1935

The May 6-7 Class Officers Weekend was well attended by 480 (318 officers with 152 spouses and ten guests). As usual the class of '35 produced one of the largest delegations. Aside from the class of' 94 (which had not yet graduated) we were tied with the class of '53 for attendance, with ten officers and six spouses. These included Yank Price, Jean and Al Brush, Florrie and Bill Fitzhugh, Dick Hube, Lois andBob McLellan, Margaret and Don Radasch,Dero Saunders, Jane and John Todd, Helenand John Wallace, and your secretary. Unfortunately, Louise and Put Kingsbury dropped out at the last minute. Otherwise, we would have won an award for attendance.

President Freedman made his first public appearance since starting treatments for cancer. He looked very well and brought us up to date on recent campus activities. In particular he pointed out that the incoming class of '98 will be the strongest ever, with about 90 percent in the top ten percent of their high- school classes and sporting an average SAT of 1360. This makes one wonder how many of us would have been accepted and, if accepted, would have been able to keep pace. We probably would have quickly realized that we would have to work harder and pay more attention than was the case in the mid-1930s.

Most of you will recall our Freshman Commons in College Hall and its rather dismal food. The completely rejuvenated Collis Center now offers far more space for a wide variety of activities plus an attractive cafe and beer/wine tavern.

After a hiatus of two years Tahoe andLink Washburn are heading back to Canada's High Arctic. Tahoe had a chat with Rocky Rockwell which revealed he was fine except for a ticker which prevents him from engaging in certain sports such as mountain climbing. Bette and Dud Russell discovered a great way to partially avoid the severe Minnesota winter by first cruising in the Caribbean and then visiting Hawaii, where they saw Pug Atherton. A note from Betty Luneborg Vic's widow, proudly points out that Dartmouth Life quoted her grandson Ethan Ostrow '96, who presumably is also a grandson of our classmate Herb Ostrow.

Since our last report only a month ago, we have lost three prominent members of the class, Bud Cahoon Ed Hinman and Frank Specht (Ralph's twin). In the past four years alone the total number has climbed to 86, but fortunately there are 319 classmates still with us.

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Thirty-niners Stanley Beskind Lou Highmark and George Hanna did their part to uphold tradition by taking a good rock on the Hanover Inn porch.