1917
When you really want news about a specificoccasion you ordinarily go for it direct to thehorse's mouth, so wanting some first hand information about our forthcoming reunion Iwent to Gil Swett and here is what Gil has tosay:
The Big News, of course, is our PHABULOUS PHORTIETH, plans for which are starting to jell. The dates - June 10-12'— are a "mid-week" (Monday-Wednesday) reunion. This is a new feature during the past few years which the College invited us to consider. Since many may wonder about the background, here's the problem which confronts the College.
Next June - besides ourselves - the reunion classes will be '97, '02, '07, '26, '27, '28, "32, '51, '52 and '53. They are expected to average 30% attendance, plus wives and kids. The sheer mass of temporary population that must be accommodated at Hanover over the regular reunion weekend can be imagined, particularly when it's realized that the younger classes are running nearly twice our size!
The result in recent years has been that Hanover's limited facilities started bursting at the seams. People standing in line at eating places! No rooms at the Inn! A harried College staff trying to spread itself too thin in doing the honors! Dormitory rooms offered in a "lick and promise" state of cleanliness! Things got too hectic.
The alternative was to split off some of the classes for a mid-week Reunion. In its favor is the prospect of an uncrowded campus, room to spread out, no hustle and bustle. The Hanover Holiday lectures will be on. The golf course will be open. The same features as always - the ball game, Dramatic Club, lunches, dinners, etc. - will be offered. Better choice of dorms, and a chance for the College to put them in decent condition.
1926, 1927 and 1928 had already agreed to take the mid-week dates next June. We were invited to join. The College didn't force us. Whatever we decided, they'd do their best. But they recommended the Monday-Wednesday dates strongly, for our own comfort and enjoyment."
When this was first proposed, Don BroSks contacted the class officers. The fear was expressed that attendance might suffer. Could men leave their businesses? Don accordingly wrote his fellow-secretaries of 1920, 1921 and 1922 who had tried the "mid-week" last June. The replies were interesting. All commented on the relative pleasantness of an uncrowded and leisurely reunion, and all had good attendance. Whether they'd have had a better attendance on the regular weekend, they admitted, was anybody's guess, but the consensus seemed to be that it wasn't a serious drawback. One secretary ventured the opinion that there seemed to be, surprisingly, quite a few in his class who, because of involvements (weddings, vacation plans, graduations, etc.) during June, found it more convenient to take off three business days than to chop out a weekend! People coming from longer distances seemed to make a week of it anyway, working the Reunion into their plans.
All these things, and more besides, were hammered out on the anvil of discussion. The final vote of the Executive Committee at Bonnie Oaks was unanimous — to go along with the College and join 1926, 1927 and 1928 in the Monday through Wednesday plan.
It's a little early for details, but you will be hearing plenty about the PHABULOUS PHORTIETH in the months to come. Mark your date book now!!
Returning from lunch one day very recently, who should I run across in the lobby of the Chrysler Building but our pipe smoking friend from Seattle, Sam White. During the brief visit that followed it developed that Sam had flown East to join Lou who came some weeks earlier to visit her sister in New York. While here Lou fell and suffered a broken hip and Sam had come on to accompany her on the return trip to Seattle. It is hoped that Lou is having a comfortable convalescence at home and that she soon will be up and about.
Pete Olds reported that although 1917 did not have the usual pre-Harvard game dinner this year, the class was well represented at the game at which Pete saw and talked with Bob and Dot Chase, Houghton and Ann Carr, Tommy and Dorothy Thompson as well as theGerrishes, Scudders and Richardsons.
Once again a goodly number of 'lyers and their game companions enjoyed Bob and AnitaScott's hospitality at their lovely home following the Yale game. There were a few newcomers this year such as Heinie Wright, Rayand Pearl Sault and Leon Cone, the latter stopping over for a few days on his way to Chile. Then there were some in far away places who wished they could be with the gang such as Len and Sally Shea who sent greetings by wire from the West coast andBob and Gail Boynton who telephoned from Hanover to express their regrets at not being on hand. Pete and Lucy Olds and Elliott andFlorence Mudgett also expressed regrets through your Secretary. If my count of noses was anywhere near accurate the following, in addition to the above mentioned, were present: Ralph and Evelyn Britton, house guests of the Scotts, Gene and Lucille Towler, Tomand Ellen Cotton, Gil and Marie Swett, Sumner Emerson, Spique and Ruby Maclntyre,Bunny and Millie Holden (and Bunny just out of the hospital following surgery),' Karland Elsie Koeniger, Jim and Ruth Montgomery, Ed Earle who provided his usual fine brand of music, Frank Lagay and, of course, your Secretary and Helen. Jake and Anita Mensel were welcome guests from 1916. I think that I express the feeling of all when I say that we are extremely grateful to Bob and Anita for their annual hospitality so graciously extended.
Although I did not see them, it was reported to me that Barney and Adele Thielscher, Jack Saladine, Curly and Ann Carr, Nick Carter, Gordon Tracy and Ev Robie were at the Bowl.
