1925
The weekend of October 10 and 11 witnessed the second Hanover gathering of this year for 1925. Including as it did Dartmouth Night, a meeting of the class executive committee, the football game with Penn and a class dinner Saturday night it was just about as active as the 50th Reunion in June, although not nearly as large.
The first event of special interest to the Class was a gathering in the Tower Room of the library for the presentation to the College of a portrait of Richard Lathem commissioned by Ken Montgomery. Dean Rieser presided, Monty presented the painting to the College and President Kemeny made the speech of acceptance. The work was done in London by the British artist Robert Halliday and Ed Lathem, the current and 15th Librarian of the College, expressed his gratitude for the tribute in the final speech of the program. The Class was represented by most of our Hanover-Norwich residents and by some of the officers who were in town for the weekend.
The Dartmouth Night ceremonies, always exciting, were even more so this year due to the revival at the instigation of the undergraduates of the torchlight parade. The Class of 1925 as the 50-Year Class was honored by being asked to lead the way and by Ken Montgomery being honorary marshal. Since there was not much advance notice only five of us got there in time Jenkins, Leavitt, White, Tanzer, and Archibald. The parade, including other representative classes, bands and various organizations moved from behind Hopkins Center past the rear of Dartmouth Row, on to Webster Avenue, back past Massachusetts Row and across the campus to the lawn in front of Dartmouth Row where there was music from the bands, singing by the Glee Clubs and speeches by Mike McGean, Secretary of the College, Dean Manuel, President Kemeny, Coach Crouthamel, and the football co-captains. All this was followed by the traditional bonfire, this one being a tower of a record breaking 100 tiers of railroad ties.
On Saturday morning the executive committee meeting was held in Reed Hall with the following members of the committee present. Bill Jenkins, Lane Goss, Larry Leavitt, Charlie Moore, Herb Talbot, Curt Abel, George Zahm, Dutch Schroedel, Ford Whelden, Bob McKennan, Mott Garlock, Lyn White and Doug Archibald.
Additional members of the Class present were Ed Burns, Don Lawson, Frank Shea, Don Hunt, Ross Pearl, Ed Ober, Blair Gilbert, Bill Sleigh, Bill Bunting, Rad Tanzer, Frank Kennedy, Tom Carpenter, Jack Norris, Mac Shepard, Bud Reber and Hal Stevens. Half a dozen wives graced the meeting with their presence.
President Jenkins presided and opened the meeting by reporting on Dartmouth Night activities and the torchlight parade the evening before. Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was waived.
A committee of six members - Schroedel, Talbot, White, Zahm, Whelden and Leavitt - was appointed by the president to review the class constitution originally promulgated in 1925.
Mott Garlock and Lyn White were elected to the executive committee, making a total of 16 members.
Treasurer Garlock reported that 188 members have paid their current dues so far and that the Class has $3,000 in the Suffield Savings Bank and about $2,700 in a checking account in the First National Bank of Suffield. Our surplus was $6,348 on August 1 compared to $6,075 a year before.
It was voted to give either Mott A. Garlock or C. Lane Goss authority over class bank accounts and also voted to accept the Treasurer's report.
Ford Whelden reported briefly on the Bequest and Estate Planning program of the Class and stated that a detailed report will be sent to the entire class in a few weeks.
Larry Leavitt told the meeting that there were 60 donors in the Memorial Giving program this year and that widows, sons, and daughters of classmates gave over $l0,000 to the Alumni Fund this year compared to about $2,000 last year.
George Zahm reported on the Alumni Fund and stated that Dutch Schroedel, looking to the coming campaign, has made an analysis of giving in the year after the 50th reunion.
Herb Talbot plans on four more newsletters by June, one of them to be out by the end of this year.
Charlie Moore presented a 1925 Indian to Herb Talbot who was unable to be with us at reunion in June.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously carried to thank Charlie Moore for his work on the 50th Reunion picture book and for his activity as Reunion Chairman.
As a final action before adjournment, October 16, the day of the Harvard game in Hanover, was selected as the date for the fall meeting next year.
Victory over Penn in the rain was followed by a cocktail party and dinner in Alumni Hall of Hopkins Center. About 80 attended, including classmates and their wives, guests from the faculty and undergraduate body and friends. It was a fine dinner and a pleasant conclusion to a busy weekend.
Poems by Alexander Laing are published this fall in a volume from the University Press of New England under the title Brant Point. Alec, a maritime historian as well as a poet, spoke earlier this year at the Lyme Inn on "The Seamen who Started the Revolution."
Early fall planning for 1926's 50th Reunion brought to Hanover (l) co-chairmanStew Orr, Don Norstrand, Chairman RussClark, Hub Harwood, and Paul Newhall.
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