1897

'97 Reunion—lts 55th June 6-7-8

Herman Christophe in four lines explains why men who graduated 55 years ago will come back. He expresses it in poetic lan guage as follows:

The while through years of close communion Into our hearts without our ken, So silently yet so enduring The Dartmouth Spirit entered in."

These lines come to a group of men with long years separating them from the College, as a sort of "genie or jinn" with the magic of this "Enduring Dartmouth Spirit."

Let's look over these fellows coming back! Charles Bolser is here already or will be when he gets back from Florida. He lives in Hanover in an interesting home—works in a garden which he and his wife have made both professional and charming.

Herman Christophe is a doctor witn wiue practice, a leader in Fraternal Organizations, and the husband of our class hostess, Edna, whom we all love.

Frank Drew is a lawyer who has committed himself to writing clear titles and used the word "fee simple" a good deal, and they all know it's wrong because the Government has got a claim on every piece of property there is.

John Henderson did more while he was in College to help himself to get an education than anyone of us. If he could tell the unvarnished truth about his activities, it might quite well make some able fellow with little money find a way to help himself in the College expenses of today.

Hermon Holt is the first ski jumper to be photographed at Dartmouth College. Picture was taken March 14, 1896. Holt, Pender,Rollins and Tent know more about the early skiing at Dartmouth than anyone else.

Frank Johnson was a scholar in College, has been a leader in school work ever since. Walter Kelly, a small man in a big man team, has written a football story of out time in a very interesting way. He kept his place on the team by speed and balance.

"Sport" Morse is the one "guy" that hears Fulton Lewis talk about his business 7:00 P.M. on WOR—"Sport" has seen more of the inside of money at work than any of us.

Weld "Pa" Rollins did pioneer work for the "out-of-doorness" of the College, and also the whole north country by bringing nine pairs of skis, which had made in Portland, to Dartmouth in 1895, and getting eight of his classmates out onto the snow with him in the joy of the early skiing at the College.

Joseph Ryan is a father whose sons have graduated from Dartmouth. He knows the College down through the years personally and pocketbookwise.

John Sibley probably knows more about the life indoors in our time than any of the rest of us. Wish we could have from him a word picture of the "Old Row" indoors.

Erdix Smith was in College and has been ever since a sportsman. He does doctoxing" enough to keep income in balance with expenses for going fishing, and likes doctoring" too. Helped me write a poem one time which starts out:

'Ship me somewhere north of Bangor When the leaf of birch is Tender," etc.

Winfield Temple, a judge, is also the father o£ Dartmouth sons who practice with him. Temple knows the College. Perhaps we might get him to hand down judgment on some things about the College.

Morton Tuttle was a longtime Trustee. Knows more about the College than any o£ the rest o£ us. He has gone to Arizona to avoid the "six weeks of sledding in March.

Roy Ward is the only classmate who owns real estate in Hanover, as far as I know. I'll bet he has had to deal with the Rent Control Board and has feelings about controls much like mine. His hobby is "unpollution" of rivers.

I wish anyone else who is coming would write me to get a reservation. I'll wear the Sheriff's badge, as I did the last reunion, but think most of the fines that were ordered by the "inferior judge of the inferior court" have been paid. Erdix and I will bring you some trout.

Secretary and Treasurer 886 Main St., Bridgeport 3, Conn. Class Agent, MORTON C. TUTTLE 86a Park Sq. Bldg., Boston 16, Mass.