CLASS of 1882
The class of '82 is preparing for its twenty-fifth anniversary reunion at Commencement time.
Sanborn House will be its headquarters, and it is the intention of many members to remain in Hanover three or four days.
There will be a banquet at the Inn on the evening of Tuesday, and possibly other diversions in which all who are present may participate.
An invitation has been extended to the wives and children of the members, and a number of the class have said they intend to bring their entire families. Correspondence up-to-date indicates that between thirty and forty members will be on hand.
The class graduated sixty-two men, including five in what was then the Chandler Scientific Department.
Six of the sixty-two have died, namely: Henry R. Foster, Arthur W. Tirrell, Isaac E. Pearl, William W. Allen, Seth P. Smith, and Charles Fifield. Of these, Pearl and Smith were lawyer's; Foster and Tirrell ministers; Allen a teacher, and Fifield, after taking a degree at a medical college, became a farmer.
Judged by the achievements of the '82 men in the first quarter century of their postgraduate career, the members are a valuable asset to many scattered communities.
Few may have more than a local distinction in their business or professional activities; few have acquired great wealth; but most of them have kept their feet on the ground and set about the business of earning a livelihood and performing the duties of useful citizens with seriousness and selfreliance.
The death percentage indicates that the class was in reasonably good physical condition at the time of graduation, and present reports are that those who are yet alive are "fit" and ready for the solid work of whatever years may be remaining to them. As one of the class expressed it: "The Class is now getting ripe. "
Of the fifty-six men living: Eleven are ministers, and of these eleven, three are presidents of higher educational institutions.
Rev. Fred H. Knight is president of New Orleans University; the Rev. George M. Ward is president of Wells College at Aurora, New York; and the Reverend Philip W. Crannell is president of the Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary.
Lawrence, who studied theology, and preached for a number of years, has recently gone into secular business; and Strong is with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions as its associate secretary.
Seventeen living members of the class have studied law, and in this number is included the Reverend Dcotor Ward who, before entering on the practice of the law, turned to theology.
Condon, who spent the first fifteen years after graduation in teaching, is in Alaska, and in addition to mining operations of his own has devoted such study to the law as to enable him to practice mining law in that territory.
Ten of the living members are physicians, all engaged in active practice of their profession, and some connected as lecturers at medical colleges.
Four living members, in addition to those mentioned as college presidents, are engaged in educational work as superintendents or principals of schools in important cities.
Of the remaining fifteen: One is an engineer, one a manufacturing chemist, ten are engaged in business, one in editorial work, one in governmental work, and from one there is no report.
Geographically the class is well distributed. Fourteen reside in Massachusetts; ten in New York state, or so near to it that they commute from New, Jersey suburbs, and have their business address in New York: five are in Illinois, five are in New Hampshire, two in Maine, two in Vermont, two in Rhode Island, two in Connecticut, two in Pennsylvania, and one each in Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Wyoming, Louisiana, District of Columbia, Alaska and France. The residence of one is unknown to,the secretary of the class.
Five members of the class have sons at Dartmouth, namely: English, Frame, Locke, Mathewson and Pease, and reports indicate that the second generation of the class at Dartmouth may be counted on for some years to come.
Some of the members of the class have extended their activities widely.
Reverend William G. Poor, in addition to his duties as pastor of a church, has delivered numerous lectures on economic and patriotic topics, among the best known being: "Successors of John Paul Jones;" the ''Glory of Our Banner," and "America's Pet Octopus."
Doctor H. L. Smith has, in addition to his practice, been a professor of surgery in the Boston Dental College; surgeon and assistant surgeon at the Boston City Hospital; professor of clinical surgery at Tufts Medical College. He is the inventor of several surgical instruments, and has published original methods of treatment of numerous difficult surgical operations.
Doctor John F. Thompson has been police commissioner of the city of Portland, surgeon at the Maine General Hospital, and lecturer at the Bowdoin Medical College.
H. L. Luques has assisted in the editing and preparing of a law book on "Professional Remedies."
A. K. Dame published in 1902 a book on Probate Law which has been cited by the courts of last resort in many Western states. He is preparing a new edition of the work to meet a growing demand.
Reverend P. W. Crannell has contributed to many religious and semi-religious papers, among others to the Examiner of New York, the Chicago Standard, the Philadelphia,Commonwealth, the Boston Watchman, the Kansas City Word and Way, and he is an editorial contributor to the SundaySchool Times. He has also furnished a series of articles on preaching, to the Homiletic Review, and has delivered numerous lectures on educational and business topics as well as many as theologioal topics. He has also written and published in the Sunday School Times, twenty or more pieces of verse.
Charles F. Mathewson is a trustee of the College, and one of the Board of Governors of the New York Bar Association.
Rev. William F. English published a theological work about twelve years ago,and has another in the hands of the printer, which will soon be out.
Some members have devoted considerable time and energy to public affairs. William G. Porter is United States district attorney for South Dakota; John D. Pope has been a member of the Nebraska state senate, and has twice received the nomination for congress; Samuel D. Felker has been a member of the New Hampshire state senate, and mayor of Rochester; B. F. Cate has represented his town in the New Hampshire legislature, and a dozen or more have been membeis of school boards, and of semipublio commissions or committees, where they have served with energy and efficiency.
Secretary, Luther B. Little, 12 E. 30th St., New York
