1935

It has been quite an exciting year in all respects. The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series, the New York Giants knocked off the 49ers in the Super Bowl, and a foreigner won the Masters for the third time in a row. We managed to throw Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait in record time but we are now having great difficulty bringing about anything like a lasting peace in the Middle East. During the past year we unfortunately lost 26 (about six percent) of our remaining classmates, Fred Raymond, our head agent super star, Bill Bonner, Dick Carpenter, GusDavis, Ed Dyer, Charlie Ganzel, BillHawgood, Dick Montgomery, Ernil Petke,Roger Sheets, and Bob Young being those before in these notes.

From LaJolla, Calif., Lou Bookheim reports on luncheon meetings of a group with the unusual moniker of Romeos (Retired Old Men Eating Out). The last function was at tended by Ed and Hazel Skillin, Put andLouis Kingsbury, Hugh and Anne Rafferty, along with Lou and Harriet. As is the case with many of us, Lou asked why he did not know more of our classmates during college. A similar question arises as to why most of us did not make greater use of the intellectual and other facilities readily available while living in Hanover. Perhaps we were not sufficiently mature at the time to fully realize what extraordinary opportunities were available just for the asking. Fortunately, there were a few exceptions. The 1935 Class Book contains fascinating graduation addresses by DonHagerman, Harry Libbey, Charlie Brown,Maury Rapf, Reg Bankart, Fred "Bud"O'Brien, Bill Fitzhugh, Jack Crane, DickLauterbach, and Dave Gallagher. All of these contain very mature thoughts not only with respect to the past but also the future. Bud O'Brien made a most interesting comment: "The class of 1935 is not a great class in the usual meaning of the word ... lacking exceptional athletic prowess and high intellectual standards . . . we can claim to have a more inspired group of men than the College has seen in a long time." Even 56 years ago Bud seems to have spotted the creation of the GREAT CLASS OF 1935! His clairvoyance was recently confirmed at Class Officers Weekend in Hanover, April 26-27, when we received a Special Honors award. The speaker first mentioned that we had already established ourselves "as a class of distinction" by being one of only two classes that had won Class of the Year in two successive decades. In addition, he pointed out that our class had also distinguished itself in a number of other areas, such as its creative mini-reunion program, popular lecture series, generous support of development programs, and a well-established internal class awards program. He closed by saying "Last year at its 55th Reunion the class of 1935 again excelled and set a new record for most alumni and people at a 55th Reunion, 100 and 194, respectively."

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The Retreads, with leader Bob Button '36 on piano, kept the class of' 36 swaying to theirbig-band sound well past, bedtime.