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...cuts lunch for the entire family yesterday to lunch and cocktails Thursday for wives and college-age children while the classmates enjoy another private spread in the Sever Quad. In between, there is food and liquor atHarkness Commons, the Palmer-Dixon Courts, the Hasty Pudding. Lehman Hall, the Union. Essex Country Club, and the various Houses. Entirely separate programs are planned for children of various age groups...
...CLASSMATE lunged frantically into the carpeted splendor of the Essex Country Club locker room, just in time to pitch the blending of a New England boiled lobster, a day's worth of bloody marys, gin and tonics, and scotch-on-the-rocks, and a schedule of tennis, golf, and after-dinner dancing squarely into the hopper. At first, he only groaned; his hands anchored to the enamel circle, he prayed for his heart to fall back into first without tearing out the transmission. And then he began with methodic attention to wipe from his face the vomit and sweat...
...five gawdawful days the Class of '43 sat sequestered in dining rooms and dance halls while the ice in their glasses melted and their anger turned on each other. To make matters worse, the buses that shuttled the revellers through the rain and fog to the annual Tuesday Essex outing had to stop every fifteen minutes, because a catered dinner the night before had left its toll...
...people who run the whole affair do their best to be prepared for such unscheduled events-the executive secretary, who does everything from tracking down mislaid children to re-introducing their parents, wouldn't dream of setting out for Essex without armloads of safety pins, suntan oil, and Kotex. But you can't foresee every contingency. Gosh, the unexpected is half the fun of reunions...
...quite, Muggins. Some of the reunioners were on those boat rides for a quite different reason-namely, to escape their fellow spirits who crowded the playing fields of the Essex with an absolutely gleaming array of metal tennis rackets, assorted putters, and couture designer sporting outfits...