1938 Has Successful Tenth
REUNION WAS a great success. The committee, headed by Art Soule and EarlWard, did a wonderful job in arranging all the details. There was a buffet supper served at the Tent, which, appropriately enough, was at the edge of the football field and behind a high iron fence, on Friday evening. The Class meeting was held on Saturday morning. There was an alumni luncheon at the gym Saturday noon at which President Dickey spoke. And the climax of the festivities was our picnic and raffle at Moose Mountain Lodge on Saturday afternoon. In between times, there was always a goodly group clustered around the Tent, even when I left Hanover at a late hour Sunday afternoon.
We won the Class of 1930 cup for having the greatest numerical representation at reunion. One hundred fifty-five (not counting wives, children and dogs) had checked in by ten o'clock Saturday morning.
At the class meeting on Saturday the following officers were elected to hold office until the next reunion: Secretary—JohnEmerson, St. George's School, Middletown, R. I.; Treasurer—Bill McMurtrie, 6150 Crittenden Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.; Executive Committee—Boston and New England Area Charlie Hitchcock and StearnsMacNutt; New York and Middle Atlantic Area—Bill Lyle and Pete Schaeffer; Middle Western Area—Ed Grace; Southern and Southwestern Area—Henry Beck; and Far Western Area—Bob Archibald.
The theory behind the geographical representation on the Executive Committee is that committee members from the various sections are to be responsible for class activities in their particular areas.
Bud Walls gave a Treasurer's report which was not quite as colorful as the previous report of J. Clarke (Benchley) Mattimore. It appears that the Class is still liquid, but I do not have the exact figures at hand.
Bob Reeve reported for the Class War Memorial Committee which was composed of himself, Charlie Keyes and Stearns MacNutt. The committee recommended that the Class establish a fund to be known as the Class of 1938 War Memorial Fund for the purpose of aiding children of 1938 war dead in meeting costs incident to their higher education. The committee recommends that the size of the fund be not less than $4,000 and that it be collected, if possible, betwen September 1, 1948, and September 1, 1950. They also estimate thasuch a fund will provide each of such children with approximately $200 a year for four years. They further recommend that a committee be appointed by the new Class Secretary to establish and collect the fund. The benefits are to be extended to both boys and girls, regardless of what type of education they may pursue after their secondary schooling. The remainder of the fund will be contributed to our 25th year memorial gift to the college.
The report of the War Memorial committee was unanimously adopted at the class meeting.
John Emerson is currently engaged in the softest boondoggle that has ever come to my attention and will be in Europe for the remainder of the summer (and these notes are being written by your retiring Secretary), and as soon as he returns in the fall he will no doubt establish a committee to get started on the War Memorial Fund.
Without doubt the highlight of the weekend was the raffle which Whitey Mays conducted in a highly entertaining and commendable manner at the picnic on Moose Mountain. Numerous people had donated all sorts of very fine gifts and the lucky recipients are too numerous to mention. Walt Dunlap probably provided the most fun by his donation of a six-weeks' old pig which was won by Mrs. Ike Owen. When I last saw Ike on Sunday morning he was heading for Topliff with the pig's breakfast,—a plate of rice krispies and a bottle of milk. Running a close second were a series of fancy items donated by JordieColton, a women's underwear manufacturer, which were very handsomely modeled on the side of Moose Mountain by one B. W. Mallory, alleged to be from New York City.
All in all it was a great success and those of us who were there were sorry that more of you could not be.
CAN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THIS CROWD OF THIRTY-EIGHTERS WHO RETURNED TO HANOVER FOR THEIR TENTH REUNION? IF NOT, WHY NOT?
CLASS SECRETARY
