Class of 1906
The sudden death of Ike Paul has thrown a deep shadow of grief over the class of 1906, individually and collectively. Whenever the class has foregathered, whatever the class has had to do, Ike has always been there as he would say, "with bells on". He could be counted on to do not merely his part, but much more than his part. It is very hard to think of future reunions and dinners and celebrations and what-not without him; no other can quite take his place. When the news of his death reached Boston, Howard Davis at once telegraphed the president and secretary of the class and set in motion means of notifying those of the class who lived within traveling distance of Boston of the date of the commemorative exercises. At the request of the family, no flowers were sent. A large number of Dartmouth alumni were in attendance at the services in King's Chapel on December 28, among whom were the following 1906 men: Bailey, Chapin, Clark, R. B. Cooke, Davis, Frazier, E. S. French, P. J. Holmes, Jones, C. R. Main, Merchant, Perry, Powers, Rugg, Norman Russell, J. T. Smith, and Wallace; perhaps there were others. Mrs. Paul, in reply to the Secretary's letter of sympathy, sends the following message to the class: "Your very kind letter assured me of what I know was felt by Philip's classmates. His love for Dartmouth was one of the potent facts in his life. I value what you say very deeply, and I thank you and the class with all my heart."
The formal presentation of the new Great Bear Cabin to the Outing Club by the class of 1906, which was unavoidably postponed at the time of the Brown game, took place on the afternoon of Sunday, December 12. Harold Rugg and Arthur Meservey were the only '06 men able to be present, but of course Dan Hatch, Jr., to whose efforts the class and the club owe so much, was there. Harold had been delegated by President Nat Leverone to make the speech of presentation, which he did; the cabin was accepted by R. S. Monahan '29, chairman of the Outing Club committee on cabins. A bronze tablet in the cabin is inscribed : The '06 Great Bear Cabin Rebuilt 1926 The Gift of the Class of 1906 To the Dartmouth Outing Club
Rev. John H. Kingsbury and Mrs. Kingsbury are the successful proprietors and directors of Merricourt, "a private home boarding school for a few select children about 3 to 10 years of age—open all the year", in Berlin, Conn. Judging from its pictures, it is a most attractive school and home, with a large colonial house, spacious lawns and playgrounds, and beautiful trees. Judging from our knowledge of Jack and Mrs. Jack, it is an ideal place for children to receive the best of care and training. The address is simply Merricourt, Berlin, Conn.
When Harold Rugg went as delegate from the Alpha of New Hampshire to the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Phi Beta Kappa at the College of William and Mary in Virginia the last of November, he stopped off in Baltimore long enough to eat a scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner with the ever hospitable Redmans.
The sympathy of the class is extended to Gott and Mrs. Brooks in their recent double bereavement. Within a month they have been called upon to mourn the loss of Gott's father, Mr. Reuben Brooks of Gloucester, Mass., and of Mrs. Brooks' brother, Rev. Laurence Eames of Framingham, Mass.
On December 7 Albert H. Stone was elected mayor of his home city, Gardner, Mass., without opposition. A newspaper account of his election calls him "one of the best-known residents of Northern Worcester County and easily one of the most popular men of the section." He is president of Nichols and Stone, celebrated manufacturers of Windsor chairs, director of the Gardner Trust Company an'd the Chairtown Co-operative Bank, past commander of Gardner Post, American Legion, and president of Monadnock Council, Boy Scouts ofAAmerica.iica. He is a prominent Mason and Elk, an ardent lover of outdoor sports, and a member of the Oakhill Country Club of Fitchburg and of the Watatic Club of Ashburnham. In November while on a hunting trip in Quebec he shot a 1700-pound moose. For several years he has been prominent in Worcester County poli- tics, as a supporter of the Republican party. The class wishes the new mayor all success in his administration.
Secretary, Henniker, N. H.
