1908's 60th
"There Are Those Who Love Her," Webster's words adopted for a slogan for our 60th Reunion, were amply vindicated in the attendance and in the success of the party.
Of our 61 living classmates, 29 attended, 14 wives, one widow and five offspring or in-laws, for a total of 49 persons. Web Evans travelled farthest, from Palo Alto, Calif. Next were Harold Cogswell and ParkStickney from the Chicago area, George andEllen Lowe from Cleveland. One foreigner appeared, Bert Thwing from Montreal. He could have walked the distance.
The lounge at College Hall was set aside for our exclusive use. There were our headquarters and there we held our social hours, with cocktails both Friday and Saturday afternoons, under the direction of Art Soule. Friday evening many attended President and Mrs. Dickey's reception and followed with the Glee Club concert in Spaulding Auditorium. The Glee Club concert was repeated on Saturday evening.
While we were standing on College Hall steps, waiting for the photographer to adjust his camera, Bert Thwing was heard to say, "Hurry up, before we all fall down. But we didn't. In fact we had a fair majority of youthful-looking men, led by the marvelous Pop Chesley. At the same time we were saddened by the many missing, especially when their physicians interfered.
At Leverone Field House, Saturday afternoon, the red carpet was out. We had the delightful experience, for the first time in our history, of sitting down to a table and having luncheon served by student waiters. Also front seats were reserved at the General Alumni Association meeting which followed, when we heard a thought-provoking talk by Harvey P. Hood '18 and appropriate remarks by President Dickey.
The busy Saturday afternoon continued with a small but impressive Memorial Service in Rollins Chapel conducted by the Rev.J. Albert Hammond. The traditional reading of the names of those deceased since our Fiftieth revealed that 61, or 50 percent of classmates living at the time of our Fiftieth, had died.
A high point of the Reunion was the visit of President Dickey to our headquarters in the late afternoon. On behalf of the class, Art Soule presented him with a petit-point picture of Dartmouth Hall, done by Art himself. It was particularly appropriate because Mrs. Dickey engages in this form of art.
The weather had been excellent all day Saturday, but weather can play practical jokes, and we were victims of one such. We were enjoying a social hour at College Hall and awaiting the time to move across the street to the Inn for the Class Banquet when suddenly the heavens opened, marooning many who were unprepared for such an event. With a little ingenuity we solved the problem and started the banquet with a very short delay. Served in the Tavern Room in the basement of the Inn, the food was excellent and the comradeship at its best. There we signed greeting cards to Nick Carter in the Philippines and to Chick Currier who, though absent, had sent tangible means of raising our spirits.
Only six took part in the Commencement parade, some declining to make the effort, some finding it necessary to leave early. However, except for one man of 1898 and one of 1903, we led the parade to the cheers of the crowd (mostly for Mr. Tabor '98).
All in all, everyone had a wonderful time, the kind that only the meeting of old friends can bring about. Notably, class spirit was high.
In town to celebrate 1903's 65th reunion were (from the left): Daughter Susan SmithColman, Ag Smith, Lew Haney, Gink Ford, and Mrs. Haney.
REUNION CHAIRMAN
