1932
They were there or there about. Classmates, spouses, widows, children, and grandchildren, they numbered 77, representing Dartmouth's great class of '32 at its 65th Reunion. Accepting the challenge of Ed Marks and his fine committee, they leaped with irrational exuberance into the breech, took the bull by the horns, and the bit in their teeth, and set a new attendance record for 65th reunions. Some of the highlights were:
1. Election of officers: president, Ed Marks; vice president, Harry Rowe; treasurer, Howard Pierpont; secretary, Joe Roberts, M.D.; newsletter editor, Bob Ackerberg; class agent, Bill Lieson with Milt Alpert; mini-reunion chair, Dick Olmsted. (Next mini is the weekend of October 31.)
2. Memorial Service. Officiating: the Rev. Sarah D. Reeves, daughter of the late Ben Drew. Organist: Deborah Allen, wife of Art Allen. Remembrances: words by Harry Rowe.
3. A visit to President and Mrs. Freedman's home and garden followed by Dartmouth's Choral Groups' concert.
4. The Saturday night dinner. Joe Boldt gave a brief report on the questionnaire survey that had been mailed previously to class members, wives, and widows. Details of this will appear later in our Class Notes and in Bob's newsletter. The music of the night was Dartmouth's Dodecaphonics, an exciting a cappella group that had the audience tapping their feet. The program concluded with a very interesting talk by Professor Jere Daniell '55, who described the importance of luck and timing, and how it affected the College and the class of 1932. Dartmouth was small and little known until 1892 when a dynamic leader, William Jewett Tucker, became president and changed the entire direction of the College. Professor Daniell also reminded us of matriculating in 1928, when the country's economy was at its peak, and then graduating in the depths of the Depression.
We have recently lost two more fine men: Charles A. Hall and Charles "Chuck" H. Owsley. There will be obituaries later in the Alumni Magazine.
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