I received a reminder from the College a while back that our 75th reunion will take place in the fall of 2022. My memory of our 70th is pretty good and I remember that four members of ’42 were there. Put it on your calendar, maybe we can equal or better that. Thanks should go to Liz Sistare, our newsletter editor. She put together an edition without the help of any Green cards. Next time around, surprise her with one—she would love it. I’ve mentioned before that I enjoy the PBS show, Windows to the Wild. One of the more recent episodes mentioned the building of the Dartmouth Road. It seems that to attend the first Dartmouth graduation in 1774, Gov. Wentworth, who owned a summer house on Lake Winnipesaukee, had a road built to join the Concord/Hanover Road. It’s still there! Today it’s a well-maintained hiking trail and still called the Dartmouth Road. When Wentworth traveled to Hanover, he presented to the College a prized heirloom, a beautiful silver punch bowl. I’m quoting from the Dartmouth Chronicle: “It seems to have overflowed in the wrong direction and never more freely than the first three commencements. An ox was roasted on the Green and rum was served to the multitudes. And thus the chief cook and his assistants were so far gone as to be unable to serve the guests. President Wheelock was hard-pressed to feed them, but he did. In 1776 the cooks defaulted again and he recorded—‘Deliver us from the plague of unskillful, deceitful, and unfaithful cooks, two of whom were ordered to the whipping post for stealing.’ And the subject of unpalatable food had occurred with the monotony of a metronome.” Sounds like the first “Animal House.” Stay well and keep in touch when you can.

—Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; (603) 964-6503