Class of 1905

Henry K. Norton was chairman on "The Chinese Republic and the Powers" at the Institute of Politics at Williams last summer. His new book "China and the Powers" was published in February by the John Day Company. Inc.. and was reviewed in the New York Times of February 25, 1927. According to the Times Henry's conclusion is that the situation in China is one of utter uncertainty and the United States must play there a role of extreme delicacy. He had an article in the Century Magazine of January, 1927, entitled "The International

Mind in the Making," and one in the Independent of March 12 on "The False Cry of Imperialism."

Lew Wallis reports that his newly organized country day school at Winchester, Mass., is growing and prospering.

The Newark, N. J., Call of December 12, 1926, contained the following item about Eugene R. Musgrove: "Eugene R. Musgrove of 19 Amherst St., head of the department of English in East Side High School, Newark, has been elected a member of the Poetry Society of England. This honor, which came to him without previous intimation, was in recognition of his contribution to poetry through publication of his book, "Poems of New Jersey."

The volume, which came from the press in 1923, is a collection of poems relating to New Jersey, mostly by writers who are residents of this state. The book has also been recognized by receiving a place in the revised State Syllabus of 1926, an index of approval gotten out by the State Board of Education. It is listed as. a study-class book for the first and third years of high school work.

Musgrove is editor of a White Mountain anthology, entitled, "The White Hills in Poetry," and of school editions of Burke's "Speech on Conciliation" and of Scott's "Rob Roy." He is the author of a text for high schools, "Composition and Literature."

And now Gene has written a long poem dealing with the ideals of the teaching profession and expressing the respect and affection of the school and community for J. Wilmer Kennedy, who recently retired after many years of service. The poem was read at a testimonial dinner to Mr. Kennedy on January 22, 1927. was later published in full in the Call and has been widely reprinted, especially one stanza which is general in its appeal. Gene has also been elected to the Poetry Society of America, which holds its meetings at Roosevelt's birthplace in New York.

Rev. Irving W. Stuart, before he came to Dartmouth in 1903 as a junior, from Bangor Theological Seminary, had served from 1898- 1900 in the home mission field in Montmorency county, Michigan, preaching in churches in Hetherton, Vienna, Big Rock, Atlanta, and Johannesburg. While in Bangor, 1901-1903, he organized a church in Topsfield and Waite, Maine, and also one in Millinocket, Maine. In the obituary notice published in the March number of the Alumni Magazine the year of his birth was erroneously given as 1870 ; in fact he was a year older, being born on the 27th day of September, 1869. He was the oldest member of the class.

Dean Edmund E. Day of the School of Business Administration at Michigan was on leave of absence for January, February, and March, 1927, being' engaged in making investigations for the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation. This work took Rufus all around the country and to many universities, beginning in the extreme South, thence to the Pacific Coast, to the Northwest, to Chicago, and to New England. In Portland, Ore., he visited John Laing.

Charles F. Eichenauer's consolidated newspaper, The Quincy Herald-Whig, of Quincy, Ill., issued a special "Quincy Edition" on January 30, 1927, comprising 64 pages. This was prepared entirely by the staff of the paper, and contains a picture of Charlie and articles by each of the twenty-three specialists on the staff, telling how the work of each department is conducted. The paper employs four hundred people, and regularly publishes morning, evening, rural, and Sunday editions. The high purpose of the paper under Charlie's guidance is stated as follows : "To publish the news fully, accurately, intelligently, and interestingly. To speak its convictions clearly, independently, and sincerely. To assume responsibility for leadership in causes which mean the community's progress."

John A. Laing was appointed one of a committee of three to consider the problem of the overtaxing of farmers and public utilities and to suggest remedies to be proposed to the legislature and people of the state of Oregon at a recent tax conference between state and public utilities officials and representatives of the farming interests. John is vice-president of the Northwestern Electric Company, the Pacific Gas and Coke Company, and the Pacific Power and Light Company, and is one of the big men in the public utilities field in Oregon.

With my wife and two boys I attended the Harvard hockey game at the Boston Arena on February 23. We saw a thrilling game ending in a tie score 2-2, which neither side could break in three overtime periods. Several other 'OS people were there : Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Chamberlin, Fat Peirce, Pete Bedell, and Lew Wallis. I also took my boys to the ski-jumping contest at Hanover on February 12, and it was a new experience for all of us. The longest jump that day was 121 feet made by Pederson, a freshman at the University of New Hampshire, who hails from Lafayette Chamberlin's home town of Berlin, N. H.

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