1922

Some things a '22 grandfather missed at Dartmouth's 73rd Winter Carnival last February: no twinkling eyes and no snow-flecked kisses as the girls stepped off the train down by the river and came across the covered bridge; no tinkling of sleigh bells; no skijoring around the campus; no Bowler-Carleton twosome in somersaults off the ski jump; no fraternity hopping to tea dances; no soft, melodic music; no Carnival Queen; no costume ball at the Gym. Wonder whatever happened to that bragging hoyden who claimed expulsion for smoking cigarettes, which was never done at Miss Penelope's School for Privileged Young Ladies! And girls in jeans will never be as charming as girls in pretty frocks. Times indeed have changed, but . . . ?

The report that Sherrill P. Bates had left us was in the November issue of this journal. And, as sometimes happens, the 300-word obituary limitation necessitated the exclusion of some unusual facts. Such, as for example, the,following excerpts from a letter Jerry wrote sometime before he passed away:

"A cousin of mine has asked, 'Did you know that Timothy Smith, an ancestor of ours, was instrumental in establishing Dartmouth College?' Of course I did not know, but I determined to do a little research and see what I could find.

"It appears that prior to 1769 there had been a mini-migration of hardy pioneers from Hartford, Hadley, and other settlements down-river up the Connecticut, resulting in the establishment of several small townships along the river. When it was learned that Eleazar Wheelock was thinking of moving his Indian school northward, there was apparently a flurry of offers by the different settlements to have him locate there. Wheelock or his agents inspected the various proposals and eventually chose Hanover.

"Timothy Smith (1702-1792) had gone upriver from Hadley, Mass., in 1767. He and his family were among the first settlers in Hanover. According to Chase's History of DartmouthCollege (pages 129 and 174), the proprietors of Hanover were so eager to have the school locate there that a subscription paper was circulated in January 1769 and Timothy Smith was among the signers. At the proprietors' meeting in Oc- tober 1769 it was 'voted that each partner who has agreed to give land for the benefit of said school shall have the liberty to lay out a 50-acre lot in the undivided land . . . ' A footnote indicates that Timothy Smith gave 100 acres and others various amounts.

"Timothy and his wife Esther were among my great-great-great-great-grandparents. They are buried in Smith Cemetery, north of Hanover.

"I believe that Timothy's grandfather, Philip Smith, had a brother, John, who was the ancestor of Sophia Smith, the founder of Smith College, and another brother, Chileab, the ancestor of Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College."

And maybe that's how Timothy Smith, ancestor of our departed classmate Jerry Bates, became the first in our '22 class to demonstrate his confidence in Dartmouth College.

A welcome note from Elmer Ardiff: "Still hanging in there and keeping very busy with the business of living. Wonder why it takes so long to carry out minor chores we used to do in hardly any time at all." As we say in the trade, ain't it the truth?

Joe Cohen notes: "Sue and I both enjoyed reunion and it was very nice to see so many classmates again. Hope we will both be able to come to the 65 th. We're leaving for Hawaii soon." How all of us hope to meet again in June 1987!

It is reported that Arthur B. Norton left the class on February 6. An obituary will follow.

The sympathy of all classmates also goes to John Norcross, whose wife Bernice passed away last summer.

These notes, however, must always end on a happy note, and it is a delight to report that Warren and Jeanne Daniell have just now in February bought a condo in Sanibel, Fla. They will return to Hanover in the spring, and it will be too late to visit them in Sanibel this year but keep it in mind for any year between 1984 and 2022, we all hope.

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