The Big 25th for 1927

TWENTY-SEVEN'S big 25th held in Hanover over the weekend of June 6-8 was a grand success. Our only regret was that each and everyone in the class could not be present. There were, however, close to 130 members of the class in Hanover for part or all of the reunion, about 96 wives and about 82 youngsters of varying ages. A list of the members present will be found at the end of this report. We sincerely hope that the list is accurate and complete, although it is possible that one or two names may have been omitted through error.

A few hardy souls including the Nichols,Provosts, Greenbaums, Frys, Lagacys, Ballantynes, Cummings, Chabot, Williamson and your now ex-scribe arrived on Thursday, June 5. After a preliminary conference in Russell Sage dormitory, many of this group held an impromptu dinner party at the Outing Club House.

Early Friday morning the crowd began to roll in and take over in our headquarter dormitories of Ripley, Woodward and Smith. For those of you who remember the campus as it was in 1927, those are attractive new dormitories over in back of South Fayerweather Hall. These three dormitories were soon filled and our class also took over large sections of Topliff and New Hampshire. The first beer keg was tapped by the middle of the morning and the rest of the day taken up with general reunioning, getting registered with our official chairman, Ros Nichols, and getting settled in our rooms. At 5:30 that evening we met for a cocktail party at Dartmouth House (College Hall to you). The group then adjourned to Thayer Hall for a delicious buffet supper, after which we attended the President's reception. Later that evening there was the choice of the Glee Club concert or the Alumni Dance, but many returned to the tent for general reunioning and to see if the beer was still cold. Nat Morey held forth at the piano ably assisted by RolyHowes in a manner that seemed like old times.

On Saturday morning breakfast was served in a tent near our dormitories and at 10 o'clock we all gathered in Carpenter Hall where the movies of previous reunions were seen. The class meeting was then held at which our Treasurer and Twenty-Five Year Memorial Gift Chairman presented his report. Gus' report that the treasury was solvent, at least prior to reunion, met with approval and, in fact, was enthusiastically accepted. On the Memorial Fund he reported that we were then in a position to guarantee our Alumni Fund contribution of roughly $15,000 and another $100,000 as a class gift to the College. He asked the Class whether they preferred to stop at that point, considering that $100,000 is a gift of which we can all be proud, or whether it was the will of the class to continue the fund for the balance of 1952 and see if we could meet the original objective of a total of $142,000. After a brief discussion it was unanimously voted to keep the fund open until the end of this year in the hope that we will be successful in accomplishing what we set out to do.

Andy Rankin, chairman of the nominating committee, reported and presented the following slate: For Secretary, Carleton G. Broer; for Treasurer, Harry B. Cummings; Class Agent, Spencer S. Cook; Executive Committee, Joshua A. Davis, Chairman; FrancisL. Coulter, Leon C. Greenbaum, Roland L.Howes, Howard Mullin, Kenneth V. Murdoch, Nelson O'Rourke and Robert W. Williamson. Motion was made and seconded that the nominations be closed and that the Secretary be instructed to cast one ballot for the slate as read. Therefore, the above officers were duly elected.

The meeting was then adjourned and we proceeded up to Dick's House where the traditional class picture was taken. Those who would be interested in obtaining a copy can do so by writing to the David Pierce Studio in Hanover, the cost being $1.00.

Immediately thereafter we attended the alumni luncheon in the gymnasium and then the alumni meeting which was very ably presided over by Sykes Hardy, president of the General Alumni Association. During this meeting 1927 was awarded the Class of 1930 Cup for having the largest number back for reunion.

The afternoon and early evening was devoted to an outing and buffet supper at the Lake Morey Club. Although the skies had been cloudy most of the day, the sun broke out beautifully when we arrived at Lake Morey, which proved to be an ideal spot for the outing. Swimming, boating, golf, horse shoe pitching and even soft ball, as well as just plain sitting, took up the afternoon, and after a delicious supper of lobster newburg, fried chicken, etc., we went on back to Hanover for another all-too-short evening in the class tent. Although we were not a personal witness to the fact, we understand that the music continued until 6:30 Sunday morning.

About 10 o'clock that evening President Dickey visited our tent, at which time GusCummings and Spencer Cook presented him with three little packages. One guaranteed our Alumni Fund of approximately $15,000, one guaranteed him the $100,000 gift, and the other represented what we hope to give during the balance of the year. John did his usual masterful job of expressing thanks for the College and the Trustees.

Bob Williamson who did such an excellent job of editing and printing our class book distributed copies to those who were present at reunion. Since then they have been mailed out to other members. There are still some copies left and if by chance you have failed to receive your copy or would like another, you may write to him care of T. O. Metcalf Co., 152 Purchase Street, Boston 10, Mass.

On Sunday morning the members of the class began to depart, all of them we think feeling that the trip to Hanover had been more than worthwhile and looking forward eagerly to the 30th five years hence.

