SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION LOSES TWO MEMBERS BY DEATH

Two of the older members of the Secretaries Association died during the same week in February.

On February 9, Leander M. Nute '54, and for some years previous to his death. the oldest living graduate of the College, died at his home in Portland, Maine. He was born in Milton, New Hampshire, on April 16, 1831. After graduating from College, he settled in lowa and for a number of years engaged in railroad building. Returning to the East he formed a partnership with his brother and carried on a successful business in shoe manufacturing.

His occupation during the later years of his life was that of a maker of violins and in this he achieved considerable reputation. For years it was his custom to make on the average, about one violin a mouth, and the high quality of his work is evidenced by the prizes his instruments received in the annual competitions.

One brother, Andrew, was representative in Congress, from the First New Hampshire District, for several terms until his death when he was succeeded by Congressman Sulloway.

The sole survivor of his class for a number of years, Mr. Nute still remained its official secretray and kept a close interest in the activities of the Secretaries Association.

On the same day the death was reported of Luther W. Emerson, secretary of the class of '62. Mr. Emerson was a native of Candia, New Hampshire, having been born in 1838, of a family prominent and widely respected in the town and neighborhood. He prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. Most of his active life was spent in New York City, in the practice of law. He had been secretary .of his class since the death of his predecessor, in 1911.

Courtesy of the Portland Evening ExpressLeander M. Nute '54