1947

They came up I-91 from the big cities; they came over I-93 and I-89; over the Kancamagus from Down Maine; they flew in from North Carolina, Switzerland, California, descending on the Hanover Plain, spreading their blankets by the Great Tepee of Norwich Inn. It was the tribe of ’47’s annual pow-pow. And we cast a mighty spell over the red-helmeted Cornell warriors, a medicine which led them to believe they had overpowered the Green, but then jerked the leash and reclaimed a Dartmouth victory. It was almost, but not quite, as dramatic as the 1941 3-0 win of our ancestors. At the close of the battle, we were certainly happy to set- tle for a 28-27 scalping of the Big Red.

Our traditional arrival dinner at the Inn Fri- day evening was enjoyed by Ham and Dot- tie Chase, Bill and Jean Hallager (our super hosts/planners), George and Carolyn Bing- ham, Urs and Frank Weber, Class Presi- dent Hugh Chapin, Bob and Gay Huffman, Dick Hollerith (Romie was in Germany for two weeks), Norm and Helen Fink, Ed and Mary Grady, Burt and Maggie Zuckemik, Phil and Barbara Segal, Alan and Sally Epstein, George Cohn, Pat and Ruth Mar- tin, Bun and Vickie Harvey, Andy and Joan McCulloch, Townes and Joan Har- ris, and Sax Fletcher.

As Saturday dawned sunny, but cool, the above were joined at breakfast by Don and Ellie Page, Fred and Liz Sistare, John Trethaway and his friend Helen Bridge, Julian Sayer, Henry and Frannie Brezin- ski, and Zeke and Gloria Lanzillo. The men soon convened for our annual class meet- ing. The meeting will be covered in detail in the next Grady-gram. Suffice to say we cov- ered current business, old and new, and han- dled money matters, but mostly we dwelled on our coming 50th Reunion, the weekend ofjune 14,1997. Some greatplans are afoot— it’s an exciting time to be a ’47. Also at the meeting, we met and heard our presidential intern, Kenrik Tsethlikai ’94 from Phoenix, a Native American whose name means White Rock. After a Summer working in Haiti in a hospital helping save babies, he left just in time, and he is now busy advising President Freed- man on campus matters.

Our other project, theTopliff/New Hamp cluster, provided us a pre-game BBQ, an ample salad, and great veggie bowl, as well an opportunity to socialize with students, and topped it all off with a concert by the talent- ed Dartmouth Aires. Such a pleasure to see and hear these students rendering the old songs, ending with “Dartmouth Undying” and the Alma Mater song, now wonderfully altered to include both genders. Then on to the football game, a roller coaster of emotions, ending on a high. You heard it here first: after the Princeton game, a 3-way tie for Ivy Championship!

The evening saw us all clustered again in the Ranger Room of the Norwich Inn for a delightful T-bone or seafood banquet with all the trimmings, both solid and liquid, and a most satisfying social experience of conver- sation among good friends, 35 in all. Hugh Chapin passed on to us all he had learned in Pollard’s Smut Class; we were spared from Murches’ mystery hour, as he lost his notes.

Sunday was bright and warm, good for walking, golf, or simply seeing the Hanover campus at rest. See you soon.

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