1922

On the eve of the Harvard game, the 85th Dartmouth Night was one of the finest demonstrations of college spirit anywhere. The torchlight parade, led by Dartmouth cheerleaders and the college band, included President Kemeny and Jean, Dean Ralph Manuel, Coach Joe Yukica, football captains Jerry Pierce and Dave Shula, representatives of undefeated Dartmouth football teams and alumni classes from 1917-80, seven floats and six additional marching bands. It began behind Hopkins Center, went up around the campus, and ended at Dartmouth Hall. There the College Band played, the Glee Club sang "Men of Dartmouth" and other favorites, the crowd listened to short speeches and cheered enthusiastically as Coach Joe introduced each football senior ready to play his last Harvard game. The climax was the traditional burning of the huge bonfire, 84 tiers this year, built as always by the freshmen and women. Admittedly, to sophisticates from urban think tanks it might seem devoid of intellectualism, in fact right corny. But nowadays when firm commitments to anything are increasingly rare, it is heartily reassuring to see the unique Dartmouth spirit still healthy and vibrant. May it always endure as "Dartmouth Undying.

Representatives of older classes, 1917-27, rode in the parade. Ray Atwood, Killy Kilmarx,Ike Miller, and Len Morrissey were in the 1922 car, and from the lines of packed undergrads they got more cheers than Ayatollah Khomeini receives from his Persian "students."

Dartmouth Night definitely set the stage for Saturday's spectacular 30-12 win over previously undefeated Harvard. And now you can tell your grandchildren that since you left Hanover in 1922, the Harvard series stands Dartmouth 33 wins, 21 losses and two ties. For the benefit of those who still like arithmetic, there were no Dartmouth-Harvard games 1943-45.

But the Harvard contest was not the only one enjoyed by Twoters. The September game, Dartmouth 40, Penn 7, was our autumnal homecoming, and many of the '22 family were in Hanover. The visitors were Dorothy Ball and daughter Janet Gordon, Chick and Margaret Hopkins, Ed McNamara and son Tom, Bill and Jean Rex, Ozzy and Mary Siegfried, Marj and Spenny Smith, Jack and Margaret Taylor. North Country locals Ray and Doris Atwood, Dick Litchfield, Ike Miller, Stan and Catherine Miner, Len and Margaret Morrissey, Louise Olsen, Jeanne Robinson with daughter Molly and son Jeremy, and Sterry Waterman joined in a memorable weekend.

Jim Hamilton has been a notable benefactor of Tilton School, where he prepared for Dartmouth, which he likewise has never forgotten. A studio in the new arts center at Tilton was recently dedicated by Jim to his three daughters, Shirley, Joan and Cynthia.

Bob Baldwin, to our sorrow, has left us. An obituary will follow.

The class also joins in bereavement with BillPope, whose wife, Sally, passed away some months ago.

Don Tobin came to Hanover a few days before the New Hampshire game but had to leave hurriedly for the funeral of his mother-in-law.

A trustworthy source says there are now 372. names on the list of the presidential search committee, but nary a Twoter among them. And totally unreliable sources say President Kemeny's successor will be some youngster about only 50 years old. Can you imagine that ridiculous trend toward those who will always be kids to us mature Twoters?

Feature your great-grandchildren at Christmas. One of them may someday be President of Dartmouth.

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