1922

"What are you going to do for the summer?" asks many a lad of another on Hanover's green campus in Maytime. In other youthful years Twoters asked the same question and replied with a hundred different answers. Wayne Shirley, here, now interestingly tells how four classmates actually did spend the summer between our sophomore and junior years: "Dartmouth in Wyoming, Summer of 1920."

"Len Bernheim, Dan Darnell, Joe Perkins and I replied to an ad in the Daily Dartmouth; and, along with a couple of Princeton men, found ourselves 100 miles off the railroad, in the camp of the Wyoming Tie and Timber Co., 9000 feet up in the Wind River Mountains of the Washakie National Forest. We got off the train at Riverton, and were driven in a Model T Ford truck, up through Dubois, the scene of Owen Wister's 'Virginian,' to the camp. On the way, I sat on a drum of gasoline which leaked on my long johns, and did I burn for some time! We soon learned the way of the West when one of the truck drivers drew a pistol from his pocket and took a pot shot at a hawk.

"First we worked on the tie drive, which meant getting into a small river, which swelled during the day from melting snow water, and with pikepoles we pushed along ties stuck on rocks. Rugged work, ten hours a day, seven days a week, and wet all day. For breakfast we thought nothing of polishing off a stack of wheats, ham, coffee and a can of pineapple for dessert. Two weeks of this, and then to the camp.

"Joe, Dan, and Bernie were much better at machinery than I was, so they worked on the saw mill, Joe even being on the saw itself, while I went down to help build the road, by working on the Fresno, a horsedrawn scraper. Also I was powder monkey, which meant walking many a rod with a can of dynamite on my shoulder; and which meant also learning to use a 16-pound sledge. With this, I got to be really good, and could hit the drill head without a miss, while my friend Sam turned the drill for me. I turned for him and neither of us ever worried about missing the head.

"One Sunday, I decided to climb a nearby mountain, all by myself, and so I went up 11,000 feet. It was tough walking, as a former forest fire left the ground covered with slippery logs. On the way I saw a herd of 23 elk and then I stopped by a spring which came from under a rock to eat my sandwich and to get a drink. Soon I noticed the ferns swaying back and forth, and I wondered if tales I had heard of rattlesnakes were true, especially since I could see a beady eye. But on closer look, I saw a cute little rabbit, who was so afraid of me, his heartbeat stirred the ferns.

"I can still take that walk in my mind, and when I got back to Hanover, I wrote it up in a theme with the horrible title of 'The Pleasures of Solitude,' but I got an A on it."

The prof who gave the A to Wayne has undoubtedly gone to his own reward, but '22 also awards its commendation and gratitude for telling it "like it really was" for Bernie, Dan, Joe and Wayne in that summer of 1920.

Fifty members of the Class family enjoyed April's lovely last weekend for '22's annual little reunion at the Hanover Inn. Highlight of the gathering was the usual enjoyable dinner in the Drake Room on Saturday evening. John Kemeny, whom '22 proudly claims as a fellow classmate, then gave a most enlightening informal talk, followed by discussion, on the mood of the campus at the moment. True, as a congenial fun-loving minority, '22 did sort of take over the Hanover Inn, but Jim McFate undoubtedly agrees with all of us in hoping for more sit-ins like this with everybody happy. Thank goodness, '22 has never lost our gift for laughing, even at ourselves.

Those present during the weekend were: Elmer and Frances Ardiff, Ray and Doris Atwood, Harry and Peg Bruckner, Bill Bullen and cousin Tom Bullen '72, Tommy Byrne, Bob and Grace Clark, Haskell and Harriet Cohn, Warren and Mary Daniell, Carroll and Nan Dwight, Tony and Eleanor Hanlon, Frank and Betty Horan, Carter and Allie Hoyt, Stan and Doris Jackson, John and Jean Kemeny, Fran and Lucy Leland, Bill and Betty Mann, John and Pat McKoan, Ed McNamara and son Tom, Steve Millemann '72, Ike and Harriott Miller, Stan and Catherine Miner, Len and Margaret Morrissey, Louise Olsen, Markey Pullen and son Paul '72, Oscar and Bea Rice, Lillian Strauss, Herb and Karin West. All come back next year, won't you!

John Weare has retired after 40 years with the Cambridge Rubber Co. of which he was general sales manager. John and Ruth, whom we were so glad to have at our 45th reunion, have moved from Kenilworth, Ill., to 105 E. Burroughs Shores, Hot Springs National Park, Ark. 71901. They have three grown-up children: John Jr., Northwestern; F. Mason, Dartmouth '51, and Carolyn, La-Salle Jr. May John and Ruth find the Hot Springs golf enticing and the fishing superb for many years to come.

The Class grieves in the loss of HenryPowers. In Memoriam has a more detailed report.

When did you last send news about a classmate, or provide other help, to your silently suffering secretary? That's why special gratitude goes at the end of this school year to Ray Atwood, Bob Clark, Haskell Cohn, Charlie Earle, Tony Hanlon, Larry Healy, Frank Horan, Dick Litchfield, Rex Malmquist, Clif Watson, Ben Wilson. On pass-fail, they passed.

Happy landing to the following address changers: George D. Busher, 141 Parkway Road, Bronxville, N. Y. 10708; Robert F. Cahill, 5923 Turin St., Coral Gables, Fla. 33146; Samuel L. Chevalier, 413 Wyandotte St., Bethlehem, Pa. 18015; C. Lawrence Healy, 85 Beriah Brooks Rd., Harwich, Mass. 02645; Donald A. Powell, Apt. E-1801, 200 East 66th St., New York, N. Y. 10021; George E. Shattuck, 23 Atlantic Avenue, Groton Long Point, Conn. 06340.

You'll hear more later from Ike Miller regarding '22's arrangements for the Penn game weekend. The game itself is Saturday, October 11. As many classmates know from last year, the Howard Johnson Motel in White River is attractive and comfortable. Ike has reserved a block of rooms for us there from Friday, October 10 to Monday, October 13 (a holiday), thereby permitting those who so wish to spend an extra day in Hanover and the North Country at the peak of the foliage season. Mark your calendar now.

Happy summering to all.

Secretary, 11 Brockway Rd. Hanover, N. H. 03755

Class Agent, Hancock, N. H. 03449