1940

To sustain a cherished tradition, to refresh the memories of our own and other older classes, and to etch for current classes visions that are the stuff of nostalgia, the Class of'40 has undertaken as a class project to underwrite the costs to the College of lighting Dartmouth Hall and Baker Tower on ceremonial occasion.

The Memorial Lighting Fund was authorized at the class meeting last fall and finalized at the Class Officers' Weekend this spring.

Thus, each night that searchlights wash the alabaster beauty of Dartmouth Hall or il. luminate Baker Tower as it spears the night sky each time the green light glows atop Baker Tower, there will be a special meaning to the Class of '40, as well as inspiration to all other classes of Dartmouth men and women. For us the lights will also serve as a lovely silent reminder and memorial of our 113 classmates who have passed on.

Because of the high costs of fuel and as part of the College's efforts to conserve energy, it was decided by the college administration to curb ceremonial lighting to a minimum, consistent with the traditional and ceremonial needs. The Class volunteered to underwrite the costs of the lighting, which will average $500 a year, to minimize the lighting reductions imposed by budgetary austerity.

Thus, the Dartmouth Hall tower and lawn. Baker Tower and the green tower light all will be lit at convocations, Dartmouth Nights, commencements, and Reunions. The towers only of Dartmouth Hall and Baker and the Baker Tower light will be illuminated at Winter Carnivals, Class and Club Officers Weekends, Friday evenings of Freshman Parents' Weekend, Green Key Weekend, Friday nights prior to home football games, and Alumni Council meeting dates. And, in long-standing tradition, the green .light in Baker Tower will be ignited when the Trustees are meeting on campus.

Participating in the decision completing arrangements for lights were the full complement of your class officers: John Crandell, president; Stet Whitcher, treasurer; ArtOstrander, head class agent; GordonWentworth, bequest chairman; Bob Austin, newsletter editor, and yours truly as class secretary.

Somehow, the concept of a memorial lighting fund underlines the concept of continuity, and, in that context, a review of Alumni Records shows that exactly 120 progeny of the Class of 1940 have also matriculated at Dartmouth since 1959, or a number equal to nearly 20 per cent of our initial number of 645 classmates.

Of that number, 18 are currently listed four in the Class of 1976, nine in the Class of 1977, four in the Class of 1978, and one in the Class of 1979. And while the number is decreasing, the stream has not dried up yet, since, I am happy to report, Andy, our oldest, has been accepted under early decision to the Class of 1980, along with Bill Bumstead's son David and Don Rainie's son Brooks.

Those still with children engaged in the Dartmouth experience as undergraduates according to Alumni Records, are: Ken Arwe, John Cowan, Fred Fuld, John Little, Tom Ballantyne, Walter Dance, Fremont Kock, Herb Landsman, Allen Rosenthal, Tom Braden, Arthur Root (2), Charles Pinderhughes, John Willetts, Ed Banta, Powell Holbein, Ted Lewitt, and John McDonald.

Secretary, 4 Parkhurst Hall Hanover, N.H. 03755

Class Agent, 360 Rumstick Point Road Barrington, R.I. 02806