CLASS OF 1897

New Hampshire College last June conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on Butterfield for his "valuable and efficient service in the educational interests of New Hampshire." President Hetzel in conferring the degree laid stress on the fact that Butterfield had "at all times tempered logical procedure with sympathetic understanding, and in serving your state wisely you have served the cause of education exceptionally well."

"Semp" Smith has been for some time acting president of the Berkeley City Charity Commission, a director of the Berkeley Y. M. C. A. and for three years a member of the advisory council of the Berkeley City Board of Education. He states that the last seen of "Kid" Folsom was at an annual banquet at the time of Dean Laycock's last visit.

George Foss, who has made such an undoubted success at secretarial work, now general secretary for Pennsylvania State Cham- ber of Commerce, has some job on his hands. This said Chamber represents approximately 50,000 business men. His son, Bradbury Poor Foss, graduated from Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., in June. He is a strapping six-footer, played guard last year and seems a likely candidate for Dartmouth's freshman team this fall.

The Atlantic Monthly for June carried in its "Contributors' Club" under the title of "Wisdom's Children" a description of a Dartmouth professor of astronomy, which is so pat that it seems to refer to our classmate John Poor, as note a quotation from the article : "Mellow, tolerant, humorous, human—what excellent talk is his! And full of idiosyncrasy too, as if, for all his modesty, he had plenty of courage to be himself. One has to pinch one's self rebukingly, to remember that he is* an astronomer whose speculations range nightly beyond the farthest star, who has lost himself in vast nebulae, who has calculated eclipses and charted constellations." This will recall "Parallax Limited" to those of the class who were at the fifteenth reunion.

Rowe heard Sargent preach as a candidate for the pastorate of the Congregational Church this summer, at Newcastle, Maine, and was enthusiastic. Let me quote: "I want to say that for poise, dignity, use of the English language and earnest purpose to be of service, I doubt if any of our class are more deserving of mention than Sargent. He did splendidly. Seldom have I heard a more impressive and sincere prayer clothed in more beautiful language than was the prayer he made. His sermon, delivered extemporaneously, was of the thoughtful kind, showing the result of earnest study and a firm motive to try to help his fellow men: If I am any judge of such matters, his sermon was better than 90% of "those I have heard, and I have been a pretty constant attendant at church ever since I can remember." Sargent received his call, and began a pastorate at Newcastle, October 9.

P. S. on "Kid" Folsom. He was in Boston last week. Jolly, serene, and comfortable as ever! Fit as a fiddle and primed for big game.

For the sake of reunion movies, will every member of the class send the Secretary snapshots of himself taken during college time and also since that time. Don't look for an urgent appeal for them. They are expected to come without appeal ! !

If the 25th reunion is going to be a success, some dearly beloved members of the class of '97 have got to answer some of the letters the Secretary has been passionately dictating to them. Such remissness ain't fair! ! ! This probably means YOU! ! !

Secretary, Harry H. Blunt, 10 High St., Boston