Class of 1907
Twenty-Fifth Reunion
Who can report a Twenty-Fifth adequately—especially two months after the event?—not this secretary certainly and equally certainly 1907's Twenty-Fifth can't be paragraphed. Those who participated will not recognize in this condensed statement one of life's most enjoyable experiences,—and those who were not present may well say, as they read, "I didn't miss much after all, if that's all they did."
Friday, June 17th, General get-together at Russell Sage Hall. Get your badge!—So the class program has it.—What really happened is quite another story: classmate after classmate, with or without wife and children, driving up to the headquarters and scanning the assembly eagerly for his particular pals of college days. And findingthem! That's the whole of the first day of the 85th,—any 25th.—Finding your best friends under the old familiar elms and in the dormitory corridors.
Well, that's what sixty-six 1907 men did (principally) on Friday, the 17th.
Saturday, June 18th:
Some went to Class Day exercises, no doubt, and some to Fraternity Reunions.— But "the reunion" was all over the place and not at all circumscribed by any Commencement program.—ln and in front of Russell Sage, on the golf course, at the Outing Club, 1907 men "reuned" to suit the individual taste. (And, if that doesn't mean anything to you, I'm sorry.)
There was a class picture, to be sure, about six-thirty, and most 1907 men, women and children were in it:—But that was an incident!— The real reunion got under way again at the class dinner at the Commons.
Mike Smith presided and presented as speakers, Judge McLane (trustee), Bill Minsch (Alumni Fund), Harry Wellman (professor), Rip Heneage (Athletics), Sam Barnes (Farthest West) and Ben Washburn (Class Bishop). They all talked well and some real business was done,—but the barber-shop chords are what I remember most vividly!
Charles Woodworth and Bill Smart offered their resignations as Secretary and Treasurer respectively, and Dick Lane was steam-rollered into the combined job of Secretary-Treasurer. The retiring officers were appropriately given a unanimous vote of appreciation for their services to the class. Bill Minsch made a most effective plea for support of the Alumni Fund, to which the class responded by making a substantial emergency contribution.—More barber-shop chords!
Sunday—All-day Outing at Lake Tarleton Club—Come one, come all, men, women and children.—And they did. Approximately one hundred and fifty, I'm told.—Golf, for them as craved golf, food and scenery for all the others,—and some 1907 singing.—Norman Cushman won the Kicker's Handicap in the morning and Tute Worthen the Class Championship in the afternoon. Jim Reilly was runner-up.— Mrs. Nickerson was 1907's guest for the day, to the great satisfaction of all her friends and Nick's.
The "at home" of the President and Mrs. Hopkins on Sunday evening was delightful, and added much to the joy of reunion. But, it can't be described for those who were not there any more than most of the other joys of the 25th can be.
Monday—Alumni Day.
Tuesday—Commencement Day.
The last two days of the 25th were, I suspect, employed and enjoyed as each classmate chose.—Some, no doubt, following the Commencement program, others on the golf course (King McCoy, for example) and perhaps the majority talking it over with the boys.—Certainly it was a grand time, and the best depression tonic yet discovered.
The Reunion Committee, ably assisted by Dick Southgate, did the best possible job.—They left us alone to enjoy ourselves, most of the time, and enjoy ourselves we did.
A list of returning classmates and members of their families, complete and accurate, we hope, follows:
Members of Class 66
Total Attendance 149
Bill Ahern; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ashley with Eleanor, Julia and Gardner; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Barker and Miss Agnes Marie Barker and Craig Barker; Sam Barnes and Miss Barbara; Sam and Mrs. Bartlett; VV. C. Billings and Edith, Henry and Robert; Harper and Mrs. Blaisdell; Duke and Mrs. Boyer and son and daughter; Gene and Mrs. Brooks; Allan, Margaret and Ethel Brown; Jim Brown and James D.; Phil and Mrs. Chase; Bob Cochrane; Crick Crocker; Bill and Helen Cummings; Norman and Mrs. Cushman and Gardner '35; Nat and Mrs. Davis and Margaret; Shorty Edwards; Charlie Fields; E. L. and Mrs. Foley: Ted and Mrs. Foster with Lois and F. E. Jr.; George and Mrs. Grebenstein and Victoria; Bill Grimes.
