1936

To paraphrase (with a liberal touch) several succinct pieces of historical poetry and prose: "Though round the girdled earth they roam they will always find a little corner of a foreign field that is forever Dartmouth" and so it shall be with some 60 or so '36s to whom the care and custody were entrusted for the dwarf Alaskan spruce trees which had been the centerpieces on the tables at the 50th reunion banquet.

Jim and Dahne Tracy, going home from Spalding to Grosse Pointe, Mich., through Canada were able to bring their tree through customs because the border guard had always wanted to go to Dart- mouth but for some reason had to settle on another alma mater. The Hills found a snug protected home for their tree in a prominent place off the front porch of their Mashpee, Cape Cod, hideaway. Tom Monagan sent photographic evi- dence of his promised tender devotion, and he writes "Nancy Sawyer, Dorothyand Morrie Stein, and Margie and I agreed we would share the tree and I promised to give it custodial care."

i Remember, classmates, these trees are the foundation of our 60th in 1996 (after Joe Cunningham's 55th in 1991). Who else has a tree report?

Summertime on Cape Cod is never quiet there are probably a few modest souls who haven't made their presence known up to now but we were able to gather a few classmates for a Cape Cod mini Charlie and Faith Brooks were just a little late in arriving, because of boat trouble coming back from an Association weekend flotilla to Martha's Vineyard. Walt and Marnie Mosenthal came up from Orleans, armed with a carload of reunion pictures plus a full-page article on his enthusiastic support for squash his new favorite sport ("playing chess at 160 miles per hour"). He had just come back from a family reunion in the Hanover area which came close to rivaling the class 50th.

Dean and Eunice Nicholson paused in their Cotuit remodeling program and delayed his return to barrister activities in Lexington (Mass.) to drop in. Eunice is a contralto of some renown in the Boston opera circuit, and daughter Adele, a mezzo-soprano following in her mother's footsteps, will be performing with a traveling opera company this fall in "Carmen," with performances in Syracuse, N.Y., Memphis, and Indianapolis. Dean is going to run in the Falmouth Road Race again this year.

The übiquitous Builters, Ray and Jerri, stopped off at 12 Godfrey Road for a few days, en route to a visit on Nantucket and then on to Popham Beach, Maine.

Henry and Connie Mascarella had to send their regrets at the last minute, but we'll get them over to Mashpee soon. And then who should show up in the North Falmouth area but Milt and MargeJohnston, who, in addition to enjoying the warm waters of Buzzards Bay, were also enjoying that favorite grandparent privilege of babysitting two delightful grandchildren.

Several other classmates are scheduled to show up but it is only the middle of August now and September on Cape Cod "can be great fun.

In the course of gathering reunion statistics we learned of the deaths of two classmates hitherto unreported to the College. Frank Hight died in April 1984 and Dr. Benjamin "Mort" Hair sometime in the spring of 1983. If anyone has information on either of these men I would appreciate receiving it.

I have no further information on the Florida Dartmouth weekend scheduled for March 27-28, 1987. Circle your calendars for those days, and when Barry Sullivan gets the details you will be fully advised. If you have any ideas for a possible '36 Mississippi River steamboating cruise and New Orleans jazz weekend in the spring of 1987, drop a note to Barry Sullivan at his new address, 9712 St. Andrews Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030; 703/273-5456.

The class of 1936 had their own private coach to the top of Mt. Washington in June as part of their50th reunion festivities.

12 Godfrey Road Mashpee, MA 02649