "tell the world" and all
Cornellians.
Again, let me remind you of our Garden
Fund (as well as dues). When you get your
checkbook out, write those extra checks.
"Please" and "Thank You." It is June as you
read this, so enjoy the days and fill them with
good memories. • Rachel A. Merritt, 1306
Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850.
Charles Durling had planned to go to Miami
to attend the wedding of his first granddaughter,
but never got there on account of