1922

Secretary, 46 Myrtle St. West Newton 65, Mass.

Twoters naturally clan together and delight in having reunions. The notes this merry month report two such glad occasions. One, of course, was in Hanover and the other in Fort Lauderdale.

Monty Mountcastle reports the cheerful tidings from the Florida get-together: "Seven Twoters now make their homes in and around Fort Lauderdale and one is a regular winter visitor. Al and Mona Acker, Bob and Florence Armstrong, Red and Becky Boyd, Harry and Mary Griswold, Bruce Marean, Monty and Grace Mountcastle, Joe and Helen Woods are the homemakers and Ed and Kay McNamara are the winter visitors.

"This genial group minus Joe and Helen Woods, who had a previous commitment, and Becky Boyd who, due to her mother's illness, had to fly home, all gathered recently for a typical fun-in-the-sun reunion. The accompanying picture shows these Florida Twoters at Harris' Far East Imperial Luau restaurant in Pompano Beach. There was a dinner and a show, of course, but most of the evening consisted of good plain '22 talk and plenty of it.

"Red Boyd would not hear of the group breaking up without going to his 'shack-on-the-water' in Pompano for still more talk. Ed and Kay McNamara begged off as they had to take off for Hartford, but the rest of the clan accepted Red's hospitality and had one grand evening re-living '22, Dartmouth's best class. We even celebrated Harry Griswold's birthday at midnight with cake and all. 'Twas, indeed, a night to be remembered."

More wingdings like that, Monty, and you'll have a Lauderdale invasion by many other Twoters seeking retirement wigwams.

Brightest highlight of this year's memorable reunion in Hanover was the dedication of the Jacob H. Strauss Memorial Gallery in Hopkins Center. All reuning classmates and their wives, members of Jack's family and some of his friends, and officials of the College and faculty were present to pay their respects to Jack and to express their appreciation to his wife, Mrs. Jacob Strauss of Swampscott, Mass. At the impressive ceremony on Saturday afternoon, April 11, Haskell Cohn spoke for the Class; Samuel Wagman spoke for the family and its pleasure in having a memorial that appropriately commemorates Jack and the interests he cherished; Warner Bentley, director of the Hopkins Center, spoke in gratitude for the College and in deep appreciation of the significance the gallery will have to Dartmouth students now and through the years to come.

Located on the main floor of Hopkins Center, the gallery is between the Jaffe-Friede Gallery and the Barrows Print Room. The dedication marked the opening of the first Jacob Strauss '22 Exhibition featuring a special showing of paintings and drawings selected from the famed Shakespearean collection of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy at Stratford, Conn.

The Class sincerely hopes that Lillian Strauss will be back in Hanover with us for many years to come at each of our reunions.

The College News Service, in a press release, also said:

"Of particular interest among the many items from the Festival Theatre collection presently shown in the gallery are the important Chesterfield 'Portrait of William Shakespeare' by the 17th Century painter Pieter Borselaer. Two fine Jacobean portraits are also shown, together with a fascinating group of 18th and 19th century works, in various media, dealing with Shakespeare's plays and the age in which he lived. Included are several items relating to the play 'Richard lII' performed in the Center Theatre by the Dartmouth Players during April. Artists represented include Fuseli, Hogarth, Cruikshank (the Victorian Caricaturist), Alfred J. Miller and others."

Harold Shaw, executive director of the Shakespeare Anniversary Committee, and Lincoln Kirstein, vice president and curator of the Festival Theatre collection, made it possible for these paintings to be shown in the Hopkins Center.

Members of Jack's family and friends at the dedication were Lillian's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wagman; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagman - nephew and wife; Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Kolpack - Lillian's brother and sister-in-law; Mr. and Mrs. George Tucker, Jack's stepson and wife; Jack's cousin, Miss Hattie Kopf; and friends Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Klwansky.

Following the dedication, the family and friends together with Jack's classmates and wives were guests at a delightful cocktail party at the Rope Ferry Road home of Ort and Lois Hicks. The group then went to the Outing Club House at Occom Pond where Jeannette Gill provided another of her excellent dinners.

Never did the Class have a more memorable nor more pleasant get-together. The congeniality was equalled only by the weather of three blessedly beautiful days. Naturally there was good talk galore. Most of the clan retired at reasonable hours, but after the wives left Friday night some younger classmates, approaching three score and amply more, got intrigued in the soul searching question: "Would we get into Dartmouth now?" At times, it seemed as though the answer might come only with the dawn, but unanimous agreement was surprisingly reached before the clock struck one. The answer was "yes," but for the sake of class solidarity identity of the participants will remain anonymous.

And it was one of our best attended little reunions. Some came back on Thursday, some Friday, but altogether at the dedication, at Ort Hicks' and at Saturday dinner there were Bill and Margaret Angell, George and Bessie Brooks, Harry and Peg Bruckner, Bill and Odie Lee Bullen, Tommy Byrne, Bob and Grace Clark, Mai Clarke, Haskell and Harriet Cohn, Carroll and Nan Dwight, Carter and Alie Hoyt, Stan and Doris Jackson, Fran and Lucy Leland, Dick and Mary Litchfield, Bill and Betty Mann, Andy and Charlotte Marshall, Len and Margaret Morrissey, Len Jr. and Winnie Morrissey, Olie and Louise Olsen, Oscar and Bea Rice, Walt and Doris Sands, Lillian Strauss, Dick and Ruth Wood. They're all coming back next year. Hope you will too.

The little reunion was a particularly happy occasion for Bill and Betty Mann. William Edwin Mann, their first grandchild, was christened at five o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel at the Student Episcopal Center. The Hoyts and the Morrisseys were present to represent the Class and, if necessary, to assist the baby. Being a perfect gentleman, he needed no assistance beyond the obvious devotion of his proud parents and grandparents.

Walt and Doris Sands also enjoyed the weekend and especially the opportunity of seeing their son, Robert G. Sands, who since April 1 has been in Hanover on his appointment as an associate in the Office of Development at the College. Bob will work primarily on Alumni Fund activities. Following graduation from Dartmouth '59 and Tuck School '60, Bob received his commission in the Army and served initially with an airborne division and later as an officer with the Sixth Infantry Division in Berlin. Brother Frank was also graduated from Dartmouth '58 and sister Sylvia from Vassar '62.

Now for a summer of sparkling sunshine, shimmering surf, and smooth sailing. And you'll enjoy it all the more if you send that check to the Fiftieth Anniversary Alumni Fund now before it is too late. Let's make a new record for the Class and the College.

The identification of this photo taken at the Class of 1922's Florida ' reunion mFt Lauderdale proceeds from Monty Mountcastle (lower left in white) aroundfrom his right and back": Mona Acker, Kay McNamara, Florence Armstrong, BobArmstrong, Grace Mountcastle, Ed McNamara, Al Acker, Red Boyd, Mary Griswold, Harry Griswold, Dorothy McAllister (Monty's sister), and Brewster Marean.

Vice President Orton Hicks '21 (c) on arecent visit to Modie Spiegel's Chicagooffice was photographed with Modie '22(r) and Chicagoan Bob Engelman '34.

Class Agent, 40 Sewall St., West Newton 65, Mass.