1894

Perhaps all the readers of this column have not seen and probably very few remember the exact wording which appears on the cup which the Class of '94 gave the College in 1909 for the sake of spurring attendance at reunions. Here it is:

THE COMMENCEMENT CUP

A perpetual alumni trophy for annual award to that class which shall have present during commencement week the largest proportion of its living members presented to

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

by the Class of 1894 MCMX

Our Class really won this cup only once, in 1934. It was also awarded to us in 1944 because of the 75% attendance which we had at our 50th. There was no competition that year.

In the obituary which came out last month of Frank Balch, reference was made to the fact that 11 men entered our Class from St. Johnsbury Academy, eight of whom graduated and three of whom are now living (Gibbon,Grover, Knowlton). This was the largest number which entered from any one school. The runner-up in this contest was Lebanon High School which entered ten men, eight of whom graduated. The Smalley brothers alone survive of that group. One-fifth of our 113 men entering came from these two schools.

Paul Jenks once said that he had a father and a daughter who were gluttons for statistics. Hence, it was not difficult for him at one time to reckon up the number of men who had graduated from Dartmouth in every class before ours. He found that only two classes, viz. 1842 which had 87 and 1873 which had 91. were larger in number than '94 which had 86. However, it also ought to be noted that '78 had 86. After '94 the first class to go ahead of our number was '97 which by a strange coincidence graduated 94. Oddly enough '98 fell back to 71. It was with 1899 that the Dartmouth classes forged notably ahead, the number that year being 110. Paul made a graph which shows the tips and downs of graduating classes. The results of his work will be duly deposited with the Alumni Recorder.

The Secretary is writing these notes with the expectation that in two days he will be en route to Hanover for the annual meeting of class officers. He expects that '94 will be also represented there by Billy Ames, Treasurer. and Phil Marden, the Bequest Chairman.

A new address for Mrs. Rob Penniman: 326 Highland Avenue, Winchester, Mass. Two parts of paragraphs which were deleted from the sketch of Frank Batch in last month's obituary columns may be given here:

"It was characteristic of him that in 1922 he should suggest to the class that 'all interested in gardening have a short meeting at our next Reunion to talk over our gardening experiences and perhaps organize a '94 Garden Club.' 'His presence at our Fiftieth where he had charge of what we called a 'museum' of mementoes will never be forgotten."

Secretary, 74 Kirkland St., Cambridge 38, Mass.

Class Agent, 82 Hillside Ave., Nutley 10, N. J.