1922

The only kick about our 55th was that it went by too quickly. Everybody enjoyed the reunion and nobody requested a kickback. Several classmates remarked what a good job had been done. Chairman Ike Miller and the committee of Bill Bullen, Warren Daniell, Carroll Dwight,Harley Greenwood, Stan Miner, Len Morrissey,Oscar Rice and Larry Robinson set a standard that will undoubtedly encourage an encore for our 60th in 1982.

With Spenny Smith's announcement at the June 11 meeting, the Class took extraordinary pleasure in surpassing the goal for its 55th Reunion Alumni Fund. The objective was $40,000, and now that all the results are in, the final figure is $43,026. That is 108 per cent of the objective and 155 per cent in comparison with the previous year. The record-breaking $43,026 is the largest Alumni Fund contribution ever made by a Dartmouth 55th reunion class. The previous record was $37,342.

Twenty-two had 198 contributors, giving the Class a participation percentage of 116. Sincere gratitude goes to every classmate who gave, to the many wives and other relatives who made gifts in memory of departed classmates and to several friends who did likewise. The class certainly would never have achieved this prestigious record without the dedicated work of head agent Spenny Smith and the successful team of class agents: Ray Atwood, Gray Bates, Bill Bullen, Herm Carlisle, Jack Dana, Warren Daniell, Carroll Dwight, Charlie Earle, Gene Hotchkiss, our sadly departed Max Kenyon, Rex Malmquist, Andy Marshall, Wally Mountcastle, Herm Oliver, Charles Tapley, Jack Taylor, Charlie Throop, Duke VosBurgh, and memorial gift chairman Dick Stetson. They and all the appreciated donors brought new glory to the famous class of 1922.

Twenty-two also expresses its gratitude to classmate Rev. Richard F. Beyer of Concord, N.H., for admirably conducting our memorial service. Dick was prevented by illness from leading the service at the 50th, and it was highly pleasing to have him at the 55th. We wish his wife Hazel had been well enough to be there also.

Some others sorely missed because of their own or family illnesses included Bob Baldwin,Harry Bruckner, Tony Hanlon, Gene Hotchkiss, and John McKoan. We earnestly hope recovery in all cases will make it possible for them to be with the Class again in Hanover.

The entertainment at the class dinner in Thayer Hall added to the reunion pleasantries. The Dartmouth Aires (boys) and the Woodswind (girls) sang enchantingly. Rick Stillman '77 was a versatile virtuoso playing seven musical instruments, singing, reciting, grimacing, dialecting, and tumbling. Only a matter of time before he will be on the marquees.

Three students in the class of '78 were our most friendly and helpful aides-de-camp. Our thanks go to Kevin Bixby, Alameda, Cal.; Bill Weschler, Hartford, Conn.; and Wilson Neely, Dallas, Tex. Wilson bridges any generation gap; he is the grandson of Gene Neely '18, who, despite loss of an arm in a hunting accident, was a famous Dartmouth football linesman before World War I. That's it on reunion for this issue, but don't go away mad, because there is much more to be noted, and it surely will be.

When Meg, Tufts '51; Sue, Wellesley '63; and Peter '54, the children of Nan and CarrollDwight, planned a golden wedding celebration for their parents last May, they arranged a most happy event. The large gathering of friends at the Wellesley College Club on Lake Waban included Trudy and Bill Bullen, Haskell andHarriet Cohn, Allie Hoyt, Doris and Walt Sands,Marj and Spenny Smith and Dot and Dick Stetson. The entire class joins them in hearty congratulations to Nan and Carroll.

All classmates will be very pleased to know that Andy Marshall in mid-August was convalescing satisfactorily from a heart attack he suffered in July. Please stay with us, Andy.

The class joins Eaton Leith in sorrow on the loss of his wife Peggy last June. Several old time Tri Kap friends, including Mai Clarke, gave Eaton deeply appreciated assistance at that difficult time.

Sadly, we have lost two classmates: PerleyMason Knapp, 77, died January 31, 1977, apparently in Camillus, N.Y., where he had lived for many years.

Wilbur Ellsworth Harris, 77, died December 16, 1976, presumably in Orlando, Fla., where he had been a merchant since 1930.

How good will the 1977 Big Green football team be? Come and see; our Dartmouth lads will be strongly competitive.

P.S. The very sorrowful report that AndyMarshall's wife Charlotte passed away August 22 has just been received. She was a greatly beloved, most gracious lady, and the entire Class joins Andy in deepest bereavement.

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