1918
GOLDEN ROUND-UP Jane 14, 15,16,1968
Harvey P. Hood has retired from the Board of Trustees affter 25 years on the Board serving Dartmouth in many creative and executive positions. The August ROAR explained how President Dickey and members of the Board of Trustees felt about his contributions to Dartmouth. Now I wish I had done better in English I and II so that I could express more elegantly how much his classmates of 1918 appreciate all that he has done and will continue to do for Dartmouth. He has always whetted our dignity and we have pointed with pride to his accomplishments.
He has also contributed substantially to bringing our class together again after the disrupted condition in which World War I left us. He was one of those few classmates who set the example and luckily we followed their leadership. Harvey, we are glad we had you to help lead us into the united and proud class we are today. Thank you for all you have done for 1918.
Harvey and Barbara Hood are having a pre-Fiftieth Reunion Luncheon at their home, 395 Warren Street, Brookline, at 11:00 a.m., before the Harvard-Dartmouth game on October 28, 1967. All classmates are invited, as explained in our September letter to the class.
On August 21 and 22, inspired by the urgings of Syl Morey, Dwight Sargent, and Steve Mahoney, the Class held a Rump Reunion in Hanover. This meeting was conceived to help formulate the plans for the Golden Round-Up next June. This was done to the satisfaction of the assembled classmates. Those present were Jake and Marian Bingham, Amos and Alberta Blandin, Tom Bryant, Tay and Grace Cook, Dick Cooley, Ted and Helen Hazen, Steve and Dorothy Mahoney, Syl and Minetta Morey, Fred and Edna Morse, Ralph and Rika Norton, Dwight Sargent, Tom and Priscilla Shirley, George and Pat Stoddard, George vonKapff, George and lone Woodruff and lone's sister from California. Edith Cooley came with Dick but was too ill to participate in the class activities. George and Pat Stoddard made the arrangements for cocktails and a get-together meeting at the Norwich Inn. The next day the Stoddards had all of us at their house for a three o'clock meeting of the classmates. The men met downstairs while the wives talked us over upstairs. This is when we decided about the remaining details concerning our Fiftieth. At this meeting George Stoddard explained in detail the road blocks that he is receiving from various organizations in Hanover, including the Bi-centennial committee. We instructed him to continue to work for our plan to improve the condition of Eleazar's grave. If he is successful, we are sure that the Class will back us in contributing approximately $1000 for the work that would be necessary. If this fails, we decided to wash our hands entirely of the venture. George has done a lot of work on this project and will continue to do everything possible to bring it to completion.
We are particularly indebted to George and Pat for allowing the class to use their delightful home for the meeting and furnishing the refreshments that seemed to be necessary that afternoon. After the meeting we all assembled at the Outing Club for a pleasant and extremely congenial meeting and dinner.
We especially wish to thank Jake andMarian Bingham for the very outstanding August issue of THE ROAR. To collect the ten pages of interesting material which they published represents a tremendous amount of hard work.
We are all very proud of the accomplishments of Tom Bryant and his Class Agents' team. The highest class total ever: $32,881.41. Out of 51 classes we ranked 28th, with 106.5%; fourth in our age group and only surpassed by 1915, 1917 and 1922. We placed third in our Green Derby group consisting of the Classes 1917-1923 inclusive. We had 256 contributors. These results represent hard work by our class agents and liberal giving by our classmates.
Keene State College gave our distinguished Judge Amos Blandin an honorary law degree at the time of their commencement last June. This adds to his A.B. and LL.D. from Dartmouth, LL.B. from Harvard and his J.S.D. from Suffolk University. Also a degree has been given him by the Class of 1918 designating him as the Best Story Teller of our time and one of the best Cord Wood Splitters in the North Country. We are very happy that he is appreciated by so many and are also glad for the State of New Hampshire that he is continuing to serve it by acting as Judicial referee for the Supreme Court.
A short note from Curt Glover advising Tom Bryant that he has just returned from the hospital after a lung operation. So far as we can learn, he seems to be doing fine.
Stump and Ethel Barr are on a two-months' trip to Ireland and Great Britain. They plan to return in late September in time to handle the final details for the class luncheon.
Louie Huntoon suggests that the class change the date of their Hanover luncheon from the first game in Hanover to the third game, which will always be an Ivy League game. He suggests that the Class of '19 has a get-together at the time of the third game and it would be extremely nice to be with the Class of '19 over that weekend. We would like to have comments from the class about changing to the third game each year. You will be distressed to hear that Louie has been in the hospital for several weeks, so that Alice has been writing his letters.
Here we go for another year. Hope we see many of you at the Harvard-Dartmouth Game, October 28, 1967.
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