The Legend of the Seventy Pede Of all the aspects of Seventy lore, none is more beloved at Reunion time than the legendary Seventy-Pede. Historians relate that at the Twentieth Reunion-- on the occasion of the First In Locusts Parentis reunion-- planners made a valiant attempt to draw the class together. To this end, the costume shop at McCarter Theater was commissioned to fashion a creature with a tiger's head and a body formed by the arms and legs of seventy members of the Seventy family. That first year it was extremely difficult to enlist participants to march in the 'Pede, and indeed, one classic moment from the Class video from the 20th shows Kirk Unruh attempting to convince people to don the 'Pede. As he attempts to coerce participants, standing outside of the 'Pede he claims "Come on, we're all in this together." And from the 'Pede a small girl shouts back, "You're not in it!!!" Shamed by this sequence, in later years Mr. Unruh even marched at the head of the 'Pede, a death defying act on hot days. At its better moments, the 'Pede has been known to do the wave, the swim, the airline stewardess salute ("Bye-bye"), as is makes its way down the P-rade route.