1922

"A '22 zenith — best yet — the top," — so said many Twoters at our Fiftieth Reunion. Experience indicates the wisdom of staying with a good thing, so these notes will continue the reunion theme till lilacs bloom again. With so much to report it could be puzzling to select the headliner, but Spenny Smith definitely solved that problem for the Class.

The largest donation ever made to the College by a Dartmouth 50th Reunion Class is the most prideful distinction of '22, last of the small classes in the Dartmouth fellowship. Spenny put it all together in his mid-summer letter:

"This is a time for rejoicing on your part. Your Class has succeeded in making $85,520 for our 50th year gift to the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund. This is far more than the original goal (in fact, it is 114 per cent of the objective, the highest percentage of 12 reuning classes in 1972) and, of course, is due to your generosity as a member of the 1922 Class. You will be interested to learn that in participation we were over the top, too, with 218 contributors. (That is 107 per cent participation, more than 100 per cent because of memorial donations from wives and friends of departed classmates.)

"If Carter Hoyt were here I can almost hear him say, 'Thanks to you all, it's most unbelievable.'

"Once again, I wish to say, 'Thank you with all my heart.' We have surely proven to be a giving Class with always our aim to help Dartmouth to be forever the great institution that she is."

Now, how can the College and the Class adequately thank Spenny for working tirelessly the past year and for accepting full responsibility as fund quarterback when we so sadly lost Carter Hoyt last April? And there are many other classmates, including Bob Clark with memorial donors, who worked like beavers ever since Bill Bullen's kickoff letter of September 1971. But above all, the most sincere gratitude from '22 goes once more to every classmate who contributed and to every memorial donor who remembered. Such loyalty is Dartmouth's most priceless tradition.

And that's where '22 stands in loyalty to Dartmouth as it becomes the youngest member in the honored classes that have passed their 50th Reunion landmarks.

"22 can further rejoice that Spenny has agreed to accept the Class Agent's job. It is not expected, of course, that the Class will repeat its 50th Reunion Alumni Fund achievement every year, but with Spenny's signal-calling and the help of all classmates, '22 can still "dare a deed for the Old Mother."

Another happy feature of Reunion was the presence of some members of the class family who despite various recent illnesses or other degrees of convalescence were able to be with us. The Class was delighted in having Max Budnitz, Chick Busher with his brother Hugh, Bob Clark, Jack Dana,Ted Davidson, Bill Gallagher, JohnMcKoan, Oscar Rice, Dot Stetson, and Lillian Strauss. It was particularly pleasant to have everyone of them at Reunion.

Unfortunately, Chick Busher had to return to the hospital in late June, but the latest report is most encouraging and all classmates earnestly hope for his complete and rapid recovery.

But, sadly, some of our most esteemed classmates were not in Hanover because their wives had recently passed away. The Class missed them and extends its deepest sympathy to Bob Baldwin, Wes Nutten, and Jack Taylor, and likewise to DickJohnson who had recently lost his son in a tragic accident.

Moreover, during May and June the Class sorrowfully lost John Brower and Eddie Morse. A further report has been or will be In Memoriam.

Most happily, '22 congratulates Killyand Elizabeth Kilmarx and son Bob '50 who is now ably serving as a Trustee of the College. Bob, 30 years after his father, was football manager in 1949, received his law degree from Harvard in 1953, and has been an active member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. Times change, but the Kilmarx loyalty to Dartmouth remains steadfast.

"It went by too quickly and we did not have a chance to get fully caught up with every other classmate," that was the most common complaint about Reunion. The remedy is to come back to Hanover more often and you can begin by coming to the Princeton game the second weekend in October. For the Class, Ike has reserved a limited number of rooms at Howard Johnson's White River Motel. These hard-to-come-by accommodations are available on a minimum two nights basis — Friday and Saturday nights. For reservations send a note and a $25.00 deposit to Gen.Walter I. Miller, 203 Crosby Hall. Hanover, N. H. 03755. It it's too late to write, telephone Ike at 802-785-2012. '22 will have its usual pre-game cash bar and luncheon in the Drake Room at 11:15 Saturday, October 14. That evening the Class will have its customary dinner in Hanover or nearby. And betwixt events you can freely exchange viewpoints on the redistribution of wealth—particularly other people's, or similar soul-searching subjects.

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

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