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all.
1917 Fund, Contributors
227 Gifts (Participation Index 95) Total Gifts: $12,648.13 (93% of Objective) WILLIAM C. EATON, Class Agent
Adams, Robert E. Aldrich, Donald B. Allen, Raymond N. Allison, William H. Anderson, Arnold E.1 Antrim, Max B. Atwater, Irving T. Baker, Wallace B.1 Balliet, Charles N. Banton, Leon G.1 Barber, Payson T. Barnes, Baron S.1, 2 Barrows, Walter A. Bathrick, John S. Baxter, Raymond H. Berry, Elmer W.1 Bidwell, Harold F. Birtwell, William M. Black, Angus C. Blackmur, Maurice A. Blood, Philip W.1 Blum, Karl A.1 Bomgardner, Henry Bonnell, Willard E. Boynton, Robert C. Briggs, Harry G. Brill, G. Meredith Britton, Ralph R. Brooks, Donald Brown, Byron C.1 Brown, Mardis A.1 Brown, Mott D. Browne, Kingsbury Burnham, Paul L. Burns, Walter G. Bushnell, Almon W. Buxton, Robert B. Carpenter, Ralph E. Carr, Houghton Carter, Earle L. Chadbourne, Ralph P.1 Chase, Robert M. Cheney, Alfred M.1 Chesley, John G.1 Clark, George E. Clark, Robert W. Clarke, Harold V. Cocks, Ralph J. Cofran, Clarence W. Colby, Carl C. Collerd, Raymond B.1 Comey, Philip R. Cone, Leon J. Cornelius, Laurence1 Cotton, Thomas L. Cowles, Eugene R. Crenner, John H. Cunningham, Louis Currier, George C. Dandrow, George W. Davies, Joseph T.1 Davis, Aaron W. Davis, Bradley N. Davis, John W. Davison, C. Marshall1 Deferrari, Harry A.1 Dewey, Edward R. Dibble, Tracy A. Donehue, Francis McG. Doty, Lawrence L. Downer, Charles P. Drury, Wendell B. Duhamel, Arthur O., Jr.3 Dunning, Ralph A. Dupuis, Almanzor L. Durkee, James T. Earle, Edgar C. Eaton, William C. Edgerton, Alson B. Emerson, Sumner B. Emery, Forrest S. Emery, Joseph W.1, 4, 5 Emmons, Albert W. Erb, William B.1 Etter, Leslie W.1 Evans, Philip G. Fales, Myron S. Fall, Herman1 Ferguson, John S.1, 6 Ferguson, Walter G.1, 7 Fisher, Russell S. Fitch, Willis S. Fleming, W. Douglas Foote, Paul R.1 Ford, Hobart Fox, James A. Friedrichs, Hugo A.1 Gale, Burton L., Jr. Gates, Frederic W. Gee, Fred W.1 Gerrish, Bernard O. Gile, Archie B.1, 8, 9, 10 Gilman, Charles H.1 Gilmore, Charles M.1, 7 Goodwin, Fred P. Goudie, Clark A.1 Gould, Paul L. Grady, Francis A.1 Green, Irving I. Hager, Fred A. Haggerty, D. Roger1 Hahn, Edmund F.1 Hallett, Joseph G.1 Halloran, Roy D.1, 7 Hamilton, Harley A.1 Hammond, Kendall Hammond, Maurice G. Hardy, C. James1, 11 Harris, Daniel L. Hartshorn, George E. Haskell, Samuel B.1 Hawley, C. Kent Healey, Maurice T., Jr.1 Hickmott, Allerton C. Hill, John W. Hill, Lee F. Holbrook, Richard L. Holden, Kenneth W. Holt, Harold W. Howard, Earle M.1 Howe, Luman B. Howland, Percy H. Huntress, Frank C. Husk, Frederick R. Hutchins, Mosher S. Hutchinson, Perne R. Janes, Charles B. Jenks, Herbert C. Johnson, Roy L. Jones, James L.1 Jopson, Arthur B.1, 7, 12, 13 Karnan, Parker R. Kent, Kenneth R.1, 7 King, W. Trott Kingsbury, Stanley M. Kipp, Walter D. Kiser, Palmer E. Knowles, Winfield S.1 Knowlton, A. Heywood1 Koeniger, Karl W. Kuech, Julius F. Kuntz, Roy J.1 Lagay, Frank L. Landregan, Thomas A.1 Lane, Stanley V.1 Litchard, Donald B. Locke, Allen W. Lockwood, Lawrence Lonnquest, Theodore C. Loudon, Henry A. Lowe, Gilbert R.1 Ludgate, Bruce A., Jr. Lynch, Ralph McCarthy, Earl R.1, 14 McCreary, Harrison B.1 McCulloch, Norman E. McEwen, Harvey A.1 McGowan/E. W.1, 7 McGowan, Edwin W. McGowan, James H. MacGown, Roland C.1 McGuire, Thomas B.1, 12, 15 Maclntyre, Arthur P. McKenney, Robert A.1 MacKillop, Samuel