Reunions in '46
A PROGRAM is NOW under way by a Hanover committee to study the reunion problem so that classes which have missed reunions since 1942 and those due for their regular reunions next year will be able to return to Hanover in 1946. For the past three years, because of the accelerated college program, the number of Navy trainees, and more recently the restrictions on travel, reunions have been postponed. They were last held in 194 a, and save for those few classes which have gathered elsewhere than Hanover, eight out of every ten classes either have skipped reunions or are looking forward to them in 1946.
The Alumni Council at its regular June meeting this year in Hanover urged the Lollege to give serious consideration to the possibility of class reunions in 1946. It is e desire of the College to be able to announce a program of reunions if humanly possible, and recently President Hopkins appointed a comimttee to make a thorough survey of the situation and to submit rec°mmendations to the Alumni Council. The committee, with Donald W. Cameron '35, Associate in Placement, as chairman, is composed of the following: Mrs. Peggy Sayre, manager of the Hanover Inn; Mrs. Elizabeth Hayward, manager of the Dartmouth Dining Association; James F. Woods '33 of Boston, chairman of the Alumni Council Committee on Alumni Projects; Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College; Halsey C. Edgerton 'O6, Treasurer; Max A. Norton '19, Bursar; Willard M. Gooding '11, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds; Herbert W. Hill, director of Hanover Holiday; and Warner Bentley, graduate manager of the Council on Student Organizations.
This committee, after full discussion and study of the problems involved, has arranged a tentative program which is predicated on available dormitory and eating space next year. Recognizing the fact that four-fifths of the alumni body are eligible for reunions, it is obvious that a program to accommodate these thousands of Dartmouth alumni and their families will have to extend over several weeks.
In order to establish better cooperation between all groups so that any program of reunions will be successful, class reunion officers and class secretaries will meet with Mr. Cameron in Boston and New York during the first part of November to discuss the many problems involved. It is hoped that in the near future it will be possible to announce a schedule of reunion dates so that the individual class reunion chairmen may be able to undertake the building up of programs for the individual classes.
THE NAVY V-12 UNIT'S SALUTE to President Hopkins before his retirement and to President-elect Dickey during his recent visit to Dartmouth was held on schedule October 12 despite rain. The front-line reviewing party on the steps of Parkhurst Hall included, left to right: A/S W. F. O'Keefe, regimental commander; Captain Cummings, commanding officer of the Unit; President Hopkins, who "took" his last review as President of the College; and President-elect Dickey.
