1916

SIXTY-FIFTH REUNION

The 65th reunion drew 11 members of the class to Hanover, and with their families they brought the total up to 24. We had a wonderful setting for our gatherings, our meetings, and the memorial service in room 112 at the Hanover Inn. Accommodations at the Inn for our meetings and our rooms at the Lodge were ex cellent.

Friday evening was devoted to greeting each other at the dinner at Thayer before heading out for the President's reception at the Hopkins Center and the Glee Club concert at Spaulding Auditorium.

Saturday was our busy day, beginning with our memorial service dedicated to the 41 men who have left us since our 60th reunion. This service was conducted by Dean Warner Traynham, who once more revealed our part and the part of those who have left us, in that Dartmouth not built of stone and mortar but the one in our hearts an eternal Dartmouth.

The business meeting was called to order by President Everett Parker, with our student helper Lisa Harrison '84 taking notes. Reports of the secretary, the treasurer, and the nominating committee were read, accepted, and voted, thereby electing the present officers for another term.

The class picture was taken on the steps of Parkhurst, the administration building, with our families and our student helpers. Following the picture, a delegation from the class made our regular reunion pilgrimage to the stadium, where we paid tribute to those 1916ers who gave their lives in World War I.

We gathered late that afternoon at our room for a reception and a most delightful and satisfying concert with Professor Jim Sykes at the piano, whose program carried America's history in music through the "blues" and closed with his rendition of ragtime and novelties, ending with "Kitten On The Keys." Ev Parker described this concert as a "knock-out."

At 6:30 p.m., we sat down for our class ban- quet. As special guests, we had Allan Dingwall '42, son of our Herb Dingwall, associate of the Alumni Fund, and Linda Beane, granddaughter, and Carolyn Beane 'B4, daughter, of our Jackand Kay English. Linda holds our Pike Larmon '16 scholarship, and she has certainly proved herself a credit to us with her B+ average for the year 1980-81.

Jack Little was our toastmaster, and he called on Allan Dingwall, who gave an informative review of Kemeny's administration during the student upheavals. Irv Wolff gave firsthand testimony to the influence of daughters that brought about his acquisition of a place in Aspen, Colo. Howard Buffinton gave a very interesting history of his "duel" with his high school French teacher, one that continued even when he was working as a waiter at a summer resort.

Sunday morning, some decided to go to the commencement exercises, and others just found a good location to watch the formation of the academic procession. And who do you suppose led all the reunion classes in the procession? Our own Howard Buffinton.

Thus ended our 65th reunion, which has added another chapter to our Dartmouth life and a resurgence of our Dartmouth spirit. All our eyes are now on the new Dartmouth president, in whose hands Dartmouth's life for today and tomorrow has been placed.

A healthy contingent from 1916 turned out for the class's sixty-fifth reunion.

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