1956's 10th
The count was two hundred and six "56s, and they came from all over the country and from Europe, too. Add wives and sweethearts and the count comes up to 372, and children brought the total up to 393. That gave our class the Class of 1930 attendance cup for largest number of class-mates attending reunion this year. The youngest in attendance was Pat and Kirby Fowler's two-week-old child. The Fowlers have four children now. Bob Mackay lived up to promises by arriving from West Berlin. Art Zich sent a telegram from Saigon. Bill Behrens arrived from Phoenix; Georgeand Kitty Robison made the trip from Greensboro, N. C. Tom and Lucilla Marvel came from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; Tom was looking forward to a fishing trip in the College Grant with his dad following reunion. Bill Davies, who is doing computer research at Mass. General Hospital, was one of many from New England. AhmedOsman took time off from his studies at Harvard to join us, and Mehmet Arda was with us for part of the weekend before leaving for Brattleboro, Vt„ where he is teaching part of the summer in The Experiment for International Living. Mehmet will be home in Istanbul for a few weeks before returning to Hanover in the fall.
We spent Saturday afternoon on the shore of Storrs Pond for a picnic. The area has been developed with the benefit of income to the Hanover Improvement Society coming from the Nugget Theatre (ticket prices are up!). We had shade from the warm sun, plenty to eat and drink, and swimming in the pond. Tom Rosenwald was his usual colorful self as he served as master of ceremonies at the Banquet Saturday night. Awards were presented with citations fit for honorary degrees. It was great to see Bill Beagle, Bud Roth, and TomHoldorf in Hanover again. Terry and PennyColby arrived late Saturday night. They left their two children with in-laws, like the rest, and enjoyed the hours of relaxation and good fun.
Here's a thanks to the Class of '62; their tent was full of '56s from 2 a.m. until the sky began to lighten Sunday morning. Here the Keares and Phalens, and Zissuses and dozens of other couples danced for hours to the tune of a lively band. The evening blended into the next morning with voices of Johnstones and Phalens looking for the tennis court.
The discussion on urban affairs Saturday morning was well attended and dozens of members of our class and other classes had a chance to express themselves on issues of housing, population, and social change, and a place for Dartmouth undergraduates to gain experience in the problems and possibilities related. Line Spaulding and ChicCarlson laid a challenge before the class that the focus of our interest and efforts be within the structures of business rather than government. To do this, I believe, would require the following steps on the part of the business world: 1) placing concern for people ahead of concern for production, 2) investing capital on the basis of neighbor concern more than stock market figures, 3) reimbursing those in positions offering the least intellectual stimulation and least prestige with the highest financial reward, and 4) making activities in com- munity service and civic responsibilty, for those who are involved, a part of the work week. It is along these lines that I would like to see those of us who do participate in business and investment take a bigger share of the problem into our own hands. It is mainly under item number four that a business could place a student in company work and release him for part of his week in community participation.
We heard from many walks of life. DeanSheldon serves as city manager in Huron, Ohio; Bill Davies explained the position of a big city hospital; others spoke as private land investors and as educators. There was some vagueness as to how the committee would proceed. Dan Daniels heard the various suggestions and replied that he would be working on the initial proposal and would keep us informed. Dan's address is 4 Sentry Hill Place, Boston, Mass. 02114, on Beacon Hill.
The class memorial service took place on Sunday morning in the newly remodeled Rollins Chapel. The side chapel was nearly filled, with approximately one hundred attending the service. The names of those remembered were listed in the June issue. Stew Wood spoke on the issue of the pressures on our lives. He then suggested that a fitting memorial to our classmates was a rededication to those aims and ideals that we knew to be highest. Jim Breeden led us in prayer and responsive reading.
The new executive committee was elected and took office. The committee met and chose Len Clark to serve as chairman. Len and Lee and their two children live at 19 Norman Road, Upper Montclair, N. J. AbOakes continues as treasurer. Ab and Cindy have three children and live at 2 Read Road in Hanover. Will Sogg remains as news-letter editor. Others in the committee are Doug Keare, Princeton, N. J.; Dick Rosen, New York City; Tony Newey, Winnetka, Ill.; Ken Fesenmyer, St. Louis, Mich.; Hugh Erwin, New York City; Roger Schumacher, Arlington, Mass.; Dick Marsh, Belmont, Mass.; and Bud Schattman, Woodmere, N. Y.
Class chairman Russ Brace and reunionchairman Bob Dumont with the 1930Cup, won by 1956 for the most men back(206) during the entire reunion period.
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