CLASS OF 1885

Miss Beatrice Allard, A.B., Mt. Holyoke College 1915, only child of the late Frank E. Allard, is a member of the War Council of Bryn Mawr, where she is pursuing a postgraduate course in fitting herself for a professorship in Semitic languages. She expects to receive her degree in 1919.

Rev. Azra H. Armes some time ago accepted a unanimous call as pastor of a Congregational church at Slatersville, Rhode Island. He writes that he finds the parish a very pleasant one and is enjoying his work.

Henry H. Austin, superintendent of the Wellesley College plant, is the inventor and designer of quite a remarkable machine known as the "Wellesley Thoracimeter. A more extended description of the machine and its uses will appear in the next regular class report.

Clifton W. Bates has changed his residence address to No. 451 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. His eyesight has been troubling him for several years. He is, however. very cheerful and patient.

Alton E. Briggs. as executive secretary of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, has been speaking extensively in the interests of food production, transportation, and conservation in various parts of the East, Middle West, and South. The reports all indicate that he is a very interesting and effective speaker.

Arthur T. Cate is spending the winter at Miami, Florida. He has traveled very extensively both at home and abroad. He is reported to have been around the world several times, which makes him the "globe trotter" of the class.

Dr. Leonard F. Hatch, of Vineland, New Jersey, who was chairman of the Local Ex emption Board of his town, entered the national service at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, as Captain M.R.C. So far as reported, he is the only member of the class in active military service.

Henry A. Hubbard, after a residence of more than twenty years in California last fall returned, temporarily, to his old home at East Candia, N. H. He and his wife made the journey from California by auto, following in the main the Lincoln Highway. They spent about eight weeks on the trip, covering about forty-two hundred miles.

Samuel H. Hudson, so far as the Secretary is informed, continues to reside and practice law in Boston.

Hon. Rosecrans W. Pillsbury, of Derry, N. H., is mentioned as a probable candidate for the nomination of United States Senator from New Hampshire at the election the coming fall.

Hon. George H. Whitcomb, judge of the Third Judicial District Court of Kansas, has the most widely scattered family of any member of the class. He has six children. His oldest son, Philip, who was a Rhodes scholar, is engaged in newspaper work in England. His second son, Richard, is a second lieutenant in the United States service in the Hawaiian Islands. His third son, Robert, is employed by the International Banking Company, a corporation allied with the National City Bank of New York city, and has for some time been representing his company in Colon, Panama. His fourth son, William, while employed by the National City Bank, was last summer selected by the bank to go to Russia, and after a stay of six weeks at Petrograd, was sent to Moscow to establish a branch bank there. The two younger children are still in the high school in Topeka. This is certainly a remarkable record.

Samuel M. Wilcox is assistant engineer in the United States Engineer's Office at Galveston, Texas. He has been connected with the United States Engineers Department for the last thirty years, having risen through various ranks to that of principal assistant engineer. His work has included important jetty and fortification construction.

Secretary, Edwin A. Bayley, 18 Tremont St., Boston