1904

Reflections on Reunions

Perhaps nowhere except on a college campus does one, coming back for a class reunion, experience more sincere pleasure than greeting classmates, many of whom have not met since graduation. Standing on the veranda of the Hanover Inn and observing these greetings of alumni coming back to Dartmouth College brings to mind the line "The spell of them remains." It brings back too the words of Emerson, "An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man." Eleazer Wheelock built better than he knew when he carved out of the wilderness a campus which has drawn thousands of young men to the Hanover Plains, a hallowed spot for every Dartmouth man.

It was so with the men of '04. Although fifty-five years have passed since graduation, the greetings of classmates was just as hearty as though they were still boys. Nearly sixty years of friendship has enriched the lives of all of us. The class of 1904 each year goes back to the tomb of Eleazer Wheelock and we drink a toast to this great man. We honor him as the founder of Dartmouth College.

One of the happy events since our reunion was the celebration at Newport, N. H., of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Sid and Louise Rollins on August II. Ruth and Tom Streeter selected as a gift "from the class, a tray with the engraving:

To Sid and Louise On Their Golden Wedding Anniversary With Affectionate Regards From The Class of 1904. To quote Sid, "Louise and I can assure the whole class that this gift touched us both deeply"; an expression of friendship and regard for which they give their heartfelt thanks to 1904.

Since June your Secretary has had so many fine letters from classmates and the ladies thanking him for the memorial service letter. One came from Hat Hardy and one from Harry Morse from Seattle and Santa Barbara; it was great to hear from them. Both send their best regards to classmates. An especially fine letter was received from Mrs. Philip Blanchard in which she told of the family bringing to Peacham, Vt., the ashes of Peacham for burial in the family cemetery just a week after our reunion in Hanover.

Recently Squid Lampee sent me a copy of the Nautical Research Journal. It carried a long article written by Squid on "Memories of Cruises of Boston Pilot Boats of Long Ago." It has all the salty savor of the sea, a language Squid learned before he spoke English or French. Carried in arms by his two grandfathers, who were Boston Pilots, Squid sailed the seas up until he entered college. He is now teaching Robbie and Carl the vocabulary of the sea.

There have been two deaths of men who entered with the class in the fall of 1900. Malcolm W. Rix of Schenectady, N. Y., and Charles J. Weston of Springfield, Mass. Their obituaries will be found in another section of this or a future issue of the MAGAZINE.

Dr. Patrick Manning of North Kingston, R. 1., celebrated in May his 50th Anniversary in the practice of medicine in that town. In the early days Pat played pro baseball and coached baseball at Middlebury College to pay his expenses through Medical School, and graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1907. Because of the great interest which Pat has shown in the affairs of his town and his long service as a physician, Pat won the respect and regard of the whole community. Many of the citizens who gathered to honor him on his 50th Anniversary were men and women Pat had brought into the world. The class sends its hearty congratulations to Pat and Ann on Pat's 50th anniversary as a doctor.

Another classmate, Albert Terrien, was recently honored by the Nashua Bar Association of Nashua with a dinner at the Nashua Country Club to celebrate his fifty years of law practice in the city of Nashua, N. H. At 79 with a large law practice which often finds him at work twelve to fourteen hours a day, Albert takes his cases in stride. He has been blessed with a wonderful wife and has a large family of children and grandchildren of whom Albert is very proud. His hobbies outside of his practice are his two libraries, one at his home and one at his office, and golf. We take this opportunity to congratulate Albert upon his long and honorable service in the practice of law.

Paste this date in your hat, October 23, the night before the Harvard game in Boston. Details will follow in due time. Be looking for you.

William D. Blatner '05, who retired as theexecutive vice president and treasurer of theAssociated Retail Confectioners of the UnitedStates after 38 years of service, was honoredat a June testimonial dinner in Chicago. Asan added highlight to the ceremony, it wasannounced that a fund in his name was beingset up for the public library in his hometown of Geneva, Ill.

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