1918

1918's Stupendous Sixtieth was jet-powered off the ground at a meeting of the reunion committee in Hanover on May 9. Don and Mrs. Davis, Bill Montgomery, Stump Barr, George Stoddard and Dick and Marian White, plus copresident Chet Hulbert were there to witness the take-off of what promises to be the recordbreaking 60th of all time. Prexy Sargent was incapacitated and could not attend the meeting. Lois Morse (Mrs. Emerson G.) was in Merrie Old England at the Queen's Jubilee. Dates? June 1978. Put these in your little black book now! This reunion, unlike all others, will be really coed, in tune with the campus atmosphere. All wives, widows, heirs, and heiresses are not only welcome but besought and expected. Don't forget! We will be looking for you at the registration desk in the College Hall Lounge on Friday, June 9. The 60th is off and flying!

Back to the mines. You guys and gals have had a respite from my line of patter.

President Dwight Sargent wrote in July, "We are about passing out with this heat wave. It never seems to let up; 102° that we had yesterday is unheard of. I have a granddaughter getting married August 7; and if it is not cooler, I don't know if we can make it to Wellesley for the wedding.

"A week ago co-president, Chet Hulbert invited Peg and me, along with Dorothy Mahoney, over for a drink. We had a delightful visit. In the course of the talk we discovered that Chet's father and my father were both in the class of 1884. When I got home I found a picture taken at the 1884 25th reunion: 33 men, almost all with mustaches and many with beards. My father was in the picture. He died the next year, and Chet thinks his father came on from Korea where he was doing educational and missionary work. Chet will be over one of these days and will pick out his father if he is in the picture."

lone and I attended the post-50th reunion. We were the only 18ers. The '16ers and '20s were on hand in quite goodly numbers, and they kindly took us under their broad wings. Bud Stillman 11, grandson of DeWitt Stillman '16, provided the entertainment at the banquet. He is a very talented young man.

Dick White is employing his great talent and energy to make the coming 60th reunion the record-breaking event it deserves to be. Let's give him our cooperation in every way. We want to set an attendance record for future classes to shoot at. Also, wouldn't it be great if we could set a record for the amount raised for the Alumni Fund by a 60-year reunion class? We can do it, you know. Let's make George von Kapf happy, too.

Ray Smith was in town, touching base with the College. We managed to have a good visit. What a fabulous experience he is having with his Near East and antiquarian activities.

Six weeks or so ago Ben Mugridge sent me some very interesting material dealing with his re-emergence from retirement. It had to do with a confrontation between a teachers' union and a school board in the Stuart, Fla., area. The issue was finally resolved; but not until Ben was put in charge of the negotiations. Ben's very valuable public service was recognized not only locally but throughout the state of Florida. In Ben's pre-retirement years in Huntington, Long Island, he was actively involved in political and public service. His valuable services were recognized throughout that area, too.

The details of Ben's activities impressed me so much that I sent all the material to Dennis Dinan, editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, with Ben's approval, in hopes that it would appear in a good article. The material has not been returned to me, and perhaps such an article is in the works.

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