CLASS OF 1909
George M. York died at Asheville, N. C., on April 4, 1922. A further statement about George will be found in the Necrology, on a previous page.
Elbert M. Moffatt is principal of the Lucknow Christian School of Commerce at Lucknow, India, and dean of the faculty of commerce of Lucknow University. He is also head examiner for the High School of Commerce for the entire province; treasurer of the North India conference; member of the finance committee for the Methodist mission for all India. The mission sustains about 600 missionaries in India alone. In addition to attending to these duties, attending "dozens of committee meetings," and acting as examiner in various university courses, he is teaching fifteen hours a week. He still finds or makes time to write to the Secretary an excellent letter, which will be published in the next class report.
"Curly" Blake's address is now Phillips Road, Holden, Mass.
John Varney is with the Near East Relief of Constantinople, Turkey, with his headquarters at Tiflis in the Caucasus. His duties are those of supply officer. He finds provisions for the feeding of 10,000 people in Tiflis, most of the food stuffs coming from America. He works through native agents, mostly Russians, many of whom were formerly of the ruling class, but are now practically destitute.
Ed Meleney writes a long and most interesting letter from Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China, which will be published in the next Class Report. He writes in part: "The best thing I can tell you is that we have formed this last winter a Dartmouth Alumni Association of North China, with headquarters in Peking. There are six Dartmouth men here in Peking, although I am the only member of '09. Besides the six in Peking, there are three other men within a radius of 200 miles or so, and we include them and usually have them at our meetings. We meet once a month at the houses of various members. We subscribe to all the Dartmouth publications, even the Berna, and we have a representative, Professor Lattimore of Tientsin, who is teaching a course in Dartmouth this year on Far East Civilization. You can imagine what a pleasure it is to keep in such close touch with the College while we are so far away. The next information I have is to announce the arrival of another prospective Dartmouth man, William Phelps Meleney, who will be entered for the class of 1943, unless by that time the College has put an . embargo on Chinese-born members, or raised its requirements so that only Rufus Choaters and giants can get in. The boy is not slant-eyed, although he seems to be thriving very well on the Peking atmosphere."
Jack Childs announces a daughter, Becky Lou, who is now going on eight months. Her brother, John, is five years old. The Secretary is grateful to Jack for the following items of interest about Naught Niners in and near Chicago :
Jess Hawley is "fooling around with a new toy gun that shoots harmless air balls," as he says. The Secretary assumes that Art Shoppelry invented the gun.
John Saville is manager of the Evanston, Ill., plant of the Mark Manufacturing Co. His address is 322 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, Ill., 'phone Winnetka 976.
Jim Greenebaum is president of the Chicago Tool and Kit Company, automobile accessories, Chicago.
Harold Foreman has recently been made president of Foreman Brothers' Bank in Chicago.
Ed Martin is still making his living as an architect, and was recently defeated in a billiard, tournament in which he was competing for a championship.
Dutch Schildmiller is sales manager of the Detroit branch of the American Radiator Company.
Nut Root is office manager for Montgomery Ward in Chicago.
Secretary, Joseph W. Worthen, 404 Shawmut Bank Building, Boston
