1891's Golden Anniversary

OUR FIFTIETH is now a thing of the past. All over and the men on the way home; those who were there glad to be there but sorrowful as our thoughts turned to the living so far away as to make it impractical to attend even if health permitted, which in several cases was unfortunately only too true and among those nearer there was illness so serious in several cases as to make us doubtful if we shall see them at a later reunion, and in other cases only so serious as to make it unwise to undergo the strain of the journey and of the excitement which cannot and ought not to be avoided on such an occasion as a reunion fifty years after our graduation.

However, fifteen men were in Hanover for the whole or part of the three days of the reunion; in several cases the wives were able to come and there were grown-up children and there was one granddaughter who had made her way from St. Petersburg, Florida.

As had been announced French welcomed us to the Get-to-gether at So. Massachusetts, handsomely brightened by flowers donated by Mrs. Richardson, where we ate Ma Smalley's buffet luncheon and then sat around to listen to tales more or less true, brought out by Bob O'Brien, and to discuss as to whether the secretary should buy tickets for our ladies for The Male Animal to be given on Saturday evening while the male animals of '91 were dining apart. As one lady had seen the performance in New York and again by our boys in Hanover and adjudged that the Hanover performance was the superior, the secretary-treasurer dipped into the deficit of the funds no longer in his hands and bought the tickets, having in mind that the deficiency would be underwritten, in fact was in the process of being underwritten.

On Saturday John Abbott marshalled the able-bodied men who made a brave appearance for men of their advanced years and brought them safely through the admiring seniors to the gymnasium; our Tommy Lord having been elevated to the position of an Honorary Marshall arrived earlier with the undergraduates. Lord in his response for the Fifty-Year Class did us proud and it was with sincere pleasure we listened to him and with our hands joined explosively in the great applause that followed. The Alumni luncheon was excellent as all who know Mrs. Hayward would expect it to be.

Meanwhile at the Dartmouth Outing Club, Mrs. Richardson was the hostess at a delicious luncheon at which eleven of our ladies were her guests.

A most enjoyable occasion from 4 to 6 P.M. was our tea at Hanover Inn where we were the hosts to members of contemporary classes and included among our guests not only Mr. Parkhurst, the oldest trustee of the college, and President and Mrs. Hopkins, but also Prof. George Lord and Dr. and Mrs. Gil Frost, the only living members of the faculty of the college when we were freshmen.

Having been assured the ladies were going to the show at Webster Hall and thus be out of temptation's way, we settled down at Thayer Hall for our class dinner. In all 20 sat around the tables and this included Ned Tewksbury's minister, F. Eugene Barnard's son Richard '30, Maurice Bugbee, aviator, the son of Ned Bugbee, Theodore Nicolet, son-in-law of Governor Smith, and Joseph W. Worthen '09, son of our beloved Tute Worthen. The dinner was excellent and the responses of various ones to the exhortations of our toastmaster were so interesting that we did not break up till after 11 o'clock—a late hour for most of us.

On Sunday morning some may have gone to listen to the Baccalaureate but the only monitor of 91 present was one who had lost his job when he failed to turn in the absentees when '91 went on a strike on Sailor Cook's account—he did not function!

At one o'clock following the scenic ride to Fairlee twenty-five enjoyed a delicious luncheon at Bonnie Oaks on Lake Morey and lingered on the broad veranda for two hours enjoying the beautiful outlook and such conversations as one would expect when our Mary Barrows kept the ball rolling. But the lure of the Commencement exercises at Hanover made us hasten our return.

Six '91 men were in the procession to the Bema. Immediately preceding us were several of the Alumni Council carefully safeguarding us as we came to cross walks lest we fall. We had been urgently invited to join the parade as we "were to sit on the platform with the trustees, faculty and invited guests." But the attraction of the distinguished guests which included members of the New Hampshire Governor's Council, Secretary Knox and Wendell Willkie and others, was too great—for once the faculty were too much in evidence and '91 sat on hastily provided chairs next to the plat- form in far better position for Wendell Willkie and Secretary Knox to see the six old men and for the six old men to see Wendell Willkie and Secretary Knox. The exercises were most impressive and FiftyYear Classes should certainly take them in.

Now as to who were with us: John Abbott and Mrs. Abbott, J. Frank Allison, Mrs. Allison and granddaughter Marjorie Allison, Mrs. Alice All is, Mrs. Barnard and son Richard, Duke Barrows and Mrs. Barrows, Ned Bugbee and son Maurice, and Ned's sister Dr. Bugbee, Walter and Mrs. Cobb, Arthur W. French and Mrs. French, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, the daughter and son-in-law of Gilman, Heald, Tommy and Mrs. Lord, O'Brien, Dan and Mrs. Richardson, Frank E. Rowe, Mrs. Rowe, and their daughter Mrs. Hayden, Dr. Carson A. Smith, Stanley, Tewky and Mrs. Tewksbury, with their minister in Randolph, Vt., and their friends Mr. and Mrs. Drew, Clarence Willey, Joseph W. Worthen '09, Mr. Theodore Nicolet, Mrs. Nicolet and Mrs. Matthews, the two latter daughters of Chas. Manley Smith who brought the beautiful flowers to decorate the class dinner.

Classmates, don't be fearful, at present there is not a deficit, but the secretarytreasurer is authorized to raise money when needed from those who can and are willing to contribute.

1891—FIFTIETH REUNION Front row: M. D. Barrows, Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Route, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. F. E. Barnard, Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. Alice P. Allis, D. C. Richardson. Second row: Marjorie Allison, Mrs. J. B. Hayden, Mrs. French, R. L. O'Brien, Mrs. A. C. Mathews, Airs. Nicolet, E. W.Tewksbury, Mrs. Cobb, W. D. Cobb. Third row: F. H. B. Heald, Mrs. Barrows, C. H. Willey, W. E. Stanley. Fourth row: F. E. Rowe,C. A. Smith, Maurice Bugbee, T. Nicolet, R. Barnard '30, A.W. French, J. F. Allison, J. Abbott, E. T. S. Lord, E. J. Bugbee.