Class of 1905

There are now three sons of the class in Dartmouth, George Alexander Hersam, Jr., a sophomore, and Walter Huston Lillard, Jr., and George William Putnam, both freshmen; also in the freshman class this year are sons of the following men who were in College while we were there: Roy W. Hatch 'O2, John C. O'Connor '03, William W. Grant, Jr. '03, Charles E. Newell '03, William H. Watson '03, Linwood S. Durgin '04, Donald P. Hobbs '04, Arthur W. Kimball '04, Walter Dakin '06, and Max Hartman '06.

J. Winslow Peirce and family are staying during the winter at the Hotel Ludlow, 114 St. James Ave., Boston.

Tom Keady makes two admirable suggestions for removing some of the almost criminal roughness from the great fall game, according to Burton Whitman, sports editor of the Boston Herald. These are, first, to make it illegal to tape the hands with surgeon's tape or electric tape, and second, to forbid the defensive players using their hands on the opposing linemen.

John W. Bell is now living at Pine Point, Maine. He is in the coal business, and his business address' is still 141 Milk St., Boston.

Joe Gilman has joined the New York Dartmouth Club as a non-resident member.

Henry Hobart was married on December 23, 1926, in New York to Miss Olive Tell. According to an Associated Press dispatch, Miss Tell recently appeared in Chicago in a play called "In His Room" and has also appeared in motion pictures. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart went to California on their honeymoon. Henry is a motion picture producer. His son Morgan expects to enter Dartmouth next fall.

Fletcher Hale, representative to Congress from the First District of New Hampshire, is a member of four committees in the House of Representatives, namely, Education, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, World War Veterans' Legislation, and Elections No. 2.

Fred Chase is planning to attend the annual meeting of the Secretaries Association to be held at Hanover in May.

The class was well represented at the Boston alumni dinner on January 29 at the Copley- Plaza. Si White came all the way from Portland, Jim Donnelly from Worcester, Lillard from Marion, Royal Parkinson from Southbridge, and Charlie Brooks from Atkinson, N. H. The others present were Lafayette Chamberlin, Billy Chamberlain, Fred Chase, John Furfey, Hersam, Halsey Loder, Winslow Peirce, and Midge Reid.

The death of Professor Emery will bring a touch of sadness to the men of 1905,—Freddie Emery, as we affectionately called him.

Ed Newdick, who is chairman and neutral member of the Haverhill (Mass.) shoe board of arbitration, has been going through a time of stress, with vociferous disapproval of his recent decisions from the unions. If one side doesn't cuss him the other surely will, so life must be rather strenuous and exciting for the neutral member.

Harry Wilkins was unable to attend the Boston dinner because of an attack of laryngitis.

John Tuck attended a convention late in January, variety not known, but presumably either banker or farmer.

A daughter, Jean Kelsey, was born to Mr and Mrs. Carroll A. Campbell in Middletown Conn., January S.

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