1924
Class Reunion - The 35th Hanover, June 15, 16, 17
The town is "dead"; no waiting for a haircut, choice of seats at the Nugget, most are away - Glee Club trip, Bermuda, or Florida; perhaps even home. Duckboards are down, and the first day of spring came a day early with balmy sunshine and melting snow - and storms predicted again. Still no word of Ralph Miller but you'll have later word in the class letter from Butts Lamson which will get into the mails before he sails for Europe with Harriet.
We are told to report to you the make-up of the Nominating Committee which will present a slate of class officers for your approval (or otherwise) at the 35th reunion in June. The honorable Chairman is Hank Hartshorn, who can be reached at 39 Reservoir Road, Gardner, Mass., if you have suggestions. His able assistants are Jerry Spaulding and FordBowman. All live fairly near each other, and I am told they have their duties well in hand.
Doug Craig, the reunion chairman again as for our 30th, has already completed most of the important arrangements, including something no class has ever done before. We'll have news for you before long. The College will send to all on our official roster the usual registration forms. The dormitories will be Russell Sage and Butterfield, on upper Tuck Drive.
Reservations for the fall football weekend (Brown, Oct. 10) continue to come in slowly, with the Schoonmakers' just at hand from Gwen. I'd like to encourage wives to write news of family doings, requests of any kind, or just pleasant chat. I've had my annual St. Patrick's Day card from Bill McNiff, colleague at Miami (Ohio) University. Thanks again, Bill, and see you in June.
This is not the place to go into details (perhaps Butts may do something about them) but I do want to mention three items about which all of you should know: (1) The reaction of classes generally to the proposal for a single War Memorial shared by all has been strong approval. (2) A summary of "Total Class Giving" (through last June) and Capital Gifts Campaign pledges (through Feb. 16, 1959) makes interesting reading. We stand 9th in the fifteen classes, 1913-1927 inclusive. 1915 was far out in front both in C.G.C. gifts "and the total. On either side of us, 1923 stood 6th and 1925 stood 4th. (3) You have seen the latest report of the Capital Gifts Campaign, and all should be proud of the 1924 record. Perhaps some of you do not know that response of the Hanover community, including 19245, was outstanding.
Which reminds me, speaking of 1924s in Hanover. A student stopped me on the street the other day after his father had been here on a brief visit, and said he and his father were surprised to find I was (as was his dad) 1924 and on the Faculty (as I have been since 1925). Perhaps a review of others here might be useful - surprising, too? Alphabetically, then: Chinee Allen, Psychology Department; Ives Atherton, local Postmaster; Don Bartlett, Biography Department, on loan to the Information Service in Japan (where he was born, incidentally); Gordie Bridge, on the college's administrative payroll; Dr. John Coyle, eye specialist; Ken Foley, commercial printer for 1924 and others; Penn Haile, in Norwich, a well-known writer and speaker on international affairs; Dr. Ralph Miller, missing just four weeks now on a flight north to Berlin area to do an autopsy and take another doctor for other work; Dick Morin, our capable chief Librarian in Baker Library, and also budding artist; Robin Robinson, in his first year as Registrar, but also still in the Mathematics Department, and locally thanked for the programs of classical music he presents over local WTSL; and Dr. Les Sycamore, now living in Wilder, across the river, and head of our remarkable X-ray unit in the Hitchcock Clinic and Hospital. Eleven in all, if I've reported correctly.
As I read today's mail, I see Dick Morin had just been appointed as Special Assistant to President Dickey to assist with the affairs of the office of the Provost, tragically just left vacant by the sudden death of Provost Donald Morrison.
Now Margaret and I are off to New Jersey to see the third grandchild, a pleasure others are also having, we know. Let us have the names and dates for the record, please, and to share your pleasure. You might like to bring children and grandchildren to the June reunion. A very few did five years ago. and we'll welcome more this year. Baby sitters are available, as well as fun for all.
Secretary, 2 Brewster Rd., Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 328 Orchard PL, Ridgewood, N. J.