R. MacNutt, Donald P.1 McReynolds, F. W. Marr, Russell W. Marschat, Richard A. Mason, Harold W.1, 16 Maynard, Merle E.1 Melvin, Parker L.1 Merrill, Howard E.1 Merrill, Roger1 Miller, Rudolph N. Montgomery, James, Jr. Morton, E. Searles Mudgett, Elliott B. Murphy, Cornelius F. Murphy, Richard D.1 Murray, S. Clifford1 Myer, Joseph C.1 Myers, Cortland1 Nelb, Alfred W.1 Norby, Charles W.1, 17 Norton, Donald H.1 Norwood, Raymond R.1 Nourse, Laurence G. Olds, Everett L. O'Leary, Donald J. O'Neill, Clifford R. Osborn, Paul G.1, 18 Page, G. Keyes Paine, Robert G. Palin, Milburn R. Palmer, Wayne F. Penick, Mack A.1 Perkins, Thurston M.1 Perrin, Porter G. Peters, Charles F. Ponder, William T.1 Randall, Leon N. Reade, Leonard J. Reagan, Francis C. Reycroft, Wendell G. Rhoades, Morton W. Richardson, Guy L. Richmond, Donald Riley, Charles A. Robie, Everett E. Robinson, Earle B. Robinson, Herman S.1 Rubel, James L. Ruggles, Harold L.1 Rutherford, Scott V. Saladine, John W. Saline, Samuel Salmonsen, C. M.1, 19 Sanborn, Martin G. Sanborn, Ralph Sault, Raymond G. Saviers, Henry C.1 Sawyer, Ralph H. Scott, N. Harlan Scott, Robert D. Scudder, Winthrop R. Searles, Herbert L. Sewall, William Shackford, Bartlett C. Shaffer, Howard M. Sharpe, Richard W.1 Shattuck, Gerald A.1, 20 Shea, Leonard A. Sherburne, Maxwell G. Shiels, Albert, Jr. Sisson, Walter C. Smith, Deering G. Smith, Edwin E. Smith, Hawley A.1 Smith, Maurice G.1, 15 Smith, Newton L. Smith, Reginald Smith, Sherman L. Smith, Victor C. Smith, Vincent K. Spaulding, Richard B.1 Spearm Frederic W.1, 17 Spears, Clarence W. Sperry, Irving I 1 Sprague, Isaac, Jr. Steele, Howard L. Steenrod, Alexander H.1 Steiger, Chauncey A. Stevens, Leslie B. Stewart, William H.1 Stickney, Robert C.1 Stillman, Harold D.1, 21 Stillman, Karl G. Stockwell, Howard A. Stone, Charles L. Stone, Roger P. Stout, Arthur D. Streeter, Percival Sturgess, Albert H. Sturtevant, Warner B. Sullivan, Arthur P. Swett, Gilbert N. Switzer, James M. Sym, Harold A.1 Thielscher, Karl L. Thompson, Clifton B.1 Thompson, Errol M. Thompson, Willis D., Jr. Tobin, Harold J.1, 22 Torrey, Bowen Towler, Eugene D. Tracy, Gordon S. Trenholm, Derrill deS. Trier, Paul W.1 Valentine, Carroll E. Vaughan, Alden G. Wagner, Edgar R. Walker, Harold S. Walters, Waltman Ward, Emerson C. Watkins, Maurice C. Weeks, Harold J. Welles, Thomas1 Wells, Ralph A. Wendell, Harold B. Wethey, Francis Van V.1 Wheeler, Afton E.1 Wheelock, John F. White, John W. Whiton, Sylvester G.1 Wiesman, Edward A. Willard, M. Stephen Willis, Russell L. Wilson, Walter T.1 Woodruff, T. Tyson1 Woodward, Earl M. Woodward, Lawrence W.1 Woodwell, Philip McI. Wooster, William W. Wright, Henry C. Wyeth, Willard H. Young, John S. Young, Naasson S.
MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM I
1prom class treasury forall deceased classmates
2Ralph Lynch '17.
3Mrs. Duhamel.
4Walter C. Sisson '17.
5John W. Saladine '17.
6Cousin, Wayne F.Palmer '17.
7Eugene Towler.
8Mrs. Gtle.
9Grandson, Peter G.Cavaney.
10Vincent K. Smith '17.
11Brother, Robert C.Hardy '25.
12Henry C. Wright '17.
13Mrs. Jopson.
14James T. Durkee '17.
15Forrest S. Emery '17.
16Son, George D. Mason'43.
17Harold S. Walker '17.
18Brother, Albert D.Osborn '20.
19Warner B. Sturtevant'17.
20Mrs. Shattuck.
21Mrs. Stillman.
22Widow, Mrs.McDowell Hosley.
Secretary,9 Park Terrace,Upper Montclair, N. J.
Treasurer,315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.
Bequest Chairman,
