1919

Spotted at the opening game at Durham, N. H. were Herb and Sally Fleming, RockHayes, Ed and Jessie Fiske, Stu and Dot Russell and Norm and Elizabeth Sterling. The latter's lovely home in Ponte Vedra weathered hurricane Dora in good shape but the Jacksons were not so fortunate. Hon reports: "We arrived yesterday and found that kind neighbors had been in and cleaned up the worst of it. Carpeting and drapes damaged but we feel lucky compared to some down here. Had a beautiful trip down but hated to leave without getting to Hanover." From Athens, Greece comes a card from the Jeavons and the Munros quoting, "A week in this country had been interesting and fun - the tour of the Greek islands was thrilling. Fly to London and return on the Rotterdam just in time to miss Woodstock, damn it!!!"

Quoting further from a mid-summer letter from Dan Featherston anent our reunion, "The re-election of our same class officers is only evidence of how much punishment some good guys can take and now I feel that a comment on the class meeting is in order. I was very comfortable sitting in the sun in front of the tent and staying there, but I thought that things would be very well taken care of, and that certainly with Jock Murray on deck we wouldn't get an increase in class dues but he must be slipping. I certainly must fault you for not reporting what was probably the highlight of the session, when our good psychiatrist proceeded to tell the administration what was wrong with the admissions system and for the first time in forty years I find myself agreeing with what he is reported to have said. ..." Russ Potter notes: "Many thanks for the birthday card which is one of the best you have sent out in many years. I had completely forgotten that Gene Markey drew cartoons."

The following is my annual "foliage appeal" to those in the class from near or distant places who haven't seen New Hampshire and Vermont in full bloom in the fall. The peak was early this year due to the dry summer but it was still a wonderful sight and why not plan now for next fall when we will have our annual party the weekend of October 9 when Penn comes to Hanover. We have a certain number of rooms set aside for 1919 at the Woodstock Inn and luncheon all set for the Hanover Inn Tavern the day of the game. So, if we are all going strong a year from now, how about a lot of you distant from Hanover making your plans to be here in the North Country next October, 1965? To mention a few who haven't been around in a long time - Art Brentano, Paul Clements, Walt Cooper, Bill Grant, Eddie Heydt, Alan Jones, John Kunkle, Walter Lilienfield, Don Lovejoy, Jack McIntyre, Ken Rice, John Stokes, Alex Warden (what do we have to do to get Alex back to Hanover???), Red Washburn, and many others. Let's make the fall of '65 a big gathering of '19ers.

As these notes are being scrambled together, the big Princeton weekend looms up with every ticket for the game sold and every room within 75 miles of Hanover taken. A report on 1919's Woodstock-Hanover gathering will have to wait until the next issue of the MAGAZINE or Win Batchelder's Smoke Signal. Incidentally, Batch deserves first prize for the excellent reunion issue which certainly describes the 45th in grand style.

At the game, with Boston University the class was represented by Chug and daughter Dorothy Sears, Norm and Elizabeth Sterling, in the North Country until mid-October, Stu and Dot Russell, Jack and Hester McCrillis, Cotty and Kitty Larmon, Ken and Marj Huntington, and Bob and Anne Lewis (at least these were the classmates that your Secretary spotted - there were very probably others). It is always a temptation to quote from Sid Hayward's Bulletin for Sid's command of the English language is tops, so here goes, “... Right now is quite a different season of the year. In the cold mornings, students stride with quickened steps across the broad campus to classes in Dartmouth Row, their figures disappearing out of sight in the blanket of fog so thick you can't see the senior fence from Crosby. ... Already the slopes of Balch Hill and Velvet Rocks rising above the village show red and yellow leaves turning in the autumn frost as the sun rises to drive the chill mist away."

Secretary, 3 Prospect St., Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, 184 Summer St., Springfield, Vt.