Harry and Alice Haley; Pat and Irene Hathaway and Jack; Rip and Marguerite Heneage and Dick, Bobby, John and Peter; Herb Hinman; Mac and Mrs. Howard; Bob and Mrs. Kenyon and Betty; Vic and Mrs. King and Tommy and Vic's mother, Mrs. Wm. Fleischman; Hobbs and Mrs. Knight; Dick and Lucy Lane; Peb Langill; Walter Leighton; George Liscomb; Joe and Mrs. McCann and daughter and son Harry '34; Jerry Macdonald; King and Betty McCoy; Charlie McKendree and Chas. G.; Judge and Elizabeth McLane with daughter Elizabeth and Charles; Bill Minsch and Bud '35 (Wm. J. Minsch Jr.); Bishop Niles with Miss Katherine and Louville '35; Harry Pelren; Ralph and Mrs. Perkins; John Piper and son; Jim and Mrs. Reilly— also Jim's mother and sister.
Tom and Jean Reilly; Ted and Mrs. Richardson; Chet and Jean Sandy and Don '34; Homer and Mrs. Sibley; Bill and Mrs. Smart (Dog "Happy" not counted!); Mike Smith; Dick Southgate; Leon and Mrs. Sprague; Albert and Mrs. Stevens: Jack and Mrs. Stilphen: Harry and Mrs. Storrs; John and Gladys Tarbell with Jean and Jack; Arthur and Mrs. Taylor; Ned Temple with daughters Catharine and Beatrice; Ben Washburn; Walter Wehrle; Harry Wellman; Charles Woodworth; "Tute" and Mrs. Worthen and Frederic; Bill Wyman and Wm. F. '36.
Many 1907 men have vacationed in Hanover this summer, some of them with their wives and families.
Sam Bartlett and his family were in Hanover in August. We hear that Sam's vacation was interrupted by business activity.
Harry Storrs' family were to be at Lake Morey, and Harry was expected late in August.
Phil Chase and his wife visited Hanover during the summer. Mrs. Chase is said to have taken some movies of the Twenty-Fifth Reunion outing at Tarleton. Perhaps they will be available for class gatherings.
Ted Glattfeld visited friends in Hanover on his way to some northern New England point, where he expected to view the eclipse.
The Heneage family took their share of golf honors in the Hanover Country Club championship on Labor Day. Dick won the championship, eliminating his brother Bob in the semi-finals. Father won the third division, taking son "Butch" into camp on the way.
Gardner Cushman, class of 1935, son of Norman, has been in charge of the Ledyard Canoe Club Cabin this summer.
Morris Smith spent two weeks in Hanover in July.
Jack Wallace visited Hanover late in July after vacationing at Peckett's.
Teachers and former members of the faculty of the Nashua (N. H.) High School paid homage to Headmaster Walter S. Nesmith in June in honor of a quarter of a century of teaching and association with the Nashua High School. Nesmith went to Nashua in 1907 immediately after graduation from Dartmouth. He taught chemistry and physics until 1918, when he was made headmaster.
"Runt" Martin, who has been located in Chicago for five years, has recently moved to Minneapolis. His home is at 4853 Russell Ave. South. He and his family were unable to attend the Twenty-Fifth because they were moving during Commencement week. His oldest boy, Dexter, graduated from high school in June and has been accepted for entrance to Dartmouth in September. "Runt" is still advertising manager of the Munsingwear Corporation.
"Mike" Griffin wrote just before reunion that he had had a very serious illness but was regaining his health and strength.
Boston papers mention our classmates, Pierce and Plummer, frequently. Real estate deals in and about Wellesley are usually negotiated by their office.
Dick Southgate has continued to make his home in Hanover, and stimulated, no doubt, by the Tarleton Tournament, has become a golf addict.
A Successful Twenty-Fifth CELEBRATED BY 1907, SHOWN HERE ON STEPS OF NATURAL SCIENCE BUILDING.
Secretary, 80 Federal St., Boston
