1922

Oh, to be in Hanover now that autumn is here again. Golden days, sparkling foliage, spicy starlit nights. And the Class of 1984, all 1,078 of them 667 boys and 411 girls, joins the Dartmouth family as alma mater begins her 211th academic jear. The freshmen (men, women, or persons, as you prefer) are naturally shy and nervous, just as we Twoters were 62 years ago. There were 393 of us in that September 1918. Between then and 1922 our class increased to a total of 494. We had 257 graduates and 237 non-grads. Now, in September 1980, we number 180 classmates, 105 grads and 75 non. But while our clan decreases, our loyalty to Dartmouth never wavers, as our Alumni Fund results demonstrate.

During this beautiful season in Hanover, football practice most days lures some of us octogenarians, obviously not to block, run, punt or pass, but to cogitate and to comment as selfappointed coaching advisors. Also, the quarterback lunches every Tuesday attract more than 100 alumni, wives, and friends of the Big Green. And best of all, we have no required classes to attend, unlimited cuts, and no homework to do. To commemorate this centenary, the sports information director and staff have published the exceedingly interesting A Century of Dartmouth Football. This book has the scores of all gridiron games, many stories about teams, stars, and spectacular contests, and a list of all winners of the football D.

In that honored list '22 is well represented by Chuck Canfieldn Mai Clarke, George MacDermott, George Moore, Killy Kilmarx, Russ Putney, Ozzy Siegfried, Billy Streng, Chris Suttmeiern Phil Threshie, Jack Thornton, and Will Thompson. And that is not all, because class son Robert Rex captained the 1956 team, on which Tom Booth also played, and Robert Kilmarx was manager of the 1949 team as his father was in 1921.

Naturallyn you want to know from a most authoritative (?) source how well this centennial Dartmouth football team will do. Well, regardless of scores, please remember this: they are young, they are eager to win, and they have the old-time Dartmouth spiritm They will do their best and that could be very good. But most importantly, every one of the 98 boys on the squad is a bona fide Dartmouth student in good academic standing. Not one of the lads is majoring in basket weaving, disco dancing, or barbeque cooking, simply because the Dartmouth curriculum has no such absurdities.

Good news, Richard F. Beyer and Lema D. Collins were married last spring in the First Congregational Church in Hopkinton, N.H. It is particularly pleasant to offer Dick and Lema the very best wishes of all classmates.

Summer visitors to Hanover or nearby included Norm and Marion Crane with sonindlaw Jim Reynolds '75; Jack and Fran Dodd with grandson Dave Holden '81; Nancy Hoyt, Carter's daughter, with her husband Ed Langbein and their daughter Susan; Dick Litchfield; Ozzy and Mary Siegfried; and Sterry Waterman.

Spic and Mildred Saunders have returned to the mainland after many years in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. They are now living at John Knox Village, 671 S.W. 6th St., Pompano Beach, Fla., somewhat closer to their son Kenneth '4B in Northbrook, Ill.

Next month's scoop will be a report on the '22 homecoming with names, ages, and weights of all participants. Pay your class dues to Carroll Dwight and read about it in these notes.

Enjoy Thanksgiving and be thankful.

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