David Bergman: I cannot admire enough the students who drove me around during our 50th reunion in those carts. They were intrepid. One night it rained rather heavily, and Jeff Newton and Robin sat in the back with little to hold on to as we careened down a hill. The driver knew how to manage the skidding and the mud, and with confidence--that I did not share--she got us to the bottom of the hill unscathed. Our reunion was, at least for us, a thriller.
Larry Harbison: I concur with David’s praise of the students who assisted us during our Reunion Weekend. It’s hard to imagine, though, that I was once that young. I just returned to Les Etats Unis from Paris, my first time there. I visited several museums (of course, Le Louvre) and journeyed to Versailles, Fontainebleau and Chartres. From now until the November election I’m volunteering to help get out the vote; then, on Election Day I’ll be a poll Worker and vote counter.
Sante Matteo ’71: Doggerel composed for the 2022 combined 50th reunion of the 1970, ’71, and ’72 classes:
“Goodly Race 2.0”
The first of Kenyon’s female Owls
Were met with hoots and cheers and howls.
They climbed the Hill and met a dare
To start a Women’s College there.
They climbed the Hill and met a dare
To form a better College there.
They spread their wings and caused a breeze
That ruffled feathers of grandees.
But when they made the whole flock soar,
They found a perch in Kenyon lore.
But when they made the whole pack soar,
They earned a perch in Kenyon lore.
Not co-eds called, nor chicks or girls,
But Co-ords, come to tame the churls,
Until those gruff guys had enough
And lost their bluff and huff and guff;
Until we gruff guys had enough
And lost our bluff and huff and guff.
They thrived, endured, broke down the dam;
Unlocked, set free the old logjam.
To brainy belles, let’s ring a bell,
They served old Kenyon’s Owl-dom well!
To brainy belles, let’s ring a bell,
They did enrich our Kenyon well!
And thus, they strove with all their might
To make the life of Owls more bright.
And Kenyon’s heart now holds a place
Of pride for their valor and grace.
And Kenyon’s heart now holds a place
Of love for their valor and grace.
. . . . .
“Philander Chase” as updated and manhandled to be woman-slanted by Sante Matteo ’71, formerly a Kenyon Lord, now a Kenyon Owl, yet neither richer nor wiser, but ever appreciative of the beautiful and powerful few female Owls who joined our parliament and led us and all future Owlish cohorts to soar higher.
