CLASS OF 1889
Our "Fortieth" was not as largely attended as some earlier reunions, but we who were present agreed that it was the best yet. The attendance was 34, made up of 19 men, 6 wives, 1 sister, 3 sons, 3 daughters, 1 nephew and his wife. Seven of the eleven women came for the first time. We were very glad to welcome Mrs. Knight and her younger daughter, who came from West Virginia. One of her sons is in the class of '31, and he was with us, too. The complete list of those present is Bartlett, Blair, Blakely and daughter Elizabeth", Arthur Chase and sister, Miss Alice Chase, and daughter Eleanor, E. B-. Davis, Dearborn and Mrs. Dearborn, C. E. Doane, Mrs. Doane and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snow (nephew), Dow, Frost, C. D. Hazen, Mrs. Knight, son William and daughter Martha, Moulton, Noyes, Redfield, Mrs. Redfield and son John, Reynolds, Sparhawk, Sullivan, Warden and Mrs. Warden and son Alexander, Wellman, Wheat and Mrs. Wheat. We found the days and the nights too short for all we wished to do. One of our men had not been back for twenty years. Think of the changes he found in the College "plant"! We met more men of our contemporary classes than usual. Four of them, Cate and Lougee '88, Heath and "Squash" Little '91, were back because each had a son in the graduating class.
Our sons and daughters, and those of '94 as well, were very kindly included in the young people's party which '99 held on Friday evening as the opening event of their "thirtieth." This courtesy was much appreciated, and added greatly to the pleasure of those able to attend.
Our group was faithful in going to the usual and unusual events of the Commencement period, such as Class Day, "Double Trouble," baccalaureate, the president's reception, the baseball game, annual meetings of Phi Beta Kappa and the Alumni Association, reception to the fifty-year class, un veiling of the tablet to the memory of Dr. Nathan Smith, founder of the Medical College (who died one hundred years ago), the various musical events, and, finally, the graduation exercises and the conferring of degrees, followed by the alumni luncheon.
Our class was particularly gratified by the conferring of the honorary degree, LL.D., on one of our members, Fred Wheat, recently appointed by President Hoover justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. For seven years Wheat had been assistant attorney-general in the Department of Justice at Washington.
The two (relatively) formal events of the reunion, both of them "co-educational," were a dinner at Lake Morey Club, Fairlee, Sunday evening, and dinner at the Alumni Room, College Hall, Monday evening. After dinner at Fairlee we enjoyed a unique "pictureshow." A few years ago Ralph Bartlett patiently and laboriously collected contemporary photographs of as many of our class as were willing to respond to his persuasive letters. From these photographs he had lantern slides made. He had slides made also from the photographs taken during our senior year in college. The earlier pictures were shown first, then the later, so that we might see some of the changes the passing years had wrought. To add to our pleasure he showed, besides our own pictures, those of our professors and many undergraduate groups and a few taken at reunions and special Dartmouth events. These slides would have very little interest to outsiders, but they held our closest attention, and all of us were grateful to "Prexy" for this unusual entertainment. He is now a skilled maker of motion pictures, and we are anticipating seeing at least one reel taken in Hanover during our reunion.
At our business session all class officers were re-elected, except that Wellman was unable to serve longer as agent for the Alumni Fund. Warden is his successor. As we left Hanover we were glad we had been there, and asked ourselves repeatedly, "Why are there so many men 'who never come back'?"
Secretary,
