The 51st meeting of the 50-Plus Club of Colby met at Dana Hall for reunion on June 10 with approximately 200 members and guests attending. After a pleasant cocktail hour and wonderful dinner, President Kaye Monaghan Corey '43 opened the meeting with a moment of silence to honor the memory of departed classmates, family and friends.Marie "Chris" Merrill Wysor '42, secretary and treasurer, gave the 1994 reunion reports. In addition, the club decided to give the total donations of $3,275 to the Alumni Fund.President Corey then announced the officers for next year: Evelyn Gates Moriarty '44, president; Roslyn E. Kramer '45, vice president; Marie "Chris" Merrill Wysor, secretary and treasurer; Fletcher Eaton '39, class correspondent. The following have been elected to serve on the Alumni Council: Virginia Kingsley Jones '39, Lester T. Jolovitz '39, Muriel McLellan DeShon '43, Oren R. Shiro '42, Kaye Monaghan Corey '43 and Leroy N. Young '38.Ralph S. Williams '35 spoke to us with accompanying facts and figures of Colby's financial development from its modest beginnings to the present, emphasizing the phenomenal growth of the endowment. Williams, who retired from the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant commander after serving for five years during World War II, became Wadsworth Professor in the Department of Business Administration and then became successor to Galen Eustis '23 as vice president before retiring in 1972. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees for 10 years and received an honorary degree.President and Mrs. Cotter joined the festivities. A few highlights from President Cotter's talk: Colby was the first formerly all-men's college to admit women; 72 percent of the early classes were from Maine and Massachusetts; Colby today has 85 international students and more than 4,200 applicants requested admission to the College in 1995; a total of $8.5 million will be spent for student aid in 1996.Franklin Norvish '34, professor emeritus of Northeastern University, always a popular speaker, added several moments of hilarity with his collection of jokes. The final presentation, written by Betty Ann Royal Spiegel '42, who because of family illness could not be with us, was an essay written about her experiences while trying to get on the popular television program Jeopardy. (She didn't make it but had a lot of adventure and fun trying.) In her absence her contribution was read by Chris Wysor.After a brief reminder to all about this summer's Alumni College, we
sang the alma mater, accompanied by pianist and accordion player Frank Wareham, and adjourned, taking home many warm memories and looking forward to Reunion
1996.--Chris Merrill Wysor '42
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