1919

First of all, put down October 5-7 as the date for 1919's fall gathering at the Woodstock, Vt., Inn. The occasion is the Penn game and the program will be much the same as in previous years, which seems to suit most of the class. We will have cocktails and dinner at Woodstock Friday evening the 5th, lunch in Hanover on Saturday before the game at the Hanover Inn Tavern, take in the game and eventually back to Woodstock for dinner. A few suggestions- send in for your football tickets as soon as you get your applications so that we can all sit together, make your reservations at the Woodstock Inn early as we are limited to about 25 rooms. Your Secretary will try to arrange a tour of the fabulous Hopkins Center on Saturday morning. This most interesting and unique structure should be near completion at that time. All of us hope that many of you who have never attended this fall party will check in this year and thus have an opportunity to see the many changes that have taken place on the Hanover Plain.

Quoting in part from a letter from HarryColwell, "Just got back from a trip through the deep South and am full of hominy grits and catfish. Left on March 21 and went directly to Little Rock to visit Owen (Shorty)and Hazel Lyon. They entertained us with a party for forty at the Country Club and who came 175 miles from Fort Smith but Bill Eads. We had a lot of good talking and enjoyed the whole deal. I am trying to talk them into Woodstock this fall and may be successful. Shorty and Hazel left for a six weeks' trip in Europe on April 2 via the Queen Elizabeth."

Other European travelers were Rock andAlice Earle Hayes who sailed on April 18 for a five weeks' tour. From Jim Wilson, "Too bad we didn't get to see one another in Florida. Spent from February 27 to March 19 at Delray. While there ran into the genial Chet Demond attired in plus fours and ready to wallop some one at golf. Never has there been such a winter season in Florida. I had fully planned to look up all the fellows in the class. Took the address book with me but didn't accomplish a single call. Had a good group of fellows at the Seacrest so we played shuffle board, watched baseball games, and golfed. When I arrived home last Sunday your class birthday card was waiting. I always look forward to this memento as another year accomplished."

John Chipman has an idea - making recordings of Dartmouth musical talent, to be preserved for posterity. Now that Hopkins Center is nearing completion, John is of the opinion that this will be the logical spot for making such recordings. Quoting in part from a letter to Jack Childs '09, editor of "Dartmouth Diddings," John thinks that, "The favorable climate for nurturing and retaining some of the old-time Dartmouth talent is at class reunions. Slides of the words can be made and shown on the screen to jog the memory of those assembled ... I am sure that such records for the 'Music Museum' would increase in value, nostalgic, and historical, in the years to come. It seems to me that here is a potential of a new dimension to be added to Hanover class reunions that will make them more attractive, year after year."

Cogswell's on Lake Sunapee, Box 82, Georges Mills, N. H., housekeeping lodges, and operated by Guy Jr. sounds like a most inviting place for those of you who might want to come to New Hampshire this summer. Fishing, boating, swimming, loafing-it's all there, and golf courses nearby. Bill Hoard, who is always interested in Dartmouth affairs although a prominent graduate of the University of Wisconsin, is heading up the latter's 1962 Alumni Fund drive.

Bill Warner, of IN-TAG, Chicago, checks in, "This particular event initiates me into the Social Security Club, but after reading the current best seller, 'Chairman of the Bored,' I have decided to forget any ideas I may have had about retiring and continue as I have been doing. It is just too much fun!" From Bri Greeley (retired from the Otis Elevator Co.) "Adele and I just returned from a six weeks' sojourn in St. Petersburg's sunny clime. Finally managed to catch Fat and Hon Jackson at home in their 'small' place in Ponte Vedra Beach. Had all good intentions of looking up FredDaley, Bunny Collins and all the others on our way to St. Pete but couldn't find a vacancy anywhere along the route. Did see Norm Sterling's home on the ocean at Ponte Vedra." The Citizen's Bank and Trust Co. of Southern Pines, N. C., recently opened a new drive-in branch and President N. L.Hodgkins was naturally on hand for the ceremonies.

June 30 is the deadline for the 1962 Alumni Fund, as you all know. It seems to your secretary that too many of the class are most unrealistic in the amount they give the College each year. Last year 1919 fell short of its assigned goal and we certainly do not want this to happen again. So how about all of us digging a little deeper this year.

Secretary, 11 School St., Hanover, N. H.

Class Agent, Madison Ave., Shelton, Conn.