“The entertainment business (in the South) is thriving (Mike Moran ’60 & Harvey Reed ’61). Though my one-man-show for my photographs is on hold due to scheduling, I hope it will soon return.
Working at Deerfield converted me to the GOP. I want the same for the world as previously, but now I understand how the world actually works. I signed on to serve as a GOP Precinct Captain, making our revered Headman proud! Perhaps you were not aware that the Quid was the Massachusetts Republican Kingmaker, Among his legacies in that capacity was the location of UMass HQ to the town of Amherst — in an effort to bring more jobs to poor dairy country during the Depression.
Eight months later, I am serving on a committee of five who will run GOP’s Nashville Biennial Mass Convention. Although a Poli Sci major at Brown, I hadn’t a clue how it works down at the nitty gritty level (sounds like a good name for a band)! Saw a girl in a Choate T today. She said you must be Deerfield. When I told my good Cte. friend at church, he responded, “and she didn’t call you a Green Weenie? Shame on her”. All DA-related folks are welcome to sleep on my couch or to join me a a nice quiet restaurant, where one can actually carry on a conversation. Beat Choate!”
Doug Gortner ’61
