Ladies and gentlemen of 1956, as the dust is settling from our 65th reunion, I want to speak of a rising from other dust—the resurrection of the beloved “Animal House,” Alpha Delta Phi, on East Wheelock across from the gym. Linc Spaulding, Glen French, Jack Tamagni, Tony Newey, Dave Perry, Dick McClintock, Dave Whiteford, and I are the surviving beneficiaries of a 175-year-old tradition, knocked down but re-emerged! The special efforts of John Pepper ’91, Bob Downey ’58, and numerous others have created a positive environment of startup entrepreneurship, community service, and hospitality. Imagine a string quartet memorial gathering for Monk Bancroft ’57, yoga classes, and AA meetings where once Mike Zissu, pianist, and Nelson Kilbourne, one-armed piccolo player, mesmerized their audiences! And legend has it that the staircase to the second floor was used for giant slalom practice by said Monk. As the Indian will never die, likewise AD! So “Light a Fire in the Fireplace for Dick,” inscribed on the AD living room mantel in memory of Dick Hall, class of 1915, killed at Alsace in WW I the day after Christmas. And Tag Chapman’s photos on the walls remind us of how we were, and, as Pete Carroll paraphrased one of the more famous lines from the movie Animal House recently regarding the Russell Wilson kerfuffle, “There is nothing to see here—all is well.” And a recollection of our fifth reunion architect Dave Stackpole reprising his New England saga of the cork socker and the sock tucker at work in the Johnson, Vermont, brewery and woolen mill. Awesome! This was done at a mini-reunion in Tucson, Arizona, after which Beth and I and Dave stopped at the Red Rock Tavern to visit with Bobby the bull rider and bartender, all broken up from his last event! “Stack” shared stories with assorted cowboys, sheepherders, miners, and bikers—fascinating. Then to the Ritz Carlton at Dove Mountain for pupus around the firepit with the desert golf elite. “Walk with kings—nor lose the common touch!” You go to Dartmouth for life. See you in “The Woods.”

—J.W. Crowley, 15612 SE 42nd Place, Bellevue, WA 98006; (425) 746-1824; jackcrowley@hotmail.com