Class of 1917

Well, here we are, back on the job again after a prolonged absence necessitated by a complete nervous collapse, a touch of tuberculosis, too much work, and just enough currency to make it possible to leave town.

The vacation referred to consisted of five weeks in England and Scotland with the primary object of seeing golf matches, which now constitute a very memorable chapter in golf history.

The only chance meeting with a member of the class happened in London. We were about to sit down to lunch in Simpson's when we caught a glimpse of the famous Harold W. Holt. Pa had been on a motor trip with his Dad throughout England, and was about to leave for home. He looked well, and had evidently been enjoying himself, as one might do very easily on such a jaunt. No other 'l7er was on tllfe trip. However, Dusty Rhodes 'lB, who is now American vice-consul in London, extended hospitality which was harldy to be expected from a member of that class. He revealed his London to eager eyes, and it seemed good to tell him about things in Hanover, of which he did not know.

There was but little news on our desk waiting for this month's column. Please do not charge the brevity to fatigue on the part of your editor.

It seems that George Currier has been in here to see us, but he was informed that others beside himself were occasionally able to take vacations. He is still in Boston, but we have not ■ seen him as yet. It is reported that he has fallen away to a ton, and that Florida must be agreeing with him in every sense of the word.

We find news from Hanover to the effect that our intellectual classmates, Amos H. Knowlton and Charles L. Stone, have received recognition of their ability in the form of faculty promotions. Charlie Stone is now professor of psychology, and Prof. Knowlton is a real honest-to-goodness title and not a nickname, because he is assistant professor of Romance languages at the College. Congratulations, boys. Keep up the good work.

Butch Sherman sent us a card with a nice little pink border announcing the arrival of Joseph Morgan Sherman on the 13th of May. This is the third boy in a row to arrive at the Sherman household, and on the back of the card Butch states with insufferable pride that he is the. only man in the class, with the exception of Howard Stockwell, who has so far achieved this. Yes, Butch, but don't forget the race is not over.

There were two double envelope messages on our desk, and the first to reach the light of day contained an invitation to the wedding of Miss Elizabeth StaufFer to Bruce Alan Ludgate on the 12th of June at Lancaster, Pa. Unfortunately, Bruce, we were enjoying a rainy Saturday at Gleneagles, Scotland, and it was quite out of the question to be there at that time.

The second envelope contained an invitation to the wedding of Miss Margaret. Stuart Lane to John Fisher Wheelock on Wednesday evening, June ninth, at West Newton, Mass. The same goes for you, John, as for Bruce Ludgate, except for the fact that unless memory fails it was a big dance at the Gleneagles Hotel which occupied the time of your hard working Secretary.

No further comments will be ventured in regard to these two events, except to request that we be permitted to enter another wail, to bemoan the loss of two more stalwart units in that famous "last line of defense."

Along about next October or November we will be back on the job in reality, so don't hesitate to send in plenty of work in order that this column may be the best in the MAGAZINE.

Secretary, 37 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.