1941

THIRTY-FIFTH REUNION

Mid June found eighty-nine class members marching up to the Plain for the 35th reunion and marching down again after rousing fellowship, sport, entertainment and gastronomy.

Save for one cloudburst, Chairman DutchCotton and his student helpers showed everyone a banner time in fine weather. Highlights included a lobster and clam bake, golf and tennis tournaments, elements of the Glee Club at the tent, and a revival of the Barbary Coast jazz orchestra which was a barnburner.

Those attending were Ed and Bess Acker, George and Betty Baine, Brodie and Fran Bjorklund, Bill Blanchard and Artie Fay, Karl and Kay Blume, Chuck and Mary Bolte, Adrian Bouchard, George and Patricia Brand, Bud and Helen Bye, George Canfield, Dean Carleton, Waring Carrington, Nick and Doris Carter, Bill and Marie Cashel, Bill and Cary Clark, Ken and Lilias Cobb, Ted and Pam Conrad, Dick and Ginney Cords, Dutch Cotton.

Ez and Elinor Crowley, George Cruze, Bill Danforth, Bob and Betty Darbee, George Dreher, Jim and Ellen Eckels, John and Peggy Everett, Bill and Winnie Freeman, Bert French, Bruce Friedlich, Marston and Nancy Gibbs, Gotch and Marge Gotshall, Bill and Margaret Hahn, Rog and Do Do Haley, Phil and Shirley Hall, Etty Hamilton (wife of the late Ernie), Don and Jane Hanks, Bud and Patricia Hart, Bob and Barbara Harvey, Red and Clel Higgins.

Dick and Polly Hill, Art and Libby Hills, Gil Hurd, Dick and Ginny Jachens, Pete and Jackie Jacobsen, Bill and Lois Jeavons, Lew and Beanie Johnstone, Ken and Miggie Kenworthy, Carl Krogh, Ed and Barbara Larner, Monk and Barb Larson, Bob Leske, Norm and Janet Locke, Paul and Margie Mahoney, Stu and Audrey May, Jim and Videen McGaughey, Ed and Betty McMillan, Jack McMillin, Hank Maxwell, Clay and Myra Messenger, Oz and Margaret Mills, Jim and Mary Morgan,

George and Libby Morse, Bob and June Nissen, Bon and Virginia Norton, Red and Agnes O'Connor, Dick and Ruby Paul, Dan Provost and Marion Lee, Bob and Dode Rainie, Clint and Betty Reynolds, Harris Richardson, Dusty and Skipper Rodes, Don and Betsy Ross, Frank and Shirley Simpson, Don and Pat Stillman, Jim Page, Chet and Dot Stothart, Red Taft, Ted and Milicent Tanzi, Bob and Winnie Tepper, George and Millie Thompson, Phil and Mary Jane Thompson, Dick and Locke Tousley, John and Pat Twist, Steve and Lucy Winship, Lou and Barbara Young, Al and Mary Van Wie, Bruce Brown, Jupe Lewis, and Dave Nutt.

The Barbary Coast big band, revived for the first time since college days, included GeorgeCruze, bass; Bob Leske, trumpet; and BobRainie, trombone. Taking part from other classes were Paul Winship '39, Dave Niven '42, and John Bartemus, Thurston Carpenter, and Relly Raffman - all '43. The latter organized the revival, which played a jazz concert one evening and a combined classes dance on another, a joyous, exhuberant affair of rollicking good jazz and oldie dance tunes.

Many classmates attended the Glee Club concert, after which our tent party was. enlivened by a wowser of a concert by the talented, disarming, Distractions (girls from the undergraduate Glee Club) and the Dartmouth-Aires (boys from same).

In the golf tourney, Ken Kenworthy won first low gross, followed by Bill Clark; Art Hills took first low net and Ted Tanzi, second. Miggie Kenworthy shot the women's low gross while Barbara won the low net. In the Scotch foursome, the Clarks took the low gross and the Carletons low net. Lou Young was high scorer while a stroke by Clark, who was chairman of the event, landed nearest the pin.

Some 35 classmates and ladies turned out for tennis, the mixed doubles being won by Art andLibby Hills, who were undefeated and edged runners-up Ed and Betty McMillan in that final. Men's doubles were won by John Twist and Clint Reynolds, who won a long and exciting final from Stu May and Jon Hamilton, the late Ernie's 18-year-old son. Strong records were made by the Rainies, Rodes, Teppers, Blanchard-Fay, Bruce Friedlich, Dan Provost, and Ed McMillan and son Bob.

The memorial service was led by GeorgeDreher, minister of the Congregational Church in Mystic, Conn., who spoke movingly of those we have lost and of the legacy of their memory. The list in the program is appalling in length, and the reunion brought news of the death of two classmates, Bob Hixson and Gordon Ide.

At the class meeting the nominating com- mittee chaired by Gotch Gotsholl presented a slate of Stace Hill, president; Bob Harvey, secretary; and Lou Young, treasurer. Deponent was named newsletter editor, stepping into a large pair of shoes left by ten-year newsletter editor Howard Wilson. Stace succeeds EdMcMillan and could not attend owing to a trip to England. He will appoint the new head agent, succeeding Bud Hart.

In other class business at that meeting it was reported by Bud that a garrison-finish effort by him and reunion fund chairman Bill Cashel had at that time produced about $130,000 for the College. Additional pledges and donations were sought, since donations may be spread through two tax years - 1977 to January 31, 1978.

The meeting also discussed class dues, and after Lou Young showed that present dues of ten dollars mean that class programs run a deficit, the gathering voted to raise the annual dues to $15. Programs are subscriptions to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, the Life After Dartmouth careers counseling annual project for students, and the memorial book program. For the latter, moneys are turned over to the college library system to purchase books in memory of classmates who have died. Each book purchased is dedicated in writing to a classmate and since a number of classes participate, the program takes some financial pressure off the library. (An updated list will be published this fall.) After some discussion, it was decided to refer to the executive committee a decision whether to continue as before in this, or spend the moneys elsewhere, as in a scholarship fund, and perhaps establish a living investment trust.

One high point of the reunion was meeting and visiting with our student reunion helpers, a bright and personable bunch, such that one is moved to add, if you can't get to a reunion, find some other means to meet Dartmouth students - otherwise you're missing a very special and appealing element in our alumni experience.

The Hanover idyll was recaptured this past June at 1937's "Fabulous Fortieth" reunionby (from left) Bill Mauran, Betty and Art Falk, and Connie and Sammy Schuck.

Chuck Bolte surveys the festivities during '41s thirty-fifth reunion

Dave Niven '42 reunited 14 members of the Barbary Coast jazz band to liven upreunions. The classes of '37, '41, '42, and '43 danced to the big-band sound.

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