CLASS oF 1901
The 1916 reunion of the Class of 1901 began on Saturday, June 17, with twenty-nine men in attendance. Sunday brought ten more, and Monday added nine. Of this total of forty-eight, all but one remained over at least one night, and attended at least two reunion gatherings. Forty-seven were graduates and one a non-graduate. The men present were: Andrews, Bishop, Bond, Bryanti Calderwood, Carpenter, Clark, E. F., Cox, Colby, Crone, Crowell, M. L., Crowell, W. R., French, I. J., Grant, Hall, Hancock, Hardy, Haskell, Hildreth, Hopkins, Howe, Hovey, Hunter, Kimball, J. H., Leach, Leavens, Marshall, McCarten, Mclntyre, McMillan, Merrill, L. O., Newhall, Owen, Porter, Raphael, Remsen, Rugg, Sampson, Stevens, Sykes, Smith, J. S., Smith, R. W., VanderHoof, Ward, Warren, Whelan, Wood, Young. Thirty-one were accompanied by their wives. Porter drove from Auburn, N. Y., with Mrs. Porter and their three children, and Jack Andrews introduced Jack, Jr., to the class. These, with Eddie Hunter's Ralph and Edgar, Jr., and Gene Clark's Alden, made up the seven 1901 children at the reunion.
The reunion committee planned a program which was wholly satisfactory to the class. There was time enough for every arranged event and for the less formal and more personal side of the reunion. A picnic was planned for Sunday afternoon, and after anxious consideration of uncertain weather conditions, was held in the gymnasium. For this enjoyable event the class was largely indebted to Mrs. Hunter. Monday forenoon was given over to personal excursions in and around Hanover, the afternoon to marshaling the class for its reunion picture, and the evening to the banquet. Speaker Cox was toastmaster, as usual, and as usual every man present was glad to honor him for the credit which his success has reflected on the class. At the business meeting, held just before the speaking, the class adopted a constitution similar to that in force for other classes, and elected the following officers to serve for five years: president, E. H. Hunter; vicepresident, E. F. Clark; secretary, W. S. Young; treasurer, E. M. Stevens; reunion committee, J. S. Smith, E. H. Hunter, and I. J. French.
With a reference to the fact that five years ago the class elected to honorary membership Ernest Fox Nichols, president of the College, the toastmaster introduced the president-elect, a member of our class, Ernest M. Hopkins, / who was warmly greeted. Others who spoke were Owen, Colby, Crowell, M. L., Raphael, Clark, E. F., Sykes, Kimball, J. H., and Leavens.
The other event of special interest was held Tuesday evening in Dartmouth Hall, when lantern slides showing the boys as they were in college days were explained by Jim Kimball in his best style. These slides, perhaps more than anything else, brought back our college days and reminded us of our long absence from the everyday life of the college.
The memorial service was conducted by Rev. P. C. Grant, and was held in Rollins Chapel on Monday. Special mention was made of Robert L. Scales, who died since our last reunion. The names of Theodore B. Egbert, Carl C. Bray, and Charles D. Hazen, non-graduates who have died during the past five years, were read.
Even before the reunion events were finished, business cares had called a few of the the ranks were thin. As we left Hanover we were impressed as never before by the depth of the love which binds the alumni to the College and to one another, and with the opportunity to serve as an ideal the best of the Dartmouth tradition.
