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Alumni
Chilly Weather, Cozy Atmosphere
at June 5 Reunion
Adrizzly day forced the pool party inside but nobody cared. Alumni collected to greet old friends and faculty around the fireplace in the Father Christopher Room. The twinkling lights and crackling fire cast a warm glow on the June 5 reunion events.
The Classes of 1963, ‘68, ‘73, ‘78, 83, ‘88 and ‘93 were especially invited for their five-year reunions. But people came from the earliest graduating years — Steve Welch, Class of ‘66, attended with wife, Becky — to the last. Several Class of 1997 grads were home from college in time to attend.
Everybody enjoyed the opportunity to see the new buildings and equipment and the growth of the landscaping during a tour led by Headmaster Tim Molak. At least one grad remarked that, while progress was good, it was also reassuring to see that in the Chapel, nothing had changed. Only the Class Candles have been added. The candles are symbolic - they accompany every class during student years and remain in the chapel after each class graduates.
Following a Mass celebrated in the Chapel by Father Martin, guests collected in Founders Hall for a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception, then repaired to the Monks’ Refectory in the Dining Hall. Many alumni remembered Father Maurus’s rose garden - it is as beautiful in the spring as ever and was the source of the floral centerpieces on every table.
The Class of ‘88 had a particularly lively group and Eric Hansen led them in offering a toast. He wished for today’s grads “an education at least as great as the one we got,” and expressed the hope that graduates might help bring that about by maintaining their ties with the school as it grows to its full potential in the new century.
—CD
Recent alumni stopping by the fireside for a Christmas holiday reunion included Jeanine Yost, Wellesley and Gladys Martin, Stanford (right); Vicki Groom, Stanford, and Brianne Baker, Claremont- Mckenna (below); and Grant Rosenquist, Tulane; Ben Hurlbut, Stanford (center, opposite page).
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Young Lee (center, right) stopped over in his former home base, the Senior Dorm, for a few days and took the opportunity to help National Honor Society at the Faculty-Student Basketball Challenge. Max Lui, now a student at Johns Hopkins, has also been a dorm guest this year.