Class of 1901

Harry Gilmore moved to New York the first of the year, to accept a position of responsibility on the general staff of the Western Electric Company, 195 Broadway. This is a merited promotion for "Gillie," and the best wishes of us all are extended to him and his. Gillie has always been a faithful attendant at all 1901 gatherings in Boston. We shall miss him on these occasions, but the New York crowd will be the gainer.

Jack Dowd is now assistant director of the department of bio-chemistry with the Pease Laboratories, Inc., 39 West 38th St., New York city.

The addresses of two non-graduates of the class have been recently discovered : Harvey W. Oloss, 376 Gibson St., Canandaigua, N. Y.; and Lee C. Curtiss, ISS4 Taylor Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

The administration of Channing H. Cox as chief executive of the, Commonwealth of Massachusetts ended officially at noon on Thursday, January 8, and on that day, after seventeen years of public service, Chan retired to private life. These seventeen years of service include membership in the old Boston City Council, membership in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and service as speaker of the House, lieutenant governor, and four years as governor. The deep appreciation of the services Governor Cox has rendered during all his faithful years of service to the people of Massachusetts is evidenced by the number of tributes paid him by the people of the state, regardless of party and creed, by dinners and testimonials and by general ediorial comment. A notable gathering of 79 prominent business and professional men attended a dinner given in Chan's honor at the Algonquin Club January 5. A feature of this occasion was the presentation to the governor of a letter beautifully inscribed on parchment and signed by all present. A paragraph from that letter shows the deep appreciation felt by all:

"We have seen the patience, the courage, the breadth of view, and the sympathetic insight with which you have approached the problems of our commonwealth. As a result you have given us all a business administration in the truest sense, with a firm grasp of public finance and a steady effort for the best in appointments to office. You have maintained the traditions of the past, and your conduct in office will become a tradition for the future. The finest service, however, you have rendered, has been the example you have shown that public office is in reality a public trust."

The Boston Transcript, commenting upon the administration, points out that although Governor Cox has cut down the state debt, as he planned to do, and his administration is noted for its economy, still greater fame will come in a few years because of his notable contribution to the judiciary. Governor Cox has named more judges than any other governor in the history of the commonwealth, and those named are noted for caliber and standing. He also showed great liberality in appointments, placed the first Jew in a higher court, and made the first Italian a judge. The Boston Herald of January 6 says: "No governor of Massachusetts ever went out of office amid such abounding evidence of public approval as our now retiring chief executive. It is an unusual day that does not witness one or more banquets in his honor. That at the Algonquin Club last night proved an exceptionally convincing demonstration of the esteem with which he is held by representative elements of the community. And it was only the culmination of a series." Chan and Mrs. Cox retire to private life with the happy expectation of enjoying their home life together with their daughter Nancy. The state may lose Governor and Mrs. Cox from its activities, but the class will ever welcome them to its gatherings, and it is our expectation that we may be able to have them with us even more than we have been privileged to do.

Several of the class are planning to spend the Washington's Birthday holidays at Hanover, and we trust that many will avail themselves of this opportunity of enjoying together the delights of winter in Hanover.

Secretary, 42 Orange St., Nashua, N. H.