1910
An observation with which probably all of us will agree appeared in the natural course of events in a letter which we were privileged to see. The letter was to AndyScarlett from the pen of "Tiger Bill" Williams. Read it, consider it and tell us you agree:
"How I wish I could be there! (55-Year Reunion next June) It has interested me to see how advancing age strengthens the tremendous ties of friendship. More leisure time must be a big factor — time to live the past and feast on memories. You mentioned names that are truly fun to bring to mind, and the multitude of events to revive."
It doesn't matter how you look at it — even a computer would have to figure that the two underlying reasons for a college class reunion are love of the College and friendships. One who has been privileged to attend all of the official (every five years) reunions of Dartmouth 1910 can tell us that while the love of the College may have always been deep, friendliness of classmates has definitely grown deeper with the passing of the years. At early reunions friendships of college days were picked up and groups were much the same as in 1906-1910. But Time took its toll; each year brought breaks in our ranks. Then reunions produced closer friendship among all, regardless of the groupings before we left Hanover. The informal reunions (in between the official gatherings) begun in '52, developed closer ties, deeper feelings of interest and friendship; old alignments became dim.
So this is a pitch for attendance at informal reunions of more and more Tenners, especially those who have "passed" when bids were issued to all. And the 55-year reunion in June of '65 is the time to begin. Give it a thought.
Mentioning friendships, as we were, it was a great pleasure to receive cards from Florida, with the expressions: "1910 assembled in Clearwater sends greetings to our Chairman-Secretary. We are all thinking about you." The signatures: Bertha Scarlett and Andy, Ora Phelps and Ken, Karen Eastman and Whitney, Florence Kendall and Mac, Ethel Bryant, Miriam and Larry Bankart, Gladys Wilson, and Mun Cole. That is quite a collection of Tenners. They sure do have a lot of getting together down in that famous sunshine. And this is a fine sample of the friendships we were mentioning earlier in this chapter of Tenner news. Incidentally, the two picture cards used for the messages showed the Pancake House, the place where they were meeting and eating. Shows they haven't forgotten that old New England dish — pancakes — even in Florida.
Whit Eastman, our traveling Tenner ambassador, annually goes to the southern climes "for the birds" and always sends a report telling about all the Tenners he contacts. This year's report lists Bill Taylor, Sid Bull, Ossie Shenstone, Hazen Jones, Ken Phelps, Dave Colwell and the gang at the Pancake House. He had hopes of seeing Mike Elliott and Helen Porter, with the Bones Joneses on Captiva Island, and ErnieUnangst in Eau Gallie. He tried to get JimDrummond on the phone but learned from Jim's sister that Jim is not well. Ken Phillips says, "Nothing ever happens to me worth writing. Very happy doing nothing." How does a fellow get that way? He should write a lot about that subject. He would have many eager readers — and then he might get a lot of unlooked-for advice. Ken, how about some unusual experience when duck hunting? You do a lot of that! Although getting close to ninety, Bill Moe, who several years ago retired as a minister assigned to a particular church in Tolland, Conn., has kept on being a "minister" in many community activities. "Very busy," he writes, "as Chaplain of Tolland State jail." Bill gets to the jail early each morning and sees to it that there is a good supply of coffee ready for breakfast. Tacks Mitchell says "Arms are still strong but left leg is short." So we won't put Tacks into the lineup until the last inning, so he can then hold the batters in check as of yore. Whit also tells us that one of Ernie Unangst's sons is Purser on a fruit ship of the United Fruit Co. and Ernie stated that one of his and Ed Raabe's associates at A.T.&T. saw Ed in the Virgin Islands last year. This is the first spotting of Ed, as far as we are concerned, since he retired. We would appreciate further information because he is "lost" to his Class and the College. We have an address for him and he may receive mail but we receive nothing. According to Whit, Shorty Worcester expects to be with us in Hanover in June. Andy reports seeing the Walter Nortons briefly, in Clearwater.
A note from Charlie Fay brought the sad news of Win Nay's passing after a period in the hospital. Win was with us in Boston last fall and he did not appear as a well man. Those Tenners who were at the reunion in 1913 will recall the controversy over the honor of being father of the 1910 Class Baby. The vote was in favor of Win. Our sympathy has been extended to Win's family. Win was a real Tenner and we shall miss him.
About the time this MAGAZINE reaches you, Andy Scarlett's period of work for the Alumni Fund will be getting under way. Let's ease the load for Andy by early responses of gifts to the Fund. 55-year reunion — Hanover, June 11-12- 13, 1965. Be there!
Secretary, 501 Cannon Pl., Troy, N. Y.
Class Agent, Horizon House, Apt. 208, Island Estates Clearwater, Fla. 33515
