1927

October 7-8 was indeed a surprise weekend. The score of the William and Mary game was a big surprise. Dartmouth was leading 17-0 at the end of the third quarter, when the visitors scored 21 points in the fourth to win 21-17. The warm, sunny weather was another surprise. But the biggest surprise of all, at least for the writer, was the view that he had from halfway up Memorial Stadium on the 40-yard line of the green-and-white-clad Dartmouth Band. There, directly in front of me, back to, stood the slim, trim figure of the leader in long white trousers and long white coat, with tails, plus long brown hair streaming halfway down her back, clearly identifying her as being of the female gender. A graceful sight to say the least.

The occasion was 1927's fall reunion, when well over 60 classmates, wives, and widows gathered for a real fun weekend. Events included a dinner Friday night in the Tavern Room of the Hanover inn, a buffet breakfast and business meeting in the same place on Saturday morning, and, finally, a banquet in the Sheraton Inn in West Lebanon on Saturday night.

President Paul Hannah conducted all of the meetings with efficiency, and Saturday evening introduced to us an excellent speaker, Bob Bliss, who humorously reminisced about the many changes that have occurred in undergraduate life and in society as a whole during the last 60 years.

You'll get more details of the weekend from Tom Gillespie in the "Speakeasy," but we do call your attention to next year's fall reunion, which will be held on October 20, the weekend of the Harvard game, and to the winter reunion to be held on March 8 at the Crown Club in Sarasota, Fla.

Here are brief reports of some items that we have not had the space to pass on previously:

On August 21, Steve and Dot Tracy received congratulations from friends, relatives, and neighbors in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.

In Newburyport, Mass., Brad Fuller has begun his 45th year as a member of that city's school committee.

From Frank Polachek out in Santa Monica, Calif., came word that, after many years of good health, he has had a hip replacement but has been guaranteed that he will be back on the golf course in three months. His book, How to Beat the Casino, after being published privately for three and a half years, is now being taken over by Wollsby, a subsidiary of Simon and Schuster.

Ken Lee is happily retired in San Mateo, Calif. He moved there nine years ago and loves it, after having been in the advertising business in New York City for most of his working career.

Merritt Joslyn had this to say from Hinsdale, Ariz., about his latest birthday card: "A good reminder that another year has rolled by. Still enjoy golf, though less frequently, and am looking forward to the national PGA Championship at the Riviera Country Club."

Brugy Brugierre looks at his birthdays a bit differently when he writes: "Truth to tell, there have been so darn many that I wish I could forget them. Still, as they say, they're better than the alternative."

One of our most ardent and faithful correspondents is Syd Harris, in White Plains, N.Y., who constantly, so it seems, is contacting classmates by pen or phone. Two widows with whom he has recently been in touch are Laura House and Pat Girault. Syd is head over heels into shortwave radio and has recently acquired a new rig which enables him to talk with friends in West Germany, Argentina, England, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Yugoslavia.

We wish all of you a happy holiday season.

11 Rolling Lane Wayland, MA 01778