1910

Let's suppose that one day a Tenner dug out our 50-Year Book and took the time to read again the comments of those who attended the Reunion when they responded to the inquiry, "What one thing did you like about the Reunion?" He would have found that of the 82 men who were there, 65 responded and 40 of these placed the emphasis on "the spirit of genuine friendliness and camaraderie ..." - "the obviously genuine delight with which every Tenner greeted his reuniting classmates regardless of whether he was seeing them again after only one year or all of fifty years." With that high percentage noting this as the one thing that pleased, it seems quite strong and conclusive evidence that the sum total of an effective reunion is the renewing of friendships. (We might add here, that it has been noticeable that this renewing includes all, whether the men were close together or not during undergraduate days.) No star-studded program of after-dinner speaking or set events runs even a close second to this. In addition to the responses from Tenners, many wives recorded their impressions and, again, the emphasis was on this same point: "spirit of friendliness among all Tenners."

The purpose of the foregoing is to remind all Tenners, that a class reunion is an opportunity knocking at every Tenner's door. And when one considers that fifty-three years have passed since we left Hanover as a class, he must realize that for a lot of us the number of possible reunions is rapidly being reduced to a minimum. The 54-Year Reunion next June is the opportunity for a real large gathering. We can be certain that those who have been attending these annual informal get-togethers will not miss this opportunity. The big question is, "Will you men who have not taken on the habit, do it in June '64?"

Just to indicate how some Tenners take advantage of these times for good fellowship: About a dozen of those located in and near Boston, met for the night-before-Harvard-game dinner — as they have for many years. (This is being written before the event so we cannot tell just who were present, until next month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE.) JimMacPherson writes that he had a summer reunion with Walter Norton and Hap Hinman, at the MacPherson home at Duxbury Beach. Says that the MacPhersons and the Nortons will return the visit by going to Hap's home in Canaan, N. H. At the same time they will include Hanover in their trip. It is common practice for the Nort Cushmans to spend a summer day with Herb andVirginia Woods at Herb's home in Deep River, Conn. Up or down in Maine, HenryHutchins, Ted Hill and Pineo Jackson manage to spend some time together although all are located miles apart in the Pine Tree State. Down in Florida the Tenner Gang grows to rather large size. The Kendalls,Bankarts, and Gladys Wilson form the nucleus and during the season the Art Lords, George Aliens, Ned Lovelands, Jim Porters, Mike Elliotts, Bones Jones, Walter Nortons, Ralph Paines, Allen Dorrs, and others who do not tell us of their Florida visits, appear on the scene. Then when there is a good-sized group they stage a real reunion. Out on the Pacific Coast Dick Carpenter frequently gathers together Robbie Robinson,Mai Bissell, Ken Phelps and Chad Chadbourne for a Tenner reunion. Then there is Whit Eastman, our "Class Relations Ambassador" (not Public Relations) who, in his travels for the birds, finds each and every Tenner available, and chalks up another 1910 reunion. And there are probably many others which have not come to our attention. A card from Allen Dorr tells that Ted Hill will have luncheon at his Pittsfield, Mass., home early in October, and invites the Chairman-Secretary to join. When this is read, this invitation will have been accepted and another Tenner reunion will have been recorded.

Pineo Jackson tells us that Ted Hill has been kept busy during the summer acting as judge of many flower shows in and around his home in Maine. Pineo had his usual period of salmon fishing and woodcock and partridge hunting which makes Maine so attractive to him. Art Alien visited his daughter in Wisconsin, going via a freighter from Montreal to Milwaukee. Says it was an interesting and enjoyable trip (just the kind for a young fellow like Art to map for himself), johnny Shambow is on the loose now. He says, "We have more time now since we have sold control of J. D. Ramsey Co., Inc." So he is another addition to the Tenner "retired" group. But from Mai Bissell we have this comment: "This retirement idea is an illusion... . I'm busier than I was before, but at least I'm my own boss. If I could only remember things as well as I used to, and had a pair of 25-year-old legs, I'd be almost as good as ever."

We have a change of address for Theodore R. Smith to 19 Spanish Fort Blvd., New Orleans 24, La.

Another thinning of our ranks: JuliusWarren, Walter Golde and Lester Moses passed away within recent weeks. All three were loyal to our group and to the College and we shall miss them.

Secretary, 501 Cannon PL, Troy, N. Y.

Treasurer, 2144 McKinley St., Clearwater, Fla.