1902

Now that age has intervened to put an end to official reunions of our class, it is gratifying to be able to report that there is no end yet to unofficial get-togethers even for us oldsters. So for instance there was recently in Monrovia, Calif., a meeting at the home of Fred Bradley in which he was joined by Carroll Davis, of Paradise, Calif.. Hugh Sanborn from Arcadia, Calif' and Harold Plumer from Tucson, Ariz. In fact the only Californian from our class, missing from the meeting was Moses Perkins of San Jose, who could not make it since he is still actively at work at the Hampshire Country School at East Rindge, N. H. Mose keeps the Alumni Office busy - to keep up with his whereabouts at any given time. Another wanderer, hard to pin down, is J. Frank Drake, who at the moment is cruising in the South Pacific in excellent health. He sends regards to his many friends. So though most of us are retired, some of us still get around. Incidentally we are warned by the College, that if any are planning a reunion at the time of the Princeton game, next October 9, while we may be able to reserve a place to eat that day in the Leverone Field House, there are no over-night places left vacant any where within 20 miles of Hanover. There are some advantages in living within motor ing distance of that game!

Another advantage, and this one is shared by alumni in all parts of the country, is that Dr. Philip Thompson, our Class President, is still willing to supply reminiscences under the title, "Then and Now." He says "any one can write these." The trouble is that few of us do. Here is Phil's latest.

"Skiing. Then: On entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1898, I had first graduated from the barrel-stave stage of skiing to real homemade skis. I had purchased two pieces of ash-wood, 6 feet long and 4½ inches wide. I had pointed the ends, steamed and upcurved the pointed ends in vises for ten days. Simple leather toe straps were attached to the middle of each ski. It was very simple, in emergency to 'jump' the skis. A moderate sized hill could be ascended by toeing the skis well out, making an attractive herring-bone design on the snow. A steep hill, we struggled up on foot. There were no ski lifts and no charge for skiing anywhere. Total cost, about $3 per season plus transportation.

"Now Get out your checkbook! Skis $35-$100; harness $10; shoes $20; pole $8 auto trip to ski area $10; motel or lodging $2O-$4O a day. Total cost, 3 days, ?? If you have a family of five or six, you add above expenses for each one, and you are apt to build an A-frame hut."

Secretary, 29 Messer St., Laconia, N. H.

Treasurer, 7 Burt St., Bellows Falls, Vt.