CLASS OF 1879

Some fifteen or sixteen years ago Thomas S. Norton removed from Chicago to Pasadena, California. His classmate Foster R. Clement, who recently visited him there, reports that he is in the real estate business with every appearance of prosperity. Two of Norton's sons have graduated at Dartmouth. The eldest, Henry Kittredge Norton '05, is a writer of ability, having, among other things, published two books entitled respectively "The Story of California" and "The Far Eastern Republic of Siberia", the latter but recently from the press.

Seth N. Gage has been appointed by the governor of Vermont a member of the State Highway Board, with a term of office of six years. His associates are Ex-Governor Charles W. Gates and Hon. George Z. Thompson. This board has entire control of the state highways, including the appointment of a commissioner, chief engineer, and other employees, and the fixing of their salaries. Though the official address of Judge Gage is now Montpelier, his residence remains at Ascutneyville.

At the annual dinner of the New York City Alumni Association at the Hotel Astor on April 3, as usual, 100 per cent of the local contingent were present, viz.: Closson, Cohen, Garrettson, Graves, Hough, Melville, and Thayer. When all classes do as well, it will be difficult, as in Boston, to find a dining room sufficiently spacious.

Secretary, Henry Melville, 45 Cedar St., New York