How could it have slipped my mind that Class Notes were due this month? Come to think of it, I know why. As a Mother’s Day gift my older daughter gave me a week with her in Bermuda! Needless to say it was a wonderful vacation. Rip stayed home at Kendal.


As chance would have it, we arrived back in Boston just in time for the Bruins Victory Parade for winning the Stanley Cup. It was total madness with planes and helicopters overhead and thousands of people dressed in Bruins shirts or their colors. Is there a city anywhere that takes its athletic teams as seriously as Boston does? The Bruins, Red Sox and Celtics all are almost revered. Here in Hanover we missed the Commencement, but have been told it was as beautiful as ever. This year the main speaker and one of the recipients of an honorary degree was Conan O’Brien, who was his funny, irreverent self. He made much to do about the tree trunk/podium representing the Old Pine, a treasured College tradition.


The Dartmouth rugby club became the national champions this early summer, and there was much reason for celebration at the beautiful Corey Ford Rugby House on Reservoir Road in Hanover.


Rip adds:


“Love is God’s language and his rule


Shared with us freely, sage or fool


Ours to give fully, never finished


Our store of love does not diminish.”


—Mary Lougee Ripley, 80 Lyme Road, #411, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-6464