1925

The mid-October weekend with the Harvard football game was the time of the annual '25 fall meeting in which about 75 persons participated.

Friday night was Dartmouth night and after a private room dinner at the Inn, the traditional parade wound around the streets to become part of a gathering that filled the slope in front of Dartmouth Hall and most of the campus. Songs, cheers, and speeches preceded a magnificent bonfire, which had been heroically built for a second time after some misguided souls had set off the first one a couple of nights early. A group of '25ers took part in the parade and felt some pride in the fact that it was the oldest class walking rather than riding in cars.

Saturday morning in Reed Hall came the class meeting, then a buffet luncheon at the Inn, followed by the football game and a dinner in Alumni Hall at Hopkins Center.

President Jenkins presided at the formal meeting, which opened with a moment of silence in memory of the 18 classmates who have died during the past year.

George Lyle '80 of Anchorage, Alaska, is the new 1925 Scholar.

The 1925 tree planted in honor of MartyHuberth in the Wheeler Hall area is not healthy and will have to be removed because of its condition and because of other changes in the area. Bob McKennan and Ford Whelden were named as a committee to investigate the matter with the thought of planting a new tree after consultation with Marty's widow.

Mott Garlock presented the treasurer's report, which showed a surplus August 1 of $4,788. Ford Whelden will send out a report soon to the entire class on the bequest program, and Herb Talbot is working on a newsletter. LynWhite reported on his arrangements for the class meeting, and Bill Jenkins read a report on the Alumni Fund on behalf of George Zahm and Dutch Schroedel. George has agreed to continue as head agent, and the meeting passed a vote of appreciation to him.

Frank Wallis reported for the committee handling the questionnaire on the admissions policies of the College. The results of the excellent return of 63 per cent have been summarized and copies of the report will be sent to the Board of Trustees, the Alumni Council, and the members of the Class.

In final action, September 17, 1977, the Saturday of the Princeton football game, was chosen as the meeting date for next year, and it was suggested that a three-day program starting on Thursday be considered.

Members of the executive committee present were Bill Jenkins, Mott Garlock, Larry Leavitt,Lane Goss, Bob McKennan, Doug Archibal, Ford Whelden, Lyn White, and Herb Talbot.

Additional members of the class present were Ed Ober, Bob Meginnity, Frank Wallis, Frank Kennedy, Blair Gilbert, John Packard, Ross Pearl, Bill Sleigh, Jack Norris, Don Hunt, Bob Weinig, Tom Carpenter, and Phil O'Connell.

Others seen in town were Hal Stevens, Bob Sweetser, June Bryant, Mrs. Don Fraser (widow of Ford Allen, with her Harvard husband), Lang Spring Rad Tanzer, Nate Bugbee, Bill Thompson, Mac Shepard, Red Martin, Perk Fitch, Francis Brown, and Gordon Churchill.

The last named and wife Claire enjoyed an extensive tour of Europe early last summer.

Pete Blodgett didn't get to the gathering because of important hunting activities in Canada and elsewhere with his setter dogs.

Mark Emerson says he is still "Outing Clubbing," and he spent part of the summer as a hut naturalist for the Appalachian Mountain Club, showing hikers the Alpine and arctic wildflowers that grow around Lakes of the Clouds above the treeline on Mount Washington.

The sympathy of the class goes to Dot andLarry Leavitt, whose son-in-law Ted Cheney, a career diplomat with the State Department, was killed in September in a small plane accident during a flight in a bad storm near Manila, where he was an official of our embassy.

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