The Class of '52 took top honors at ReUnion 2002
with their clever version of “52 Pickup” in Saturday's
alumni parade.
Members marched with large playing cards and
carried signs with card-playing phrases like “All Kings,
No Queens,” “Bridge to the Future,” and “Kings of Hearts.”
And periodically along the parade route, the class
would “shuffle the deck,” each marcher taking a new position.
The Class won the Van Voast Cup for best
costume, the Anable Cup for largest number of participants,
and the McClellan Cup for high percentage.
The award for best ReUnion effort went to the class
of 1947.
Swirling winds sent Saturday's dinner from the large tent east of the Nott
to Memorial Fieldhouse, but “all the beef tenderloins
were served,” said Nick Famulare, director of alumni relations.
Saturday night's fireworks, always a popular event,
were especially so this year because they were
accompanied by patriotic music, Famulare said. The show was
designed and donated by Steve Ente '75.
With attendance estimated at nearly 1,400 and
otherwise cooperative weather, “we couldn't have asked for
a better event,” Famulare said.