1916

The deep sympathy of the Class is extended to Lora Greenwood and the members of her family in the death of our classmate, Clint Greenwood, whose obituary will be found in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

Clint devoted many years of his life to teaching in Maine country schools. Mary Ellen Chase, in her book, "The Goodly Heritage," makes it plain that parents of her day considered an education, -usually a classical one - a sine qua non. She studied Greek and Latin at the Academy at Blue Hill, Me. So it is not surprising that Clint's three daughters and his son all went to college,- and all to the University of Maine.

At Dartmouth Clint was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and of the cast of the Prom Show his freshman year. He was also a Mason and an Odd Fellow and held offices in several World War I organizations.

If it was not apparent before, our Fiftieth Reunion plainly brought home to us that the Class, with this milestone passed, is, as DickParkhurst put it, "on the western slope." But it has been fun getting there, and for those fortunate enough to be in Hanover in June, an added blessing, - not soon to be forgotten.

Congratulations to John Stearns, "who spent his boyhood down east in Maine," upon whom was conferred the highest accolade of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, the Dartmouth Alumni Award. In gaining this honor he also brings honor to his Class.

Jim Colton sends me news of Art andMarion Marsden's class picnic at their home in Lawrence, also a picture of the gathering. He also told me that most of the group would reassemble at Hobey and Edna Marble's home in Worcester the last Saturday in August.

We have another couple in the Class who are thirsting for knowledge. Mil and Josephine Streeter returned to Hanover in August for the Alumni College. Dick andVi Ellis absorbed their culture in another locality, at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.

At the Keene State College alumni weekend in Keene, N. H., in May the SpragueW. Drenan Auditorium, named in honor of our late classmate, was dedicated. Spike was head of the English department, dramatics director, alumni director, and, in his younger days, tennis coach at the college. The first Sprague W. Drenan Award, to be given annually to a student for excellence in drama, was made at the alumni weekend with the presentation by Mrs. Robert T. Holleran, Spike's daughter.

As I write this Phil Nordell is planning to give a talk before the Vermont Historical - Society at its annual meeting at Middlebury on August 18. He was also to show some of his Vermont lottery tickets. Phil put on a splendid exhibition of lottery tickets in the corridor of the Treasure Room of the Baker Library at Reunion time. The exhibition was to remain open until late in August.

It was entirely fitting that the Class Reunion picture should be taken on the steps of Parkhurst Hall - the Administration Building. Dick Parkhurst's father's Class of 1878 had their Fiftieth Reunion picture taken in the same place. His father was president of his class at the time.

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