CLASS OF 1878

The New York Globe of July 9 had this item in giving a summary of the proceedings of the Board of Education for the day before: "Associate City Superintendent Andrew W. Edson was unanimously re-elected by the Board of Education yesterday for the full term of six years from Sept. 24 next. The committee on nominations submitted a report outlining his record in the local schools and emphasizing his particular contributions to school improvement. The secretary cast the necessary vote."

The June Bulletin of the Vermont State Board of Health contains an illuminating report upon the occurrence of anterior poliomyelitis in that state, by Dr. Charles S. Caverly, president of the board. Dr. Caverly was one of the early investigators of this disease, and this is a continuation of studies pursued since 1911.

Rev. and Mrs. Martin Luther Stimson of Westfield, N. J., announced in May the marriage of their daughter, Edith May, to Mr. Joseph Dean Paterson, and in June was announced the marriage of their son, Joseph Palmer Stimson of Syracuse, N. Y., to Miss Irene Townsend Merrick, at the home of her parents in Cleveland, Ohio.

Charles D. Tenney is returning to his post of Chinese secretary of the American Legation at Peking, after a year's absence from China caused by Mrs. Tenney's ill health. Mrs. Tenney is now recovering, but will remain for the present in Europe, where she is now staying with the daughters. [The above was written in June. It is likely that the last statement may be no longer correct.]

Articles in the July numbers of the Popular Science Monthly and the Atlantic Monthly, respectively upon "The Bad Habit of Having .Lawmakers and Lawyers," by John Cotton Dana, and "The Rain of Law," by William D. Parkinson, both deal with the excess of law. Incidentally they show that the class of 1878 is concerning itself with what Addison F. Andrews calls "Legalwocky"; and that the minds of two college roommates after thirty-six years are still running upon parallel although not identical lines.

Fred J. Hutchinson, residing at 1010 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass., has so far recovered from his recent critical illness as to be able to ride out a little way.

Secretary, Wm. D. Parkinson, Waltham, Mass.