LORD DARTMOUTH WRITES OF PRESIDENT TUCKER

The following letter from Lord Dartmouth was received by Mr. Lewis Parkhurst, senior member of the Board of Trustees, following the "Service of Commemoration for the late President Tucker, which was held in Boston.

November 9, 1926.

Dear Mr. Parkhurst

I am grateful to you for your kindly thought in sending me the account of "The Service of Commemoration." I am glad to have it.

A life that has been made worth the living is always a blessed memory to the friends of the liver, while it affords an inspiring example to all who are brought within its influence.

Lady Dartmouth and my daughter Dorothy, who have such pleasant recollections of ' Dartmouth" under the aegis of Dr. Tucker associate themselves with me in this letter, and we rejoice to think that the torch that represents the history of the College which shone so brightly under Dr. Tucker's beneficent rule still shines as brightly today.

Yours sincerely, (Signed) Dartmouth

Mr. Parkhurst also received a letter from Mr. Edward Tuck which he permits THEALUMNI MAGAZINE to reprint in part as follows:

I received your October letter, and just now your brief one written on returning from the service in memory of Dr. Tucker at the O South Church. Sixty-seven years ago this very month and coming winter, he and I were occupying the same room in one of the small houses on the road leading to the Vale of Tempe. I remember well his fresh color and high spirits. He did not talk or act as though he were going into the Ministry, but I heard later that it was with that expectation that an Uncle was paying his expenses through college. From that time to this our friendship has been steadfast and affectionate, though we have rarely met. My last communication from him was a cable of congratulation on my birthday August 24th this year. I am pleased to know that so great honor was paid to his memory both at Hanover and in Boston. The service you had just attended when you wrote was a very remarkabe and deserved demonstration, with more Dartmouth men present doubtless than had ever been brought together before in the history of Boston. President Hopkins's words were wonderful!)" well chosen and touching.