1910

That mystical Green Cord we call the Spirit of Dartmouth, which binds men together by classes, surely is a sturdy one. Consider how it displays its strength during a winter season at a place called Florida. Andy Scarlett, one of those Tenners who has learned to dislike the kind of winter we enjoyed (or endured) for four years, in New Hampshire, suggests this subject when he writes, "With only two months more for us in the sunshine, it is time I wrote to tell you of all the Tenners who have appeared in our midst." Andy proceeds to call the roll: The Whit Eastmans, the Walter Nortons, the Hazen Jones, the Ray Sheets, the Jim Porters, the Mike Elliotts. They are not all in the same location at one time but they get around and quite a group is corralled whenever they decide to have a meal get-together. In Clearwater where the Scarletts live, are the Larry Bankarts, the Mac Kendalls, and Gladys Wilson. Farther down country are Cheever Comey, Ned Loveland, Dave Colwell, and Bill Taylor. Farther north are Ozzie Shenstone, Sid Bull, Shorty Worcester and Ernie Unangst. The Art Lords, ArtRollins, the Bill Browns and probably a lot more Tenners were expected. Not all of them tell us of their plans for the winter. The important point is that sooner or later most of these people see a lot of each other.

When we go down the list of Florida- seeking Tenners, we have to conclude that, at least in the later years after college, lines of demarcation - fraternities, dormpal groups, societies or what-have-you - are obliterated. The only credential for a genuine welcome to the Florida group is proof that your name ever was listed under "Dartmouth — 1910." And since, by fifty years after graduation, every Tenner knows every other Tenner, by name at least, it does not require any formality of searching the class or college records, to establish one's qualifications. Florida in winter is like a season-long reunion for a great many of our Tenner family.

The reasoning back of the foregoing paragraphs is that, maybe we can, by using the Florida winter, demonstrate the genuine meaning of our old slogan, "Once a Tenner, always a Tenner." And possibly we can stir in the minds of a number of Tenners who have not been "in touch" that regardless of connections of undergraduate days, you are not only welcome with enthusiasm at a class reunion - you will find you can get truly satisfying enjoyment in associating again with fellows who were all boys together from 1906 to 1910. We know because we have seen it demonstrated at reunions.

To the Tenners whose wives attended one reunion and then announced "Once is enough - Never again!" we say "Try it just once more." There are no cliques now, no one is "left out." We spend the days together - eat our meals together (except breakfast), we stick together through the whole period. There is no temptation to "break away" with some selected pals. Our reunions now are demonstrations of "Togetherness." Your next opportunity is set for Hanover, June 15, 16, and 17. Take a good look at the idea of being with the Tenner gang.

One Tenner who is not vacationing or on retirement in Florida is Mai Bissell and his wife, Ella. A letter from Guy Carpenter tells us that he has recently received word from the Bissells from Japan. Our Bequest Committee Chairman, Herb Wolff and wife, Daisy, are enjoying the warmth of Nassau. Ralph Van Zant reported a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, McKinley and Olympic National Parks and around the Coast States. He did not miss a thing that a sightseer should see. Ray Sheets is another who gets around. He reported a six weeks' tour of Northern Europe. He and his wife flew over in just under six hours, then returned via the Atlantic surface.

Whit Eastman sent us word that he had checked and found that Noah Foss and TomSteward were not doing well physically not the kind of news we like to have about any Tenners. Easty has established, at the Sigma Phi Epsilon House in Hanover, a library of old Dartmouth books and bound ALUMNI MAGAZINES, collected over the fifty years. His action was featured in the Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal, the official publication of the fraternity, of which Whit was president some years ago, and of which he has continued as a trustee of the fraternity's Foundation.

Ken Phillips ventured a visit to Hanover a while back. "It did not seem the same," he wrote, "so many new buildings, I could not see the old familiar ones." The only way to avoid that "lost" feeling, Ken, is to make more frequent trips, via reunions. In that way you can see the growing process in action. Harry Mudgett made a bold move from Gilmanton, N.H., to Sandy Hook, Conn. Harry and his wife Anna wanted to live nearer their children's families but pulling up stakes in their cozy place in New Hampshire was not easy. The Mudgetts used to be among the Tenners who annually tripped to Florida.

Ed Loring has had to trim his activities somewhat, but that does not include bowling, an activity of 50 years standing - and rolling.

Address change: Prof. E.H. Dusham, 835 W. Fairmount Ave., State College, Pa., 16801.

Stanley W. LeightonNew Head Agent for the Class of 1909

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

Class Agent, 8 N. Balch St., Hanover, N.H.