Alumni party lets former students remember, reminisce

Last Friday, Alumni Affairs hosted the All-Alumni Party at the Clabber Girl Museum in downtown Terre Haute. The party is an annual event that occurs on the Friday before Homecoming. Friday September 28th marked in influx of many alumni and in reception of their coming, Alumni Affairs hosted the All-Alumni Party. The All-Alumni Party is an annual event for the alumni community of Rose-Hulman that occurs on the Friday before Homecoming.

This event “seems to get at least slightly larger every year” said Greg Holler, Class of 1979.

Photo: Andrew Carlson Alumni gather at the Clabber Girl museum for the annual All-Alumni Party — an opportunity to swap stories and memories of Rose.

This was apparent in the large turnout, with alumni coming as early as 1957. One reason for the party’s appeal is that many alumni wanted to come back and speak with old schoolmates on non-reunion years, as this year only had reunions for classes that end in “2” and “7.” As pointed out by Jim Bidcumb, Class of 1976,”You knew people three years ahead and three years behind you by the time you graduated,” totalling seven years of friends to catch up with. Overall, many of the alumni seemed to enjoy the ability to get back in touch with those as well as the ones that they see every year. Brian Dyer, Director of Alumni Affairs, summed up the event: “this appeared to have been one of our best turnouts for the All-Alumni Party.”