CLASS OF 1894
The resignation of Arthur A. Adams as superintendent of streets and sewers of Springfield, Mass., takes effect April 1. Mr. Adams has served his city in this capacity for the past eleven years. Of his record the Springfield Republican says:
"Mr. Adams's intention forces upon the city the loss of one of its most valued departmental officials. Mr. Adams became head of the department in 1899. Since that time the department has been growing more and more efficient, and Springfield has come to be known among the cities of the state as a leader in the making and maintenance of good streets. Harold Parker, chairman of the Massachusetts highway commission, has said that he considers the quality of Springfield's streets the best in Massachusetts. Mr. Adams has made a thorough study of road building, surfacing, dust laying, and other features of street work. His ability, too, as an executive and organizer has been proved, while his expertness as an engineer has never been questioned."
Mr. Adams leaves the public service to go into private business. He will become the president of a new firm of contractors to be known as the Birnie, Adams, and Ruxton Construction Company, with offices at 33 Lyman street, Springfield, and will engage in general construction business.
Frank H. Trow for the past two years or more has been holding down a responsible I job on the Ashokan Dam, the huge engineering project by which New York city is to be assured an adequate water supply. Of Mr. Trow's work, the Clinton (Mass.) Item, in a recent issue says:
"Chief Engineer F. H. Trow, an all-round man, is a past master in almost every kind of construction work. To him, as second in command, falls the work of general oversight. His record is along the lines of diplomacy. He is, perhaps, the most popular man of the whole staff, and while nobody knows how he does it, the fact remains that he turns discord into harmonies, smooths out problems that might become unmanageable and eases up jars. A man of this stamp is essential to such a camp, where, when men are 'speeding up' day in and day out, a little friction may cause a serious 'blow-out' and a missing of connections 'that might set the hightensioned corps out of gear for indefinite periods." Mr. Trow's home is in Clinton; but his address during his present engagement is Brown's Station, N. Y.
Edwin O. Grover has withdrawn from the firm of Atkinson, Mentzer, and Grover, of which he has been vice-president and editor for the past seven years, and has bought a controlling interest in the Prang Educational Company, the famous publishing house of New York, and has been elected president of the company.
Twenty-two men—more than one-fourth of the living members of the class—attended the first '94 "round-up" for 1911, and broke bread together in Boston on the evening of February 27. The gathering was held especially in honor of two members of the class—Dwight Hall, who has recently been elected mayor of his home city of Dover, N. H.; and Rev. Frank W. Hodgdon, who has ended a long and successful pastorate in , Des Moines, lowa, to become the pastor of the First Church at Winchester, Mass.
Those present were: John E. Allen, Keene, N. H.; William M. Ames, Berwick, Me.; Alfred Bartlett, Boston; Rolla W. Bartlett, Boston ; Everett W. Boyd, Somerville, Mass.; Sherman E. Burroughs, Manchester, N. H.; George E. Duffy, Worcester, Mass.; Frank A. Griffin, Haverhill, Mass.; Dwight Hall, Dover, N. H.; Charles E. Harris, Winthrop, Mass.; Frank W. Hodgdon, Winchester, Mass.; Henry J. Howland, Boston; Matt B. Jones, Newton, Mass.; Kent Knowlton, Boston; Herman S. Lovejoy, Branford, Conn. ; Albert M. Lyon,. Newton, Mass.; Fred L. Mudgett, Sterling Junction, Mass.; G. Woodbury Parker, Hudson, Mass.; John L. Phillips, Andover, Mass.; Bertrand A. Smalley, Roxbury, Mass.; Fred L. Smalley, Reading, Mass.; Herbert F. Taylor, Revere, Mass.
Secretary, Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Winchendon, Mass.
