1933

Since I prepared the following column, Bea Davis called to tell us that JackManchester died of pneumonia on December 29, 1995, after a long, brave fight against a variety of ills. One of the giants of the class, his loyalty to '33 and the College was unparalleled. We are everlastingly in his debt for his years of cheerful and unfaltering organizing efforts dedicated to keeping the class together. The love and sympathy of' 33 go to Dot and their fine family.

Our mini-reunion on September 29-30 worked out well. We had 26 on hand including wives, daughters, and three winsome lasses from the Dartmouth hockey team. One of the latter was Phoebe Manchester, grandaughter of Dot andJack. She was accompanied by her teammates, Michelle Erickson and Sarah Howald, who gave us a rendition of "Blue Bonnets Over the Border" on the bagpipes. Present for the festivities were the TedAliens, Bea and Jeff Davis, the Glendinnings, the Lords, the Manchesters, Jack Masten, the McDonalds, Bob Mitchell and daughter, the Monagans, Bob Niebling and daughter Katie, the Riggs, the Ripleys, the Spragues, and Jack Wright.

During a class meeting we voted to raise the dues to $25, to increase the memorial book authorization to $50, to make a contribution of $250 to the Dartmouth Athletic Sponsors Fund, and to commend Ripley, as class agent, for topping the class quota for the Alumni Fund at $79,000 with 77 percent contributing. Rip noted the unheralded donation of $8,OOO from the Krans family in token of Hart Krans' love of Dartmouth. The 1996 mini was set for September 21 (Penn). One welcome innovation for octogenarians was holding the football tailgating in the Hayward Room of the Hanover Inn. The game with Cornell was loosely played but exciting, with the unpolished Indians finally throwing it away.

Pete and Jane Hart, Dick Lyon, and your correspondent in October attended Hank Smith's memorial service, representing the class, and it was thrilling to hear "Eleazar Wheelock" and "Dartmouth Undying" intoned by the organ for the recessional. Rich Bradshaw called us when he came to town a short time ago. We were not able to meet, but had a good chat. He was engaging in an orgy of sightseeing and had been hitting places we residents visit only occasionally. He reported reacquainting himself with Dupont Circle and Capitol Hill as well as satisfying musical tastes with attendance at concerts at the Kennedy Center and the French embassy. He has returned to Richmond to recuperate and prepare for another sortie in the near future.

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