Page 19 - Alumni Horae: Vol. 93, No. 4 Summer 2013

usual events. What a pleasure to absorb
the familiar hymns and anthems in the
Chapel. How could we ever forget Ben
Eppes’s Second Form soprano rendition
of “Wings of a Dove”? I was so lucky to be
sitting between my roommates, Houghton
and Righter, both Choir alumni, in three-
part harmony – Houghton on melody,
Righter in harmony, and Harding on some
atonal rendition. A service of recognition
was combined with Chapel, to the conster-
nation of a few who felt it diminished the
solemnity of a memorial service. After
Chapel, we wandered into the Alumni
Parade, which did seem rather disorga-
nized, but served the purpose of pointing
us in the direction of the Matthews Hockey
Center. Tom Carper showed up just in
time to be included in our form photo,
before departing.
After a Halcyon afternoon at Turkey
Pond, most retired to the Holiday Inn to
regain strength for the evening. Bill McKim
slipped away to prepare for his Sunday
gig as a church organist.
Dinner at the Centennial Inn got going
after a bit of transportation confusion, an
issue barely noticed once the cocktails
arrived. What fun to see Watts and Young
put on a show of hockey defense cam-
araderie. Harvey Sloane proposed a well-
deserved toast to our president, Ted
Achilles, regrettably in absentia due to
his duties with SOLA, a girls school he
founded in Kabul. Our amazing thumb
twister, Jay Cushman, reported that our
form participation in the Alumni Fund
was over 80 percent. He observed that
we were within shooting distance of the
dollar record achieved last year by a form
substantially larger than ours. At this
writing, I can only hope that a few deep
pockets have been mined to get us past
that record.
Since the School hasn’t much time for
alumni on Anniversary Sunday, because
they now call it Graduation day, Peggy and
I offered repast at our summer house in
York Harbor, Maine, for any who could
make it over there. It was great to see Lee
Ault and his lovely Rachel, Brad and Ann
Norman, Dick and Millie Perkins, Sam
and Trish Sylvester, and Joel Reynolds all
making the trek. It was a beautiful day,
and we were able to get out on the water.
We can only hope that our next reunion
will host the wonderful gang we enjoyed
this year.
WENDY CAHILL
WENDY CAHILL
Sam and Trish Sylvester with Lee and Rachel Ault
Dick Perkins with Brad and Ann Norman
1954 Paraders
Pieter Greeff, Ben Eppes, Anson Beard, and Dick Perkins
LOUIS H. FOISY
LOUIS H. FOISY
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