1894 Enjoys Its 60th

OF the 17 members of '94 who were living on Commencement Day let it be recorded that 14 appeared at Hanover for their 60th reunion. In addition, enough wives, widows, children, grandchildren and in-laws were present to bring the grand total of participants up to 58. The banner family group was that supplied by Don Colby, his squad supplying a round ten. Decker Field was runner-up with eight. Decker and Eddie Grover shared the honor of coming the longest distance to attend. All of those classmates present, with the exception of "Kid" Martyn, were aged So or over - and Martyn missed it only by a few days. Our oldest man, Lovejoy, who was 87, was prevented by illness from attending, as also were Bushee and Gibbon. The names of all the company will be found below.

There was little of formality about the occasion. At a business meeting held at the Inn on Saturday morning the class organization was tightened by constituting an executive committee to serve to the end of time, with power to fill vacancies at need, said committee to consist of the five class officers - viz. C. C. Merrill, secretary; W. M. Ames, Treasurer; B. A. Smalley, auditor; Kent Knowlton, class agent; and P. S. Marden, bequest chairman. The last-named was chosen chairman of the executive committee.

Reports were received from the treasurer and others, and at noon a photograph was taken at the steps of Wilson Hall, where our first picture was taken nearly 64 years ago. Following a pleasant afternoon on the lawn at the Outing Club house, the class dinner was served at the upper dining room at Thayer Hall, where Marden presided in collaboration with Decker Field. The dinner was also informal - no set speeches, but everybody called upon from Ames to Welton. The latter showed some extremely beautiful pictures, in technicolor, not only of classmates but also of the flora and fauna in Randolph, Vt. The secretary read numerous letters from the absent and a telegram was sent from the meeting to the three members who were not with us. Next day, the actual Commencement, the usual memorial service in the Wren Room of Sanborn Hall, was conducted by C. C., dealing with the classmates who had died within the preceding five-year period. It is intended to cover this in the report to the class to be issued later.

Alphabetically arranged, these surviving classmates were recorded as present: Ames, Cassin, Colby, Field, Grover, Hall, Knowlton, Marden, Martyn, Merrill, Parker, B. A. Smalley Stone, and Welton. In addition were several of the wives, children and relations, including Mrs. Ames, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Martyn, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Stone, and Mrs. Welton. Also the widous of departed classmates - Mrs. J. P. Gifford, Mrs. Ashley K. Hardy, Mrs. H. N. Hurd, Mrs. Carl S. Hoskins, Mrs. R. R. Penniman, Mrs. F. L. Mudgett and Mrs. George E. Mann. Other attending relations included Martyn's daughter and her husband; Mrs. Hardy's sister; Colby's son, two daughters, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law and her mother, and four grandchildren (constituting the largest family group); Decker Field's two daughters, a son-in-law, and four grandchildren; Arthur Stone's daughter and her friend; Mrs. Mudgett's daughter; and a friend who accompanied Mrs. Hoskins. All these add up to a grand total of 58. And, as reporters generally put it, a good time was had by all.

We look forward to our 65th, and to the possibility of winning at that time the '94 cup for largest percentage of living graduates in attendance at a class reunion, by having something like 99 and 44/100 percent — if not a flat 100.

A note from the Class Secretary: Again Phil Marden has come to my rescue when I am tied up with church union matters. It is good that the readers of the MAGAZINE are to have an account of our 60th from his facile and adequate pen. However, I am afraid he will not mention sufficiently, if at all, his own part in our Reunion. He was the presiding officer at our dinner. It seemed so generally to be an unusually satisfactory occasion that this must have been due to the skill of his presiding. Long may he continue to be our raconteur par excellence.

The 1894 Family follows the reunion tradition of a picture on the steps of Wilson Hall

CLASS CHAIRMAN