CLASS OF 1878
N. W. Norton is senior member of the law firm of Norton Brothers, consisting of himself, an older brother, and a younger brother who graduated from Dartmouth in 1892. They do an extensive business. To Norton, Buffalo largely owes her free public library, of which he has been a trustee since its founding.
His first wife died some seventeen years ago; three years ago he married again. Mrs. Norton joins "Jim" in a most cordial welcome to any '78 man who calls. He hopes to be at the thirtieth reunion in 1908.
H. B. Hubbell, who lost his wife in September, 1906, has been again afflicted by the death of his younger daughter, Celia, on December 31, 1906. She was a bright girl, not quite ten years old. Hubbell has one daughter remaining.
F. W. Gove is now connected with the Peoria Star, Peoria, Ill.
A. F. Andrews' new office address is 41 West 24th Street. His residence is still 256 West 57th Street, New York City.
The Rhode Island Dartmouth Club was organized in Providence, March 14, 1907, with an attendance of thirty-five men at the first meeting. It is expected to enroll nearly one hundred members. W. H. Small was elected president.
Last June he was paid the compliment of having his salary raised from $4000 to 15000 by unanimous vote of the school board.
J. C. Enright died suddenly in New York City on the night of February 1 under circumstances which are suspicious. He was found dead in his hotel room with the gas turned on. At first it was Called suicide, but a fuller investigation points to foul play. The room door was unlocked and the watch, money, and two mileage books which he was known to have, were all missing.
Enright had lived in Windsor, Vermont, ever since his graduation and had prospered. He had a lucrative law practice, insurance and real estate business, had been prominent in town affairs, had represented his district in the assembly and the senate, and at the time of his death was intensely interested in the Ascutney Green Granite Co. He leaves a wife, and daughter who is a graduate of U. V. M. and at present a teacher in Windsor.
Enright is the second to pass on of those who assembled at the twenty-fifth anniversary.
A. W. Edson has prepared, and the Brooklyn Teachers' Association has published a bulletin on "Professional Reading for Teachers."
Some time ago a letter from Stickney gave the following: "Vittum '78, has been called to the presidency of Fargo College, Fargo, N. D., and it is expected he will accept and commence his work about January 1, 1907. Two Dartmouth men are on the board, Perley and Stickney of '78. Rev. E. M. Vittum has been pastor of the Congregational church at Grinnell, lowa, for fifteen years, during which time more than 1100 members have been received into the church. It is the largest Congregational church in lowa."
Vittum accepted and entered upon his new work early in the year. We shall receive an account of his new duties later.
The following letter from Vittum, written on March 26, 1907, will be of interest to his classmates:
My Dear Parson:—
Glad to hear from you again. I have made a long jump; but I presume Easterners say it is all West, and there can't be much difference. There is, however, a great difference, for lowa is far on in civilization, and has not yet received such a mass of oriental immigration as is submerging the Atlantic coast. We have got our foreign problem; but the foreign problem has got you.
Well, North Dakota is a great country, not as cold as it has been painted—if I may use an Irish bull. We had several weeks of severe weather, but it has been mild ever since the first week in February. The railroads have been blocked, in the sense that they have not moved one fourth the freight offered. But that condition began before the first flake of snow fell. Railroad business is poorly managed in this country and seems to be worse the further west one goes. There is so much more money be made by manipulating stocks and bonds, that railroad magnates are tempted to neglect the ordinary business of carrying freight and passengers.
Our college is small, but we have a large field all our own. There are state institutions, as in all r.he western states, but we are the only independent college, entirely separate from the state schools. We have only nine in our graduating class, and in many ways it is the day of small things. But we are trying to get ourselves and our work before the attention of the young people and induce more of them to strike out for a liberal education.
We have about $300,000 worth of property, which was considered quite a start for a college, fifty years ago, but everything is done on such a large scale nowadays that it takes millions to make any show in the world. But we have a solid little plant, it is sure to grow, how rapidly, no one can tell.
Stickney is secretary of our board of trustees, and to him the college owes a large debt. In its infancy he pumped in oxygen when most people thought the child would die. In fact Stickney has made good. He has been a useful man in this region. Nothing is too hard for him, and ha has a grip like a bulldog. He never gives up. Other people say, "While there's life there's hope;" hut Stickney goes far beyond that', he believes in the resurrection. Perhaps you know that North Dakota was settled too soon. Twenty-five years ago people rushed far out on the prairie without knowing What they were going to do or how they were going to live. They were pickets who waited fifteen years, for the army to come up. Stickney has ministered to many a discouraged little community and taught them nil des-perandum.
Perley is another of our trustees, and another who has done much for the college. Time sets easily on Perley. His hair is somewhat gray, but is thick and curly as ever and he sings even better than in Cologe days. He is a little stout enough to look well-fed and comfortable; in fact, he is getting the best there is in life. He lives over on the Minnesota side of the river, but it is a short walk from his office to mine. He has a good business and is said to be worth a hundred thousand. That was considered a small fortune when we were young and I dare say he will not suffer in his old age. Best of all, he has always been interested in what is good for his community and his state, and is a recognized leader in the better life of this region. When he was a member of the state legislature he was a valuable friend of the normal schools and was helpful to education in many ways.
Judge Templeton is only sixty miles away,but I have not yet met him. Everybody speaks highly of him and his work. He has served several terms as district judge, being elected in spite of the fact that he was a democrat, fie failed as a candidate for the supreme bench because of his wrong politics, Now we have a democratic governor, owing to a split among the republicans, and this governor has just appointed Temp to serve out the unexpired term of a district judge, and all interested in the courts of the district are glad to get him back again. Each of the three has been an honor to the College and the class, and so as you see, I have only good news from '78, so far as I meet its children.
I shall try to make these three men believe that it is their several duties to attend the thirtieth anniversary—neither of them has been present at the others. Stick will have a son graduate at Dartmouth next year so he will be called by a double influence. We must begin to work up that matter pretty soon. I have been planning for it ever since 1903. Remember me to any of the boys whom you may meet. I tried to find some of them in Boston last summer, but they had all "gone to graSs."
Yours truly,
Secretary, Walter H. Small, 42 Adelphi Ave., Providence, R. I.
