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Published weekly during the college year and monthly in July and August VOL. xLiπ, NO. 34 ITHACA, NEW YORK, JULY, 1941 PRICE, 15 CENTS REUNIONS-BY CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Van Cleef Dinner tended that this Reunion was a notable suc- morning hours we said good-night, many to cess, and a wish that the University and those meet on Sunday for further greetings and good- The customary dinner of early Classes took who arranged for the Reunion should have this byes. The unanimous verdict was: "We are place in the Blue Room of Sage College Satur- appreciation of the Class of '91 brought to Cornell '96—We'll be back in '46."—A. T. S. day evening. Eighty-two persons were present. their attention.—I. E. G. Following the plan inaugurated by Mynderse Class of '01 Van Cleef '74, there were present returning Class of '96 alumni of the Classes of '70 to '90, inclusive, Sixty-nine members of the Class of 1901, The Forty-five-year Reunion was well at- and also members of their families. This in- sixty-two men and seven women, were given tended and a delightful gathering. Γt included cluded children and in many cases grand- official credit for attendance. This number five Classmates who never previously had at- children. These seemed right promising ma- was within two of the record for the Forty- tended a Reunion, some coming from distant terial for future Cornellians. We were honored year Class held by 1894. cities of New Orleans, Baltimore, and Chi- by the presence of Eugenia Van Cleef, daugh- On Friday evening, June 13, the men held a cago. For the most part we were housed in ter of the founder of these dinners. dinner at Fontainbleu, eighteen miles south- Prudence Risley and Anna Comstock Hall, de- President Day favored us with a visit, as he west of Ithaca on Kayuta Lake. The dinner lightfully situated beyond the gorge. said, to look over the old-timers. By the way, attended by all members of the Class was held We had our regular evening dinners Friday the old-timers are quite sure they made the Saturday evening in Prudence Risley Hall. and Saturday, both largely attended. Friday University what it is to-day. The President James O'Malley, president of the Class, pre- night, "Tompy" presided and quickly dis- gave us a fine talk which was appreciated by sided. Willis H. Carrier of Syracuse, a Uni- patched the Class business so all were free for all of us. versity Trustee and the "father of air-con- personal activities of Senior singing, Dra- Nearly every one of the twenty Classes was ditioning," delivered a brief formal address. matic and Musical Clubs. Later we congre- represented either by a written message or by Ezra B. Whitman, also a University Trustee, gated at our headquarters in Prudence Risley personal representatives. Last year we were spoke informally. Whitman was elected vice- and discoursed far beyond midnight. Saturday gratified to have with us personal representa- president of the Class to succeed William H. night, our dinner was further increased in tives of the first three Classes, '69, '70, and '71. Miller, and Roy M. Hart of Brooklyn was attendance. Our president had made a fine This year we had a message from '70 and per- elected permanent treasurer to succeed Roger selection for toastmaster, Colonel Edward sonal representation in Royal Taft of '71 and B. Williams, Jr., both of whom died since the Davis, who amused us with dreams of the Albert Osborn of '72.. Both these men are over Reunion in 1937. previous night which he happily disclosed in ninety and still in full manly vigor. rhymes. Following this the toastmaster intro- Besides Carrier and Whitman, other mem- This was the Sixty-year Reunion of the duced the speaker of the evening, Dean Dexter bers registered who are not in the Class picture Class of '81, sponsors of the dinner. The Class S. Kimball, who is an important member of were Theodore F. Borst, Leslie V. Grander, was represented by James B. Stearns and Ed- the OPM. Dean Kimball gave us an intimate Harry O. Lovejoy, Mabel Crowl Curtis, Clara win W. Catchpole. talk concerning present developments of R. Donaldson, Mary C. Gillette, A. Louella '86 had its Fifty-fifth this year and had the World War II, and of the future aims of the Northrop, Kate Cosad Snyder, Edith Church largest representation at the dinner. Ernest armed forces. Then we proceeded to Bailey Ward.—J. O'M. Merritt spoke felicitously for this group. Hall and enjoyed the alumni rally. The Van Cleef dinners which bring together As has been our costom for many years, im- Class of '06 the scattering members of the early Classes mediately following the rally '96 had a mid- Class members began to show up at head- have always been among the pleasant features night get-together at Prudence Risley, where quarters in Mennen Hall Thursday evening, of Reunions, and we trust that they will be "Tompy" took charge, conducting an inter- and by Saturday noon forty-six had arrived.