1901-1905 Boston Dinner

ALTHOUGH the banquet for the classes of '01 through '05 was scheduled for 6:30 P.M. at Schrafft's West Street Restaurant in Boston, members of the classes started moving in quite early. Entering the large dining room, one saw five separate and distinct groups in various sections of the dining room, very busy talking, joking, and recalling again their class fellowship, quite oblivious, it seemed at first to me, of the four other groups. Shortly, however, the groups began to intermingle, and by the time the Chairman, Chan Cox '01, called the meeting to order, there was a well mixed and happy group.

Following dinner, Chan first called on the secretaries and class agents, who over the years have done so much to maintain class spirit. The record of attendance showed some 70 men present, and naturally Chan was pleased, in his modest way, to announce that '01 with 20 men present had the largest delegation. '05 and '04 ran next with 14, '02 with 12 and '03 with 11. In order to keep those in the far corners posted, it was necessary for Chan on several occasions to again repeat the attendance figures, each time more modestly than the time before, announcing that 'Ol had 20 men present. His classmates, equally modest, whistled and applauded at each announcement.

After Chan had established the numerical superiority of '01 he introduced Don Cameron '35. He came down from Hanover where, as assistant in Placement, he has constant contact with Alumni throughout the world seeking to establish graduates in the jobs they want. In his spare time he arranges details and provides custom made reunions for more than fifty classes between June 28th and August 4th. These duties give him a working knowledge of the classes from 1883 to 1946, and qualify him as the latest catalogue of the alumni group.

His story of the present life of the college; of the wholesome and united support of the faculty, the student body and the community for John Dickey; of the thousands eligible for admission this year; of the keen desire of returning veterans to get any possible benefit from their daily program; of the civilians, soldiers, sailors, marines, air men, wives, children, and baby carriages that make up the undergraduate college of 1946; all combining to carry forward the ideals of the liberal college of Prexy Tucker and Hoppy was greatly enjoyed and appreciated.

Chan then called on representatives of each class for remarks. Jim Donnelly '05, now a Supreme Court Justice of Massachusetts, spoke for his class, pointing out how increasingly valuable this reunion was becoming to all of them, and expressing the pleasure they all had at these meetings.

Ned Kenerson '03, echoed these thoughts for his classmates. Vic Cutter '03, the only Trustee of the College in this reunion group, then spoke briefly on some of the problems the Trustees had faced during the past year, and mentioned the unanimous and overwhelming enthusiasm each member of the Trustees had in meeting and selecting John Sloan Dickey to succeed Hoppy as President of the College.

The next speaker, the ever popular and respected Matt Bullock of '04, spoke briefly of some of his present problems as head of the Massachusetts Parole Board, and his first experience at flying last fall, when as a member of a Navy Commission, he made inspections of island installations all over the Pacific area. Matt's very thoughtful remarks were definitely the high point of the evening.

Roy Hatch, up from Montclair to join his '02 classmates, resounded the earlier thoughts that he hoped these reunions would continue, for each became increasingly important to the men gathered.

Finally Chan called on his ex-roommate, Bob Leavens from Berkeley, California, who fortunately was able to attend the meeting. Bob brought into focus the memory of the man whom all had known and respected, William Jewett Tucker, recalling his Sunday Vesper services, and particularly his baccalaureate addresses.

These 71 men entered Dartmouth in the years from 1897 to 1901: Ned Calderwood, Johnnie Ward, Harold Parked Ike Charron, Jim Donnelly, Vic Cutter, Chan Cox, Tinker Gale, Tom Keady, Ned Burbeck, Baker Keniston, Bill Cheever, Squid Lampee, Shorty McCabe, Louis Dow, Emma Brown, Ralph Sexton, Charlie Chase, Bill Hall, Cliff Pierce, Dana Whipple, Frank Cudworth, Bob Moseley, Tom McGovern, Dave Austin, Bunker Bishop, Rock Newman, Phil Brown, Roy Parkinson, Phil Thompson, Ned Robinson, Bob Estabrook, Allen Smith, Bucky Bates, Bob Leavens, Roger Brown, John Fellows, Waldo Davis, Bill Clough, Harold Hathaway, Jack Cannell, Chubby Edwards, Harland Cate, Fred Chase, Karl Brackett, Claude Butterfield, Ned Kenerson, Dutch Wylie, Gene Dow, Pip Howard, Steve Stevens, Bob Harding, Deacon Hildreth, Pat Manning, Cy White, Eddie Gibbons, Jim McManus, Julius Arthur Brown, George French, W. C. Hill, O. W. Smith, Matt Bullock, George Proctor, Louis Crone, Prexy Wheldon, Midge Reid, Sliver Hatch, Tom Uniac, Jim Kimball, Roy Hatch, Brigham Young.

Can you place them correctly in their respective classes? 1901 twenty; 1902 eleven; 1903 twelve; 1904 and 1905 fourteen each.