Class Note 1965
Issue
Jan - Feb 2019
About the time you get this, Hanover will be in the grips of the great northern winter, as will my not-too-primitive Minnesota alcazar. Wherever you are, I hope you will settle in, grasp the cup from which cometh relaxation and quiet pleasure, and enjoy this alumni magazine issue dedicated to Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary. You have at your fingertips a look at what the campus may be like in 50 years, a report on how the College went coed, and a gatefold timeline of Dartmouth highlights. And, of course, this report on class doings.
The Hanover mini-reunion included Hank Amon, Mahala and Rich Beams, Susan and Dave Beattie, Sharon and Bob Blake, Marianne and Don Bradley, Linda and Steve Fowler, Marcia and Pete Frederick, Betsy and Mike Gonnerman, Debbie and Jim Griffiths, Nancy and Roger Hanson, French and Bob McConnaughey, Emma and John McGeachie, John Rogers, Carol and Korky Terada, Linda Waterhouse, and Jane and George Wittreich. The mini kicked off on Thursday evening, October 11, with a reception and dinner at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. Several of us stayed in the 1965 cabin that night. Friday morning Dave and Susan Beattie, Gonnerman, and I gathered to attempt the mountain. Beattie and Gonnerman took off like mountain goats. Sue Beattie would have followed, but stayed behind to shepherd yours truly through a much easier climb when we discovered that my reach vastly exceeded my grasp. We returned (limped, in my case) to Etna, New Hampshire, and Pierce’s, then to Jim and Debbie Griffiths’ home for a delicious meal, an impressive bonfire, camaraderie, and songs.
Saturday morning featured a trip through the steam tunnel (remember how the snow melted in a straight line across the Green?). Several of us stopped on the way to the tailgate lunch at the Class of 1965 Galleries, Rauner Library (formerly Webster Hall), to view a student-curated project, Coeds and Cohogs: The Struggle Over Female Integration at Dartmouth College. Fascinating to see the College’s 1990s policy on rape and abuse, which would pass for a 2018 policy. Evening featured ’tails and dinner at Pierce’s, followed by the Decibelles. Gonnerman chaired the Sunday class meeting, after which we were off to our various haunts.
Merriam Webster’s Time Traveler website notes that these words first appeared in print in 1965: convenience store (wait a minute—what about Ethel’s Cut Rate Drugs?), rapid eye movement sleep (which we need plenty of), hippie, Black Panther, teeny bopper, and stagflation. And dudes (1877), unless you shoot me your hot skinny (1957), you are at risk of seeing more of these nuggets (I have not yet hit “Xerox as a transitive verb”). So send me your reflection on Dartmouth’s 250th year…or an update on what you’re up to…or a thought on the Dartmouth education of the future. Otherwise, it’s going to be more lexical sundriana.
Finally, we have learned with sadness of the passing of classmates Bob Busch, Jeff North, and Rob Shretz. Obits will appear on our website, biggreen65.com.
—John Rogers, 6051 Laurel Ave., #310, Golden Valley, MN 55416; (763) 568-7501; johnbairdrogers@comcast.net
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The Hanover mini-reunion included Hank Amon, Mahala and Rich Beams, Susan and Dave Beattie, Sharon and Bob Blake, Marianne and Don Bradley, Linda and Steve Fowler, Marcia and Pete Frederick, Betsy and Mike Gonnerman, Debbie and Jim Griffiths, Nancy and Roger Hanson, French and Bob McConnaughey, Emma and John McGeachie, John Rogers, Carol and Korky Terada, Linda Waterhouse, and Jane and George Wittreich. The mini kicked off on Thursday evening, October 11, with a reception and dinner at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. Several of us stayed in the 1965 cabin that night. Friday morning Dave and Susan Beattie, Gonnerman, and I gathered to attempt the mountain. Beattie and Gonnerman took off like mountain goats. Sue Beattie would have followed, but stayed behind to shepherd yours truly through a much easier climb when we discovered that my reach vastly exceeded my grasp. We returned (limped, in my case) to Etna, New Hampshire, and Pierce’s, then to Jim and Debbie Griffiths’ home for a delicious meal, an impressive bonfire, camaraderie, and songs.
Saturday morning featured a trip through the steam tunnel (remember how the snow melted in a straight line across the Green?). Several of us stopped on the way to the tailgate lunch at the Class of 1965 Galleries, Rauner Library (formerly Webster Hall), to view a student-curated project, Coeds and Cohogs: The Struggle Over Female Integration at Dartmouth College. Fascinating to see the College’s 1990s policy on rape and abuse, which would pass for a 2018 policy. Evening featured ’tails and dinner at Pierce’s, followed by the Decibelles. Gonnerman chaired the Sunday class meeting, after which we were off to our various haunts.
Merriam Webster’s Time Traveler website notes that these words first appeared in print in 1965: convenience store (wait a minute—what about Ethel’s Cut Rate Drugs?), rapid eye movement sleep (which we need plenty of), hippie, Black Panther, teeny bopper, and stagflation. And dudes (1877), unless you shoot me your hot skinny (1957), you are at risk of seeing more of these nuggets (I have not yet hit “Xerox as a transitive verb”). So send me your reflection on Dartmouth’s 250th year…or an update on what you’re up to…or a thought on the Dartmouth education of the future. Otherwise, it’s going to be more lexical sundriana.
Finally, we have learned with sadness of the passing of classmates Bob Busch, Jeff North, and Rob Shretz. Obits will appear on our website, biggreen65.com.
—John Rogers, 6051 Laurel Ave., #310, Golden Valley, MN 55416; (763) 568-7501; johnbairdrogers@comcast.net