1912's 60th

The Last Hurrah for 1912—its 60th reunion—brought to Hanover 20 classmates, 13 wives, eight widows, and 14 family members, a total of 55. Not too bad a showing as it represented almost one-third of the living members of 1912. Eight came from far away, two from Arcadia, Calif.; two from Sun City, Ariz.; two from Egg Harbor, Wis., and two from Cleveland, Ohio.

Commencement weekend was a busy and somewhat strenuous one for us oldsters, especially the members of the "cane gang." Social hours were held each evening, Friday through Sunday, followed by the class dinners. College Hall was the scene of the 1912 headquarters and it was there that the first two social hours were held. The unusual feature of these get-togethers was the fact that ten hosts volunteered for the three events, something unheard of in past years. The first evening the Class was invited to a reception at President Kemeny's garden "in the cool, cool, cool of the evening."

Dinners in Thayer Hall Friday and Saturday evenings were deliciously catered by the college staff, in particular the one in the Hovey Grill in Thayer Hall on Saturday. A word about these dinners: Connie Snow presided and on the Saturday occasion each member of the Class, and in addition Hazel O'Connor, was called on to bare his or her soul. These were happy affairs and Connie successfully filled the void left by the recent death of our Class President, Doc O'Connor.

Saturday was a full day with the Class Meeting, picture, and Memorial Service in the forenoon, followed by the Alumni Luncheon at noon, an address in the afternoon and a panel session later, both participated in by recipients of honorary degrees.

At the Class Meeting the new officers elected were Conrad E. Snow, president, and Nelson L. Doe, vice president. The other present officers were re-elected and the Executive Committee was increased to 11 members. Edward C. Brewster, son of John D. 12, was made an honorary member of the Class. A telegram of sympathy and hope for a speedy recovery was sent to Roy S. Frothingham who had planned to be with us but instead was in a hospital in Los Angeles. The Memorial Service, conducted by the Secretary, assisted by Katherine Baker at the organ, was well attended. At that time fitting tribute was paid to the 49 Classmates who have left us since the 55th reunion. The Glee Club performed two evenings for reuning classes, in fact, they seemed to have had a continuing assignment through another week of reunions.

Commencement Sunday was a breezy, cold one with patches of blue sky. The fortunate ones sat in the sunshine, the others shivered. The valedictorian did credit to his Class and President Kemeny's address to the graduating class was, as usual, forceful, concise and impressive.

Sunday afternoon several visited QuechFrench's new home and viewed the development of the Quechee Lakes Corpo- ration. The social hour and dinner that evening were enjoyed at the Dartmouth Outing Club, all indoors as summer seemingly had not arrived. After a sing together, goodbyes were said and the 60th passed into history.

Six of the seven members of the Class of 1907 who were in Hanover for their 65thpause for the camera: (front, I to r) George Grebenstein, Philip Chase, Robert Kenyon, and Arthur Leavitt, and (rear) Franklin Crocker and Robert Lyons.

1912 boasted the return of 20 classmates who left the Plain 60 years ago.

CLASS SECRETARY