WELCOME TO THE CLASS of 1962's Home Page:
Log-in instructions: follow the log-in instructions for first time users in the box at the upper right. Your ID is on your PAW address label. For assistance, contact webmaster@princeton62.org/.
ESSAY: Compose your 50th essay on-line or in a word processor and paste it onto your profile page (edit profile to bring up essay and photo tabs). Have your spouse or grandchildren do this if necessary!
YEAR of the TIGER: (a note from a Chinese friend):
Dear Princetonians:
I am not sure the exact reference to "Golden Tiger" but here are some thoughts.
In the Chinese Lunar calendar, February 14, 2010 starts the 4707th year - Year of the Tiger. There is a five element (metal, water, wood, fire, and earth) Astrology Calendar in which 2010 is the Year of the Metal Tiger, where metal connotes gold - thus wealth or money. However, colors are also attached to the five elements - white being for metal. Therefore, year 4707 can also be refered to as the Year of the White Tiger which is considered unlikely (both the color as well as the White Tiger being an animal that is considered bad luck). Further, Metal and Tiger together imply disharmony. John's Vietnamese painting would reference the same thoughts although its interpretation might be more positive based on the Golden reference.
There is also a thought that a golden year (one that is very propitious) occurs when you reach an age of an even numbered decade (starting with 60, then 80, then 100). 60 is particularly noteworthy because you will have lived through 5 lunar calendar cycles but, without being insulting or complimentarty I was not thinking you were 60.
Tigers are considered the king of wild beasts - it is taken as an emblem of magisterial dignity, a model for courarge and fierocity. Where the Dragon is the chief of all water creatures, Tigers rule all land creatures.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Reunion Dinner: We use the Professors' Lounge for a great Saturday night dinner for off-year reunions. Details to follow about this May's event.
RECENT EVENTS: Log in to read reports.
NYC Dinner: Thurs. March 4, 2010 at 6:30 pm at The Havana Room, 306 E. 76th St., NYC. Weather in NY in March is much better than October weather in DC (and somehow the issue of climate change arose during the dinner).
DC Dinner: 10-17-09: We had a wonderful evening in spite of terrible weather in DC--42 degrees and raining. Details after log-in.
Miscellaneous:
PAW has a new website:www.paw.princeton.edu/
Class President, Dave O'Brien now has his own page (see president's page link in left column) where you can read his recent letter dated 9/09.
DUES
Class Dues: Still $62 with an optional/additional $10 contribution to our scholarship fund. The class has to pay for PAW subscriptions, mailings, and certain events. Dues will also help defray the cost of our 50th reunion and the yearbook. You can pay via a secure site on-line by clicking the dues bar in the left column after log-in. Fortunately, we're successfully building the treasury in advance of our 50th, thanks to classmates' generosity. If you got a "double-billing" please note that your check might have come in as the "snail mail" letter was being processed by the university. Our Treasurer is keeping good records.
CLASS NOTES FOR PAW--and This Site
Kindly submit notes to Barry Bosak. E-mail secretary@princeton62.org/ Memorials are put on-line as soon as we submit them to PAW--after we have approval from widows/survivor(s).
WEB SITE REGISTRATION/E-MAILS
Classmates are urged to register for the web site and update their profiles/e-mails. Communication via e-mail is efficient--and we need to compile a larger address book (with up-to-date e-mails/addresses/etc.), particularly as we begin to prepare our 50th Reunion book. Bruce Dunning, our yearbook editor, is asking for volunteers in preparing this tome.
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