1925

Class Reunion - The 34th Hanover - June 15, 16, 17

Many of you remember Parker Merrow's editorial in the May 20, 1954 issue of The 1925 Messenger where he touched on the many different things reunion means to different men. "We examine each other with a new understanding, a matured outlook" by comparison with the values of earlier years. "The passing years have brought a mutual selfrespect," he wrote and thereafter referring to our children as "our one incontrovertible hope of immortality," he described reunion as an opportunity for "slipping off the cares that have made many of us older than we should be" and finally as "a deep drinking of the sacrament of friendship, a wine infinitely more precious than any sold by the vintners, a cup that quenches a portion of the ineffable longings of our spirits." We wish space permitted a reprint of the entire editorial. Without question it would impel you to make immediate plans to join your classmates at Hanover on June 15, 16 and 17 this year.

At the meeting o£ the executive committee last fall, John T. McGreevey of Pittsburgh, Penna., father of Thomas H. McGreevey '55, was officially adopted as a member of the Class of 1925. In sponsoring this action, George Scott wrote as follows:

John ... is one of the most intensely devoted, loyal, supporters of Dartmouth I have ever met who is not a graduate of the College. He attends all our functions and serves on committees of our Dartmouth Club. He participates actively in the recruitment of promising applicants for admission. He 'is extremely helpful in finding summer and part-time jobs for our Dartmouth boys, and he is actively participating as a solicitor in behalf of the 200th Anniversary Development Program.

We're indebted to Ernie Earley 'lB for reporting Howard Megee as having been involved "in the litigation of the government against the du Pont Co., getting them to spin off their vast holdings of General Motors, stock and your Bill apparently was on hand to testify probably that the dumping of all these shares on the market would certainly depress the market. It's good to see that Bill is now general assistant comptroller of General Motors damned if he doesn't deserve it, and a lot more, for I know he labored hard and long."

Dr. Charles A. Robinson of Milton has been nominated by Governor Furcolo as a member of the board of registration in medicine. Chick is senior visiting surgeon at Carney Hospital in Dorchester and consulting surgeon at St. Margaret's Hospital. Pete Haffenreffer was recently elected to serve on the board of the Industrial National Bank of W. Warwick, R. I. Pete, in addition to holding down the job of president and chairman of the board of Narragansett Brewing Co., is general manager of the Mount Hope Bridge Authority and a director of Nickerson House, Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Rhode Island Heart Association, Inc. Bill Boies writes as. follows:

On Sunday, February 15, Claire and I had Haven and Eddie Blake for dinner at our house. It was the first time that we had met as a family and it was very enjoyable. This came about by the fact that during the summer of 1958, a small clubin Middlebury by the name of Highfield employed a student from Yale, Jonathon Blake, son of Eddie Blake. Jon's brother is David Blake, Dartmouth 1961. Jon did such a tremendous job for us that we are having him back again this summer and are looking forward to an active season on the tennis court.

Only two address changes this month. Frank Calkins, of Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. has moved to 217 Pine St., Seattle 1, Wash.; James O. Martin has returned from Texas to San Francisco where he will continue his engineering activity with Utah Construction Co. at 100 Bush Street.

We close these notes with a reminder of the Greater Boston pre-reunion dinner to be held May 8 at Hotel 128 at the junction of Routes 1 and 128 (Exit 57). Notices probably will be sent to classmates in the Boston arear but those of you who do not receive such notice and may be in the vicinity at that time certainly should plan to join the group. If you can make your plans in advance, please notify Homer Tilton at 156 Main Street, Kingston, Mass.

Secretary, 225 Wyman St., Waltham 54, Mass.

Class Agent, 306 Crosby Hall, Hanover, N. H,