1936

The fall '36 mini-reunion and class executive committee meeting were held September 23 and 24 too early for the really eager foliage fans and leaf lookers but weather-wise completely ideal from start to finish. Tears may have been shed over the final score on Memorial Field, but at least the boys in green were in there scrapping; the Lehigh boys just scored more touchdowns.

Organized activities for the weekend began at the Lyme Inn Friday evening, where an overflow crowd sat down to a vealhunter-style dinner. There are few places in the Hanover area that can equal Lyme Inn's attractive and relaxed ambiance shades of yesteryear when Bonnie Oaks was in its prime. Long-distance attendance records were shared by Shirley and Dave Fox from the Seattle area (much farther west than Cleveland Heights, Baxter Fullerton's home); and from the South Joe Cunningham, recuperating in great fashion from recent cardiac problems, who came up from Puerto Rico to nose out Barry Sullivan, the veteran representative from Fairfax, Va.

With low-beamed ceilings and no accoustical tile, the din from 55-plus voices was intense but when it came time for the presentation of the 1936 Class Award all was quiet. This year's recipient was the unsuspecting Harrison Clay Mellor in recognition of his many years of exceptional service to his country in WW II, his community in the Philadelphia area, and to Dartmouth and the class of 1936. As.1936's head agent he attended with Bill Niss a computer school in Hanover and subsequently developed a trend-setting computer network of class agents. Clay, always restless and constantly on-the-go, had to leave almost immediately for a family affair on Saturday in Philadelphia.

At the class executive meeting the next day Frank Curtis was given thunderous applause for his work as chairman of the awards committee along with instructions for him and his committee to continue to at least our 55th in 1991.

The executive committee meeting was held Saturday morning in the Class of 1930 room in Rockefeller Center. For the first time in class history the accommodations were in a spacious conference room with an overflow crowd of members and guests sitting around a huge square.

After pre-game libation at Leverone Field House—complete with a private serenade by the full Dartmouth Marching Band and the post-game critique at Tanna and BobFernald's ranch house in the sky, high in the hills of Etna, the entourage moved on down to Landers in Lebanon for relaxation, reflection, and further evaluation of the weekend.

You all may participate in two pending questions: 1. Should we have a catered lobster fest next summer at Phyl England's or wherever? 2. Shall we forget about the leaves and the crowds next fall and mingle with the mob at Homecoming, the Yale game, October 14, 1989? Please share your ideas and suggestions with us.

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