CLASS OF 1887

The meeting of a college class after a quarter of a century of separation from the communal life of college is always a significant event in a college man's life.

Coming as they do from all sections of the country, meeting as some do for the first time since graduation, now hard-headed men of affairs, measuring each other, comparing experiences and swapping reminiscences during the few precious days and nights spent among scenes familiar of old, men depart from such a reunion mentally refreshed and reinvigorated to cope again with the problems of life.

The features of '87's reunion were characteristic of the class; it was marked by informality and hearty good-fellowship. The old songs were sung, the old yells given, with all the freshness and enthusiasm of youth. The sedateness of middle life for the time being was laid aside.

That fine Dartmouth spirit which is at once the envy and despair of other colleges was manifest in full measure.

The following is a list of those TJresent: Henry O. Cushman of Boston, Mass.; Harry T. Lord and daughter of Manchester, N. H.; Charles C. Gardner of Kirksville, Mo.; W. L. Blossom and wife of Brookline, Mass.; Fred A. Howland and wife of Montpelier, Vt.; W. C. Kinney of New York City; J. B. Wallace of Canaan, N. H.; Mrs. W. P. Buckley of Lancaster, N. H., and her son C. Drew Buckley, class of .1914; Edward A. Burnett of Plymouth, Mass,; Prof. Frank B. Sanborn of Tufts College; Prof. George W. Shaw of the University of California; H. E. Gage of Wellesley, Mass.; W. B. Presby and daughter Nellie of Goldendale, Washington; S. E. Junkins of New York City and son Page Junkins of class of 1914; Albert E. Hadlock of. New York City; Fred W. Wentworth of Passaic, N. J.; W. E. Kittredge of Nashua, N. H.; W. H. Dartt of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Conn qf Scranton, Penn., and son Dwight Conn of class of 1914; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blakey and son Wallace of Nashua, N. H.; Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Rogers of Michigan City, Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hildreth and daughter Ruth of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Urquhart of Newark, N. J.; Fred Ar Fernald of Newton Center, Mass.; Edward B. Hale and children Arthur C. and Jessie P. Hale of Jamaica Plain, Mass.; J. B. G. Welch and wife of Amesbury, Mass.; Emerson Rice and wife of Hyde Park, Mass., and son Roger Rice of class of 1914; Prof. F. P. Brackett of Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.; J. T. Cunningham and wife and children Dorothy and Kathryn of New York City; Judge John Howard Hill and wife of Portland, Me., and son John W. Hill; Dr. William T. Merrill of Auburn, Me.; Dr. Alexander Quackenboss .of Boston, Mass.; W. D. Quint and wife of Boston, Mass; W. S. Ross and wife of Somersworth, N. H.; Dr. J. M. Gile and wife and four children of Hanover, N. H.; E. W. Knight and wife, daughter Elizabeth, and son Edward D., of Charleston, W. Va.; Charles W. Bickford of Manchester, N. H.; Prof. J. M. Willard of State College, Penn., and sister Jean Willard of Brookline, Mass.; Judge George H. Bingham and son Sylvester of Manchester, N. H.; Dr. A. Gale Straw, also of Manchester; Prof. Fred P. Emery and wife of Hanover, N. H.; a total of 40 men, 17 wives, 20 children, and 1 sister.

On Monday evening the class in a body attended the operetta, "The Green Parasol," in Webster Hall.

This was of special interest to '87, as the music was composed by Dwight Conn 1914, son of C. F. Conn '87. The finale was enthusiastically encored.

On Monday afternoon a tea was served on the lawn under the elms in front of Wheeler Hall. Mrs. Gile and Mrs. Emery presided.

On Tuesday evening the ladies and children attended the concert given by the Dartmouth Glee Club, while the men held their class banquet at Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, Vt.

Conveyance was made by automobiles, and the ride up the beautiful White River Valley and the return later by moonlight added much to the pleasure of the evening.

Judge Bingham, president of the class, presided at the banquet, which was entirely informal, and the evening was spent in song and jest and good cheer.

The following song was composed for the occasion by F. J. Urquhart, editor of the Sunday Call, Newark, N. J.:

THE SONS OF 'EIGHTY-SEVEN

Sung at the class dinner, at Woodstock, Vt., June 24, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth reunion.

(Air: "A Son of a Gambolier") Oh, here's to all of Dartmouth's sons

On earth and high in heaven. The bonds of class have kept us fast

To the mother from whom we've risen; But of all the throng we lift a song

With a will the heart has given, To the men of our own both here and "home"

And the sons of '87.

Chorus

The sons, the sons, the sons, the sons, the sons of '87!

The sons, the sons, the sons, the sons, the sons of '87!

To the men of our own, both here and "home,"

To the boys who are following on— To the sons of the* sons of the sons of the sons of the sons of '87!

Oh, they planted a little acorn here And in Dartmouth's soil it's thriven; It grew and grew and grew and grew, And they called it '87.

The soil it was most fruitful And it had a mighty leaven ; For it covers the fathers and mothers and girls— And the sons of '87.

Chorus

At the close of the banquet President Bingham, in behalf of the class, presented to the secretary, Emerson Rice, a beautiful silver loving cup, suitably inscribed, in recognition of his services as secretary.

At the business meeting the present officers were re-elected to serve for life.

After the return to Hanover the class met on the steps of Dartmouth Hall and sang and cheered until the hours of darkness were nearly spent.

At the alumni dinner on Wednesday, held for the first time in the new gymnasium, Prof. F. P. Brackett of Pomona College, California, responded for the class of '87, his topic being, "The Influence of Dartmouth on the Pacific Slope."

The honorary degree of Master of Science was conferred on Prof. J. M. Willard '87 of State College, Penn., at the Commencement exercises, and at the dinner the election of Dr. J. M. Gile '87 as trustee of the College was announced. The class was also awarded the trophy cup for the largest percentage of living graduates present, forty out of sixty-seven being present.

Those who came the greatest distance were Hon. Winthrop B. Presby of Goldendale, Washington, Professors Frank P. Brackett and George W. Shaw from California, and C. C. Gardner of Kirksville, Mo.

E. W. Knight, Esq., made the trip with his family by automobile from Charleston, W. Va.

The arrangements for the reunion were made by a committee composed of E. W. Knight, chairman, F. A. Howland, John M. Gile, Alexander Quackenboss, and W. D. Quint, to whom the class are indebted for the efforts which resulted in '87's biggest, busiest, and best reunion.

Secretary, Emerson Rice, 87 Arlington St., Hyde Park, Mass.