Following Weyer! Weyer! Weyer!, Dennis Reeder recorded Ara! Ara! Ara! Here is the audio record of the 1968 Class Dinner in the North Dining Hall, May 31, 2013. Click on the line below:
Also, if you have the means and the heart, make a donation to the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation. You can send your contribution in care of Skip Strzelecki, St. Andrews Products, 500 Mariner Drive, Michigan City, IN 46360.
Class Dinner May 31, 2013
The 45th reunion, May 30-June 2, 2013, had a lot of good parts but it lacked – except in spirit – the presence of Dick “Sandy” Carrigan. Dennis Reeder captured the reunion feeling, especially the feeling of Sandy’s friends, in this video. Click here:
The reunion will begin Thursday, May 30, 2013 and conclude Sunday, June 2, 2013. In between, we’ll do plenty of what we always do when we get together: have fun.
Register for the reunion at http://reunion.nd.edu. As usual, you can dice and slice a little, with the full magilla (per person) priced at $310. The price goes up in early May.
Be sure to watch the blog for announcements you won’t find in the regular reunion packet:
Professor Don Costello’s Toast to the Year 1968
delivered June 5, 2003 at Sunny Italy Café:
“I’ve often offered a toast to people; but is it legitimate to toast a year? Only, I would think, if it’s a very special year. I know a year within our lifetimes which is so special it has become mythic, a reverberating part of American culture. It’s a year that is more than historical; it’s defining. It’s the single year that defines social conscience, change, beginnings, yet it contains multitudes, contradictions: violence, anger, yet peace and love, fear and heroism. It means, of course, police riots and bombed-out churches and assassinations, but at Notre Dame it also means growth, and study, and commitment, and friendship and love and remembering. Every class graduates, but not every class rises to the challenge of a mythic year. This one did. So please join me in a toast to 1968!”
Dick Kelly, who will attend the reunion from Portland, Maine, sends this invitation to ROTC alumni: For alumni and families in the area on Oct 20th (home football game vs. BYU), we will have a tailgate area setup in the Pasquerilla Center parking lot from 11:30am to 2:30pm, a great opportunity to re-connect with other alumni and former-staff. We encourage you to bring your own food and beverages; we will also have grilled food and non-alcoholic beverages for purchase.
Professor Donald Costello toast, reunion, 2003:
“I’ve often offered a toast to people; but is it legitimate to toast a year? Only, I would think, if it’s a very special year. I know a year within our lifetimes which is so special it has become mythic, a reverberating part of American culture. It’s a year that is more than historical; it’s defining. It’s the single year that defines social conscience, change, beginnings, Yet it contains multitudes, contradictions: violence, anger, yet peace and love, fear and heroism. It means, of course, police riots and bombed-out churches and assassinations, but at Notre Dame it also means growth, and study, and commitment, and friendship and love and remembering. Every class graduates, but not every class rises to the challenge of a mythic year. This one did. So please join me in a toast to 1968!”
