CLASS OF 1875

Seventeen of the fifty-four living members of the class were present at the forty-fifth anniversary reunion: Aldrich, Blanchard, Bowman, C. H. Burleigh, C. E. Carr, Cone, Gill, Hart, Luce, Myers, Parkinson, Powers, Prouty, Rich, Shepard, Stevens, and Tilton. Cordial letters with greetings to the class were received from Bradley, Burbeck, Butler. Cadwell, Cutting, William Carr, Dinsmoor, Forrest, Foss, Goodwin, Hutchinson, Jones Kingsbury, Montgomery, Putney, Richards Slafter, Wadhams, and Wertheimer. A gift of cigars from Forrest was much appreciated. The presence of wives, children, and grandchildren of classmates added just the touch needed to make it a real home-coming for the class. All of us were lodged in South Fayerweather Hall, and there we also had our meeting room and headquarters. (Quite a number of the class arrived Saturday, more came Sunday, and by Monday afternoon nearly all were on hand. How glad we were to see Hanover and our old haunts again,how familiar, and yet how changed!

Sunday morning most of us renewed our acquaintance with the College church and listened to a fine address to the senior class, spending the rest of the day in strolling about the town, or sitting together in the shade in happy; companionship, exchanging reminiscences and experiences of life.

Tuesday noon the class was photographed in a family group on the steps of Dartmouth Hall.

The high water mark of the reunion was the class dinner, and it was a rare symposium. The ladies of the class were our guests, and all who were there will agree that it was one of the events of a lifetime. President Prouty acted as toastmaster, and words can hardly describe the superb manner in which he performed that duty, and his kindly closing talk will not soon be forgotten. Coming back to a reunion after forty-five years means returning also to something of the candor and simplicity of college days. We were deeply impressed by the high note and deep feeling of all the after-dinner speaking.

It was delightful that so many of us could be together once more, and how good it was to look into each other's faces and hear the familiar voices again! We parted with the mutual pledge to meet again in 1925, and with the earnest purpose to do our best to bring all living members of '75 back to Hanover to share the joys of our fiftieth anniversary.