From the program above it may seem that we were on the go most of the time, but actually there were many hours, although they seemed too few, for friendly talking and catching up on what our friends have been doing since 1927. Special thanks should be given to Ros Nichols for the terrific amount of work he did in organizing, planning and running the reunion. Also we want to mention those who came from long distances such as Roland Howes from San Francisco and Frank Coulter from Los Angeles. Unfortunately, we did not see as much of Frank as we would have liked because his son was graduating that weekend. Frank's boy incidentally gave the valedictory at the Commencement exercises. Kermit Ingham was there from Stillwater, Oklahoma, and he too had a son in the graduating class. Lowell Wormley and his wife drove all the way from Phoenix, Arizona, and Nelson O'Rourke and family came up from Daytona Beach, Florida.

This being our swan song as class secretary, we would like to thank you for the pleasure we have had in working with you. We are sure that the new secretary is going to do a much better job than has been done in the past and we only ask that you give him your help and support. An occasional letter to him from you will make his job much easier. Members of the class who were present at the 25th were:

Allen, Charles G. Anglem, Thomas J. Arnold, Doane Ballantyne, Kenneth G. Batchelder, Edgar Bell, Bennett D. Browning, William H. Benson, Dimon W. Bartlett, Charles W. Battin, Leslie B. Besse, Seth J. Broer, Carleton G. Burwell, Charles E. L. Buschmann, August Bayles, Henry L. Braman, Roger P. Bury, Roger M. Bliss, Albert C. Baker, Charles P. Burnham, Donald C. Blanchard, G. Russell Batchelder, Edgar M. Blanchard, Royal J. Choukas, Michael Cummings, Harry B. Cleaveland, Stuart W. Colby, Gordon Clokey, Frank C. Crane, William C., Jr. Copeland, Henry W.

Cook, Spencer S. Chabot, Alfred T. Cusack, William C. Camph, Howard W. Creamer, Joseph M. Coulter, Francis L. Daley, Carrol F. Davis, Joshua A. Dreher, Leßoy H. Davis, Jonathan Ensinger, Stuart M. Fry, S. Edwin Fowler, Edwin H. Fox, Richard Bradley Fox, Richard Bowers Flannery, Roy L. Fellingham, Frederick C. Folkers, Kern E. Funkhouser, Robert D. Freeman, Brownell Gardner, Donald W. Greenbaum, Leon C. Greener, John H. Gilboy, Robert C. Gibson, Charles A. Gore, Lionel C. Griffin, Richard F. Hardy, Charles L. Hazelton, Robert C. Heifer, Martin A.

Hitchcock, Ethan A. Heap, Hargreaves Jr. Holden, Frederick P. Horton, H. Reginald Howes, Roland L. Jacob, Edward H., Jr. Ingham, Kermit W. Keleher, Arthur B. Kennedy, Thomas Ketz, Michael Kortluche, Fred. F. Jr. Kilmarx, Leslie F. Kelley, Joseph N. Lougee, Richard J. Lashar, Walter B. Long, Robert L. Lagacy, Alpha O. Lauber, Urban S. McAnulty, Ralph H. McClure, Alfred B. McCall, Donald F. Milliken, Lyman F. Mahoney, Edward M. Manson, Stanley H. Moulton, Lloyd W. Mills, S. Dow Machen, John W. Morey, Nathaniel B. Murdock, Kenneth V. Murray, Kenneth H. Murray, Warren E. Nichols, Roswell S., Jr. Norris, Arthur H. Oliver, Warren D. O'Rourke, T. Nelson O'Connell, Paul R. O'Hara, J. Donald Provost, George W., Jr.

Pierson, Richard L. Page, Norman F. Page, Robert W. Preuss, M. Rudolph Paddock, Erwin-B. Partridge, Melvin H. Prescott, William S. Redcay, Edward Russell, Kenneth H. Ruth, Edward D. Reed, C. Raymond Randall, Clifford A. Rankin, Andrew M. Stevens, Robert N. Scammon, Lawrence W. Smith, Warren B. Slotnik, Moses Shaw, Wilfred E. Strong, Frank P. Stowe, Richard E. Salinger, Roger B. Smith, W. Gordon Staubach, Joseph N. Tanzi, John S. Tracey, Stephen P. Thees, John D. Tobey, W. Robert Voice, Sidney P. Voorhis, Sheldon S. Vincent, Reginald P. Wesselman, Roy A. Willing, James B. Wood, John D. Williams, J. Palmer Wormley, Lowell C. Whitney, Vernon E. Williamson, Robert W.

1927 FINDS THE CLASS TENT A CONGENIAL SPOT FOR NOT-TOO-EARLY BREAKFAST

THE CLASS OF 1927, PHOTOGRAPHED IN FRONT OF DICK'S HOUSE, HAD 126 MEMBERS BACK FOR REUNION—MORE THAN ANY OTHER CLASS

RETIRING CLASS SECRETARY