CLASS OF 1877
The thirty-fifth year from graduation is not one to evoke special enthusiasm, and large numbers were not to be expected. The coming together, however, of eighteen of the fifty-one living graduates of '77 and five others for some time connected with us made our reunion not surpassed in enjoyment among the meetings of the class. We were lodged in North Fayerweather Hall. The formal features of the reunion consisted only of luncheon and dinner together on Tuesday at College Hall. A good number of wives and sons and daughters were with us on both occasions. Of special interest was the presence of sons of Robinson and Hammond, deceased members of the class, both graduates of Dartmouth and evidently worthy sons of their fathers, and of the widow and daughter of W. H. Ray, a member of the class for three years. Two group photographs, one of the class and families and one of the class alone, were taken by W. H. Gardiner '76, official photographer to the class. Unfortunately a few who arrived in town late do not appear in the pictures.
The eighteen graduates of '77 who were present were as follows: Professor Charles D. Adams of Dartmouth, who responded with great fitness to the toast, "The New Dartmouth", and assured us of the success of the administration of President Nichols, as on former occasions he had kindled our enthusiasm for Doctor Tucker; George A. Brown, in active practice at the Boston bar; Alfred H. Campbell of Windsor, Conn., an educator of high rank; George F. Canis of New York, who was making his first visit to Hanover since our graduation; Philip Carpenter of New York, who stands toward the front of the legal profession of the metropolis; Ira A. Chase of Bristol, N. H., well known in law and politics throughout the state; John M. Comstock, whose claim to distinction lies in the fact that he has been secretary of the class since our senior year; William G. Davis of New York, clerk in the city courts; Clifton S. Deane of Hanover, Mass., a civil engineer with the Boston Port Commission; Ray T. Gile of Littleton, N. H., known as an expert civil engineer throughout northern New England; John J. Hopper of New York, civil engineer and contractor, highly successful in business and a power in politics; George I. McAllister of. the Manchester bar, who as toastmaster at the banquet did not belie the reputation for oratory which, he has acquired; Henry L. Moore, eminently successful in business in Minneapolis and a benefactor of the College; John L. Sewall of Worcester, Mass., preacher, promoter, and versatile, genius; William F. Temple and Samuel B. Thombs, successful' medical practitioners respectively on the Back Bay in Boston and in Portland, Me.; Albert Wallace of Rochester, N. H., shoe manufacturer and politician, one of the millionaires of the class; Charles A. Willard, the "Judge" in college, and since a judge, first of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and now of the United States District Court of Minnesota. To these were added two men who took the first part of their course with us but graduated with '79,— William H. Cummings of Claremont, N. H., educator of high standing and long experience, and Seth N. Gage of Ascutneyville, Vt., retired from business pursuits in Boston. Three others, loyal members of '77, who did not remain to graduate from the College, were Albert H. Morton, the head of a great machine shop in Lowell, Mass.; Robert A. Ray, probate judge at Keene, N. H., and William J. Willard, who has long held a responsible position in a railroad office in Boston.
The next formal meeting of the class will be held at Hanover in 1917.
Secretary, John M. Comstock, Chelsea, Vt.
