1924

Only 14 months to go before our 70th Reunion. Since most of us do not move as fast as I we once did, it is not too early to start making preparations. The things that bother me are not the nuts and bolts of where we stay, what we eat, or to what speakers we listen. If we are to make the most of our 70th, we must start now the process of renewing our acquaintance with each other.

I remember how at our 15th Reunion I sat on the steps of South Fayerweather behind a couple of classmates who confessed that they didn't remember that they had known each other at all in college. A drink and a half and an hour later they decided that they had been best buddies. As we drifted off to die next event, Joe said to Bill, "The reason you probably did not remember me is that I only stayed two years." Bill said to Joe, "I was a transfer and came in as a junior, and we never were in college together."

Many of us who will attend are veterans of many reunions and do not need to spend as much time planning and recollecting as those who are first- and second-timers. If each of us checks our 1990 directory, we will still find names of people with whom we have college recollections, a phone call or correspondence to those people could lead to more people at Reunion and more enjoyment. I hope many of you give it a try.

This whole thought came to me as I was writing an obituary for one our most distinguished classmates, a record of whose death did not reach the Alumni Office until over a year after the event. If we do not keep track of each other, the College cannot keep track of all of us.

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