CLASS OF 1875

The Fortieth Anniversary Reunion of the class of 1875 lasted from the Saturday before through Commencement, and surpassed all previous reunions in point of numbers, enthusiasm, and thorough enjoyment. '75, although not a large class, has always been an independent body and very close together. At this reunion especially, everybody seemed thoroughly filled with the Dartmouth spirit, and comradeship and mutual affection were never before so thoroughly manifest.

The record shows twenty members of the class present, as follows: Adams, Aldrich, Blanchard, C. E. Carr, Cone, Eaton, Hazen, Hutchinson, Hart, Luce, Montgomery, Munroe, Myers, Parkinson, Prouty, Rich, Stanton, Stevens, Tenney, and Tilton.

The ladies of the class present included Mesdames Blanchard, Cone, Hazen, Luce, Munroe, Parkinson, Powers, Prouty, Rich, and Stevens; also the lovely daughter of classmate Aldrich.

All the rooms in North Fayerweather, our headquarters, were taken by the class and their friends, and Mrs. Hazen made the room reserved for our common meeting place bright with summer flowers.

Of the returning men, Hart, Luce, Parkinson, Prouty, Stevens, and Tilton arrived on Saturday, and I am sure they will advise all the class to do the same at our next reunion in 1920; and Monday brought most of the others.

The weather throughout was favorable, and Hanover in her best June dress was never more beautiful. It was a delight to wander about the town or sit under the old trees while our thoughts went back to the carefree days of our college life. We talked of those who had passed away and of those who could not be with us.

The happy events of the reunion culminated in the class dinner, which was served in College Hall on Tuesday evening at eightthirty o'clock. On this occasion the men were joined by the ladies, and certainly their presence added greatly to the pleasure of the occasion. Thirty-two persons sat down at the beautifully decorated table, and after an especially good dinner had been disposed of, the class president, Prouty, called to order and a short business meeting followed, Prouty being re-elected president and Stevens, secretary. It was unanimously voted to hold the next reunion at Commencement in June, 1920.

There were no set speeches, but the president first called for a moment of silent tribute to the memory of classmates who have passed on, and then the class secretary gave some facts and figures in regard to the class, showing that of the ninety-four men who were ever connected with the class, there are now living sixty-five, of whom thirty-six are graduates and twenty-nine non-graduates. Short notices were read of the six classmates who have died since our reunion in 1910, as follows: George Dana Towne, Joseph Raymond Flint, Truman Bishop Rice, Frederick Henry Crafts, Frank Swett Black, and Reuben Kinsman Sawyer.

Afterwards the president called on each of the men present to say a little or much as they chose. The talk was of absorbing interest to us all. Tender and touching words in regard to some of the deceased classmates moved us all deeply, and even now a reminiscent grin comes over the writer's face as he recalls the inimitable stories told by Adams.

The hearty greetings in letters and tele- grams from absent classmates were read with great interest and satisfaction. Stewart sent from Minnesota with his greetings a box of cigars for general use, and a telegram of acknowledgment and thanks with best wishes was forwarded to him.

On Commencement Day we found ourselves surprisingly near the head of the procession, and the part of the exercises we particularly enjoyed was when we had the honor of witnessing the well-deserved degree of LL.D. conferred upon our class leader, now Dr. Prouty.

A group photograph of the class at our headquarters was made by the Hanover Photograph Company, copies of which can be had of them.

During the reunion, many of the class availed themselves of the opportunity to join a tour of the new college buildings, personally conducted by Hazen.

The reunion was an unqualified success and at its close each man said good-bye with a deeper affection for his classmates and appreciation of what Dartmouth had done for him.