CLASS OF 1897

Winslow W. Alley, a non-graduate member of the class, has been located at Union, N. H.

Butterfield, commissioner of education for the state of New Hampshire, in a feature article in the Sunday Herald (Boston) for April 9, argues that a central state bureau alone should be empowered to grant marriage licenses, in an effort to better the one-to-five ratio in the state and to improve morality.

The Boston Kimball Union Academy Alumni Association at its 36th annual meeting at the Hotel Vendome, March 25, began a campaign for $1,000,000 to increase the permanent endowment fund of the school. Headmaster Tracy outlined the needs of Kimball Union. Tracy has undeniably done good work in long-time leadership of this school.

Dr. and Mrs. Chase start June 15 for an English-French trip, on which Dr. Chase is going to take occasion to visit a number of the hospitals in the interest of his specialty, abdominal surgery. Harry has made a name for himself as a clever surgeon.

The class had its annual dinner at the Boston Shoe and Leather Club Saturday night, April 15. Twenty-two were present, including Appleton, Boyd, Blunt, Maurice Brown, Eddie Carr, Chase, Chesley, Clay, Holt, Johnson, Maloney, McFee, Morse, Noyes, Pender, Rowe, Ryan, Shaw, Temple, Thyng, and Ward. Exhaustive plans were made for the 25th reunion in June. It certainly was an interesting round-up.

Secretary, Harry H. Blunt, 125 Summer St., Boston