Class of 1891
The forty-fifth anniversary of the graduation of Ninety-One passed off with an excellent attendance. Present at some time during the Commencement season were the following men: Abbott, Allison, Barrows, Barton, Bugbee, Cobb, Conant, DuBois, French, Heald, Lord, O'Brien, Pond, Prichard, Richardson, Rowe, C. A. Smith, C. M. Smith, W. O. Smith, Stanley, Tewksbury, and Willey. Also Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Barrows and Dana, Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. DuBois, Mrs. French, Mr. Heald's daughter with her husband and son, Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. W. O. Smith, Miss Willey, and Mrs. Conant and the Misses Conant, the married daughter of Gov. Smith and the married daughter of the Conants.
While the recent deaths of Doring, Kibbey, and Little made us all realize that our ranks are thinning, the note of optimism was struck by all, as each looks forward rather than back.
The class dinner held at the Green Lantern found 21 members present, and before we sat down a photographer grouped us on the lawn for a most satisfactory picture. Following the dinner it was suggested and voted that the affairs of the class of '91 shall for the next five years be in the hands of an executive committee of six with full powers to act in behalf of the class. ,
Following this vote the following were elected:
Edward T. S. Lord, president; John Abbott, vice-president; Malcolm D. Barrows, Arthur W. French, and the permanent toastmaster, Willis O. Smith, and the secretary-treasurer, Frank E. Rowe, now constitute the executive committee.
An assessment of $6 was levied and collected on all the class present during the reunion.
Toastmaster Smith took charge of the boys following the dinner, and extracted more or less personal history from each as well as short reports on some of the absentees.
The following most fitting tribute from the editorial page of the New York Times of June 9, on our "Squash," was read while the class stood:
"He was called 'Squash,' was Dr. CharlesS. Little, in his college days, when heplayed football and was a champion hammer-thrower. But he played the whole gameof life with as great ardor and aptitude.He was trained in several skills: in engineering, then in medicine, the science ofthe healing of the body, then in the scienceof the mind. All led to a composite skill forbuilding an institution in which all theseseveral skills were called into play, at thecommand of a remarkable personality andin behalf of the least, those of feeble mind.He had the satisfaction of knowing that hehad reached the goal and won the game.He had helped to demonstrate how eventhe least may find happiness in findingwork that they can do and in doing it. Ifcrowns of righteousness are laid up fordemocratic mortals who finish their coursewith highest credit, he would deserve one."
A committee on resolutions for our late president, "Squash," appointed by the president, consisting of John Abbott, Charles G. Dußois, and Wm. E. Stanley, prepared the following:
At the 45th Reunion of the class of Ninety-One Dartmouth it was unanimously and by rising vote
RESOLVED: It is difficult to record a proper estimate of a great character and impossible to know its whole influence upon others. The class of '91 has been conscious since freshman days that they have had at least one such great character among their number. Our lives have been affected by the life of Squash Little more than we ourselves have fully realized until his death, and our review of that life and its meaning to us. His prowess as an athlete, his physical and mental characteristics, and his accomplishments in later life, which have been duly recognized by the College, all are expressions of a powerful personality and a tremendous character which this class had always been proud to claim as its own, and by which much has been added to the life of every one of us. If immortality be continued residence in the memory of a host of friends and a tradition among their descendants, his name is immortal. It is with deepest emotion that we record on the minutes of the 45th Reunion of the class the recent
death of our President, Squash Little. As the evening wore on it became clear that many of the class would have no opportunity to report so an adjournment was made to complete the roll following the class picnic with the Conants in Fairlee on Sunday.
By one means or other the class and fam- ilies assembled at 2 P.M. on Sunday at Lake Fairlee, where Mrs. Conant had pre- pared an excellent luncheon, which was much enjdyed by all. We then gathered in the great living room and the boys finished the roll-call, and in the absence of our new president, who had been compelled to leave early, by virtue of his authority, the vice president, John Abbott, declared the 45th reunion had now come to an end.
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