Class of 1903

Word has come of the death of Harold E Kellner, January 21. A fuller notice may be expected next month.

Teddy Hale has been ill in the hospital, but has recovered.

Walter Nesmith has been elected president of the Merrimack Valley Teachers' Association. "Peerade" Drown paid a visit to the Pacific Coast during 1925, and is at present in the East engaged in statistical work.

A card bears this announcement: "Cleland Richardson Neal has removed his offices for the general practice of law to 79 Wall St., New York."

"Bill" Williams wrote last October in response to a notice of the class gathering: 'Why add sorrow to my disappointment? I am a devil of a long way from the heart of civilization. Still 'teaching how to teach' out here in the 'biggest university of the richest state in the Union, with the best climate in the universe', (at the smallest salary I can get along on). Once in two whiles catch a glimpse of Frank Wentworth. Am hoping to survive until and return unto our 25th."

Kelley writes the Secretary from the Virgin Islands: It hardly seems possible that we've been here nearly a year, but we've been busy and very comfortable. We are enjoying the swimming three or four times a week the year around. I enjoy the tropics. Life is easier, and one does not have to bundle up in overcoats and galoshes. The same clothes will do always. The only difficulty here is school for the kids, but they are doing- fairly well. My position here is a civil one. I have charge of the medical service for two islands, St. Thomas and St. John, about 12,000 people. At St. Thomas we maintain a hundred bed hospital, which is my headquarters. Here we treat everything on the calendar. There is much surgical work, which I enjoy. We maintain an outpatient clinic, attending about 250 patients a week. I have three doctors for assistants, 18 nurses, three individuals, and about 60 civil employees, so I am kept out of mischief. Two years is my sentence here; then I shall be due to return to the United States. You see the Virgin Islands are a protectorate of the United under a naval government. The governor is a retired naval captain, and his staff is composed of naval officers. There are two colonial councils, one on St. Thomas and one on St. Croix. These are representative bodies of natives and assist the governor in carrying out the wishes of the people. My family and I miss the opportunity to reune at football games, class dinners, picnics, etc., but we hope we'll be where we can 'join in' again."

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