CLASS OF 1899

An interesting letter recently received from Professor Raymond Pearl of Johns Hopkins reads in-part as follows: "I am sailing on May 13 for Havre, and expect to be back in this country about August 1. I have three principal objects in view in the trip: first of all, to attend an International Conference on Public Health at Bordeaux early in June; second, to explore the caverns in southwestern France in which the remains of prehistoric man and especially the wonderful examples of prehistoric art have been found; third, to have a general vacation and visit with many old friends in England." Our interest in Ray's trip is tempered by the fact that the necessity for it makes his attendance at the Twenty-fifth in June impossible.

Fifteen years ago Luke Varney dropped in 011 Arthur Boston in San Antonio, Texas, for a call. Until this spring no other '99 man has happened to go his way. But then within a fortnight of each other Warren Kendall and George Clark both stopped over. Says Warren: "Doc is white on top and very ruddy underneath; every appearance of constant outdoor existence. I saw two of his six children, and talked with his eighty-year-old father." Doc's youngest child, Mary Stevens, has never been reported on the records before.

Another marriage in the second generation: Mark Fuller, April 30, 1923.

Joseph W. Hobbs and his wife spent Easter week in Washington, D. C. The week-end following they were in Kittery, Me., at Joe's old home, putting the place in shape for the summer.

99's energy is now all concentrated on plans for the great, Twenty-fifth in June. Every sign points to the largest number ever returning- Among those most welcome will be several from the Middle and Far West, like Luther Oakes from Minneapolis, Albert Tootell from Montana, John Ash from Oregon, and Bones' Woodward from Seattle, Wash.

Secretary, 55 Botolph St., Melrose Highlands, Mass.