1922
The campus never looked so green before, nor Dartmouth Hall so white, because it is May and we are truly "Grand Old Seniors," We sit on the Senior Fence — indeed we own it. We exchange initials on the Indian head canes we jauntily swing. We eat together daily in the Grill. Then suddenly it's gone, but never forgotten.
For here on the eve of the 45th Reunion Dick Litchfield, with our profound gratitude, highlights some of the classmates and the events that made our last semester so memorable from beginning to end:
"Mid-year exams are over and blue books forgotten because once more it is Carnival time. For the outdoor evening, the Outing Club has expert guests to demonstrate fancy skating on floodlighted Occom Pond. We watch the downhill and the slalom on the golf course with wins by Johnny Carleton who again takes honors in the jump Saturday afternoon at the Vale of Tempe. A colorful fancy dress ball at the gym with music by Bert Lowe of Boston attracts all Lochinvars and their dates.
"Saturday evening the Musical and Glee Clubs present a superb performance. As manager of the combined clubs. Gene Hotchkiss is ably assisted by Oscar Rice who handles the publicity. Glee Club Leader Jim Hamilton gets close harmony from Eerie Smith, Bob Younglove, Steve Kenyon, Clark Bristol, and Bob Bartlett. Had Pinney leads the Mandolin Club and has assistance from Bob Booth and Tony Hanlon with specialties by Gin Plumb on the saxophone and Bob Almy on the clarinet. And a reverent bow in memory of Kip Orr and Win Ranaey who wrote book and lyrics for "Hush," the highly tuneful Carnival musical hit.
"With Carnival gone, we hit the books again. After battles of peanuts, Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish sometimes get applause at the Nugget. March goes out with a six-inch snowfall and the venerable seniors leave Hanover on their last college vacation.
"The mercury hits 83 as Boston students head back to Hanover on the late B. & M. But spring has not yet reached the North Country and we are greeted by more snow. (Possibly the most basic difference between 1922 and 1967 is the automobile. Our generation did not have wheels. There may have been as many as half a dozen students with cars in Hanover, but most of us did not even own bikes - we walked.)
"April moves along swiftly and brings our senior elections. The votes show DickStetson as most popular, Kip Orr most intellectual, Johnny Carleton having done most for Dartmouth, and others such as Class Lothario, who, in the interest of preserving domestic tranquility even 45 years later, will remain anonymous. The Green Key show in Webster features the incomparable Dick Willis and his orchestra.
"Then spring really blossoms out. Golf team manager Phil Kimball proclaims Hilton Field is playable. Capt. Red Boyd, Tony Hadon, Gunny Gunnison and Oscar Rice drive and putt for one of Dartmouth's most successful seasons, and Red wins the National Intercollegiate title. Jack Dodd was manager of cross country in the autumn. Now in spring he is manager of tennis. Under his aegis Sandy Sanders and Johnny Carieton round into form for a fine tennis campaign. With them Dartmouth wins both the singles and doubles of the New England Intercollegiates. Bris Brisbane manages the baseball team with Capt. Tommy Tracy and Wally Kopf starring on the diamond. Dick Stetson manages track and gives encouragement to a highly competent squad.
"Once again it's hum time and those never forgotten song fests on the steps of the Beta house. The senior picnic held at Camp Ken Jockete features international Olympic trials - particularly in diving. The picnic movie, with remarkable realism for its time, recorded the events for. posterity until some protector of progenies hid it somewhere with other guarded treasures of famous art.
"The last classes end and Wah-Hoo-Wahs for the profs echo throughout old Dartmouth. Now suddenly we realize we're near the end of college days and life on the Hanover plain has passed all too quickly.
"Commencement activities start Friday, June 16, 1922. Lieut. Janeway, a Navy chaplain, gives us thoughts to ponder in a discourse entitled 'The World of Challenge.' On Class Day we gather around the Old Pine where Dick Stetson, Had Pinney, George Brooks, and Troyer Anderson are our speakers. A muddy field on Monday morning puts a jinx on the ball team which loses a close one to Cornell 4-3. The day closes with a concert by the Musical Clubs in Webster.
"Commencement is Tuesday, June 20, a bright sunny morning, as 257 of us march together across the campus to Webster where the coveted sheepskins are handed out. And so the Grand Old Seniors went 'out into the wide, wide world' and our old tribal cry ' '22 Up' resounded its last echo across the Dartmouth campus."
But "The still north remembers them and the hill winds know their names." This is the Class that happily joined with '21 and 23 will hold its 45th Reunion, June 12, 13, 14.
Thanks again, Dick Litchfield. Through your invaluable assistance '22's class notes have previously highlighted our earlier years in Hanover. The present segment completes the saga of '22's undergraduate days.
A! and Hortie Crampton will be missed at Reunion. Al had open heart surgery in fate January. Now happy tidings report he is coming along very well at his home, Indian Hill Road, Cummaquid, Mass. 02637.
Carter and AHie Hoyf are naturally exuberant over their newest grandchild, William Edward Langbein, born Sept. 17, 1966, in Brunswick, Me. Nancy Hoyt is the young man's mother and his daddy, Major Ed, is serving in Vietnam.
According to early spring reports of missing persons Ike and Hat Miller were in Wiesbaden, Haskell and Harriet Cohn in Madrid, and Len and Margaret Morrissey Lausanne. But none later than June 12.
'22 sadly still another classmate when William G. Dodds died recently as will be reported in "In Memoriam" this month or later. Recent address changes: Joseph S. Cohen, 109 Green Way, Albertson, L. I., N. Y. 11507; James A. Hamilton, Box 101, 12 Samoset Rd., South Duxbury, Mass. 02374; James W. Nelson, 57 High St., Brattleboro, Vt. 05301; Edward D. Morse, 71 High St., Avon, N. Y. 14414; Ralph B. Marean Jr., R.R. 1, Box 652 C., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33314; Leonard P. McCoun, 148 Belle Vue Rd., Fairmont, Minn. 56031; Llewellyn De.W. Smith, 11 Tuck Road, Hampton, N. H. 03842; Benjamin W. Wilson, 21 Winslow Rd., White Plains, N. Y. 10602. '22 Up! It's our only 45th.
1922 Class ReunionHanover, June 12-14, 1967
Secretary, 11 Brockway Rd. Hanover, N. H. 03755
Class Agent, Norway Hill Rd., Hancock, N. H. 03449
