CLASS OF 1875

At a union meeting of the Parents' and Teachers' Associations of the Adams and Cranch schools, held lately at the Coddington Hall, Quincy, Mass., Mr. George I. Aldrich of Brookline was the special guest and speaker. His subject was "School Problems of the Day." At the close an informal reception took place, that old friends and pupils might have the opportunity to greet Mr. Aldrich, who at one time was master of the Adams school and later superintendent of the Quincy schools. Mr. Aldrich's report as superintendent of schools of Brookline, Mass., for the year 1911 has just been issued, and is an able and comprehensive document of great value to all interested in the education of youth.

Truman Bishop Rice died suddenly at Haverhill, Mass., on March 15, death being caused by heart failure caused by over-exertion. He "was a son of James S. and Fanny (Densmore) Rice, and was born in Chelsea, Vt., December 20, 1847. He prepared for college at Barre Academy, and was for the first two years of his course a member of the class of '74. He then taught for a year as assistant in Barre Academy, and returned to complete his course. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and sang in the Glee Club. After graduation he taught for a year in Boscawen, N. H., and then was for four years principal of the high school of Groveland, Mass. From 1880 to 1882 he lived on a farm in Hanover, and then taught in succession at Lincoln, Mass., Windsor, Vt., and Atkinson, N. H. In November, 1895, he engaged in life insurance work, with headquarters in Haverhill, Mass., and so continued until his death. For some years from 1904 he was a member of the city school board. He had been throughout his life a valuable member of Congregational churches in the various places of his residence. Mr. Rice was married November 29, 1876, to Gertrude L. Arven of Hanover, who survives him, with two daughters and two sons. He had endeared himself to all who knew him by his unvarying kindness and his able and cheerful manner of meeting the various duties which he was called on to perform, and will be greatly missed in the community in which he lived.

Secretary, Henry W. Stevens, Concord, N. H