This was a stag affair, so we had to stash our wives at Harvey's restaurant, where they got even for not being included by depleting our credit cards. It was a great dinner, memorable because it represented the last holdout since the fall of the barber shop and the invasion of football locker rooms by female reporters. We collected our spouses and went to the Tiptons' for a final visit and farewells. The reunion centered around our trip to Georgia Tech in Atlanta to compete in the Southeastern meet. Eight schools, fielding 56 runners, were represented.
Some recollections follow.
We set out early the day before Thanksgiving, seven of us in one car. Senter says it was a 1936 Ford that belonged to MSU, and it didn't have a heater. There was no room for Coach Octavius Spencer, so we left him behind. We stopped in Birmingham for lunch. I had worked there the previous summer, and steered for a restaurant that served country food and big helpings.