1922

SIXTIETH REUNION

Spontaneous comments on 1922's 60th reunion, June 11-13, tell it all: One classmate said, "I have been to the 13 reunions of our class and this was the best of all."

Another classmate: "The whole reunion was great. We are very lucky to have so many of our classmates living in or near Hanover and taking care of our interests."

A widow wrote, "What a wonderful class! Such loyalty! I'm so grateful to be counted as one of the family."

A wife wrote, "The class of' 22 is made up of the handsomest men of Dartmouth. No other group compares for sartorial splendor, mien, gentlemanliness, and all other manly virtues."

Documentary evidence is available, but the name of that dear wife will not be divulged. Considering the paucity of compliments generally endured'by male octogenarians, publication might cause an epidemic of bequest revisions.

Sixty-three members of the class family, including 32 alumni, attended all or some of the festivities. Seven alumni came up from Florida, but the farthest distance distinction went to Joe and Sue Cohen, of Arcadia, Calif. Long before you see these notes you will have seen the full attendance list in a newsletter from Ray At wood.

Some reunion highlights: At the class dinner Saturday evening, the distinguished company seated at the head table consisted of President Emeritus John Kemeny '22 ad and Jean '53ad, former Dartmouth trustee Jack Dodd and Fran, class president and toastmaster Bill Bullen, reunion chairman Warren Daniell and Jeanne, and guest speaker and class son Professor Jere Daniell and Elena.

Jere gave a most apt and informative talk developed from oral history interviews he has had with some of our well-remembered professors and administrators on the theme of student life at Dartmouth in the early twenties. It was pleasant to hear among many other reminiscences that we and our contemporaries were at least self-reliance personified.

On this happy occasion, Ray Atwood was also the recipient of the book Hopkins of Dartmouth by Charles E. Widmayer '30. The reason: Ray is the one man in the class who in 60 years has never missed making an annual contribution to the Alumni Fund or paying his class dues.

Saturday morning the impressive memorial service conducted by our Reverend Richard F. Beyer in Rollins Chapel brought mist to more than a few eyes. Dick Beyer's son David was our appreciated volunteer organist. Ever so softly he played 'Dartmouth Undying" as Dick read the 64 names of classmates who have left us during the past five years.

The class picture earlier Saturday morning on the steps of Webster Hall brought forth the comment, "We certainly are a better looking bunch than we deserve to be."

At the class meeting following the picture, there were reports from each of the class officers. And in recognition of the national unemployment situation, the incumbents were returned to office at far less than 1922 salaries with no fringe benefits: Bill Bullen, president; Len Morrissey, secretary; Carroll Dwight, treasurer; Ike Miller, bequest chairman; Spenny Smith, Alumni Fund agent; Ray Atwood, newsletter editor. Haskell Cohn, Harley Greenwood, and Stan Miner were elected to the class executive committee, and Len Morrissey was named class representative on the Alumni Council.

The reunion committee chaired by Warren and Jeanne Daniell consisted of Ray Atwood, Carroll Dwight, Harley Greenwood, Stan Miner, Len Morrissey, and Louise Olsen. They even made the weather cooperate, except for Sunday morning when Dartmouth's 212th commencement had to be held inside Thompson Arena.

A special word of thanks goes to Dave Orr '57, associate secretary of the alumni and director of all reunions. His assistance was invaluable. The class also gratefully acknowledges the patience, courtesy, and assistance of our student workers, Susan E. Donovan and Raymond P. McKenzie, both 1983.

And now we come to the bottom line, where the most important fact of all is on high beam. At this reunion, the class of 1922 received highly appreciated congratulations from the College for setting a new 60th reunion Alumni Fund record. The precise final amount is not known at presstime, but it is $84,253 at a minimum. Thanks to all, and hats off to Spenny Smith.

And thus '22, the last of the small classes, has had its last "formal" reunion. We now turn our torch of Dartmouth loyalty over to larger, younger classes. May they, too, "keep for her their old chivalric faith."

Smiling faces (universally) and sunny skies (for the most part) graced 1922 's 60th reunion, which brought a total of 32 classmates back to Hanover.

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