1947

Absent news from classmates, the writer is reminded of an especially enjoyable series of weekends as a graduate student in Hanover in the fall of 1948. Dean Worth '49 and I started by climbing Mt. Washington from Pinkham Notch on a Sunday. Thus started the Sunday Morning Strolling Society. Starting from the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge on subsequent weekends, we were joined by Bilt Hallager and others for a hike over the Franconia Range from Mt. Lafayette to the Flume. In poor weather, on a Sunday starting from North Woodstock, we failed to make it to the summit of Mt. Kinsman but returned a week later and made the climb. With a bit of planning and the help of a couple of other hikers, including Newc Eldrege '50, we were dropped off by car at a point in Crawford Notch, near Bartlett. The car left us and they went back to hike over the Franconias while we headed southwest through Livermore, past Carrigan Notch, up over Mt. Carrigan and then down through the Pemigewassett Wilderness to a point on Route 112 (now the Kangamangas Highway), where we were met just before dark by the car and other hikers. During this same fall semester Alan Hall and Jay Larmon, following military service, to even out their schedules, had taken the term off to camp and hike in the Tetons of Wyoming.

In class schedules, an executive committee meeting was called for April 28 at the Norwich Inn. A reminder is issued on our mini-reunion scheduled for the Norwich Inn on October 29-30 in conjunction with the Harvard football game. An executive committee and open class meeting is scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, October 29.

The sympathy of the class is extended to the families of classmates who have passed away recently: Neil "Bing" Russell, April 8, 2003; Reuben "Rube" Samuels, March 1, 2004; and Austin "Iggy" Lohse, April 1, 2004.

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