CLASS OF 1900

Paul Redington has been journeying around Alaska all the summer. The last notice the Secretary received was of a meeting in Juneau at which Paul spoke, together with Secretary Jardine and other government officials. The party visited Skagway, Haines, and Sitka and fished with consider- able success at Eva Lake. Henry Teague and Ben Prescott, who make frequent trips to strange places, will recognize all of these names and recall the beautiful scenery which Paul evidently witnessed. The Secretary, having never been west of Chicago, feels utterly incompetent to treat such a subject adequately.

Cards have just been received announcing the marriage of Constance Rich to Harry B. Milner. This took place at Newton Center, and the reception was at the Charles River Golf Club. Miss Rich and Mr. Milner have been engaged since the former was graduated from college about two years ago. Marriages of 1900 children are getting so very numerous that it is difficult to keep track of them. Everybody will realize that this was a real event in the Rich family. It was a double Dartmouth affair, so that certainly interest in the College will continue to grow deeper and deeper with the Rich family. Arnold has completed his freshman year, and will have a chance to compete for the college teams during the balance of his course.

There have been quite a number of comments about the lack of notes which the Secretary inserts in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Some of the more interested people discussed this very serious situation and made some definite suggestions. One man asked why the Secretary did not go back to undergraduate days and give the complete history of all the athletic events that the members of the class participated in. It was unanimously agreed that the glamour of these events has passed, that it might interfere with the class fund if someone who achieved great distinction was not adequately mentioned, and that, above all, it would not be of very great interest to other classes. This was very flattering to the Secretary, because he had not the slightest idea that any other classes read 1900 notes.

One man was particularly enthusiastic over the idea of giving a full account of the celebrated hose contest, in which the class of '99 was totally vanquished and finally had to pay for the cost of the hose. The Secretary objected strongly to featuring this event, urging that the feeling between the classes of '99 and 'OO was fairly good and he did not want us to go back to the bitterness of undergraduate days. Then, too, there are one or two men in the class of '99 whom we respect and consider almost real fellows. So "let the dead bury their dead" was the verdict. It was, however, agreed that the Secretary should have some athletic accounts in his notes and that, if possible, they should be of an anecdotal character. So the first one treats of a story which Pa Leeds told one day. It has to do with the contest between David and Goliath and runs as follows:

"And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

"And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

"And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

"And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.

"And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

"And the Philistine said unto David, 'Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?' And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

"And the Philistine said to David, 'Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.' "

This will serve to recall this particular contest to every member of the class. If you don't remember just how it came out, the next time you are in a hotel look at the Gideon Bible and you will find it in the Book of First Samuel, Chapter Seventeen, Verses thirty-eight to forty-four.

In the next issue we will treat rather more fully the contest between Haman and Mordecai, which is also another anecdote of Pa Leeds. There will be nine similar stories in the notes during the coming year and it is our hope that these will not only fill up a considerable amount of space, but attract rather widespread attention among other classes, and furthermore, extoll the wonderful anecdotal style of Pa Leeds, which has too long been unnoticed by other classes.

The only inkling of the future we will give is that if there is another flood next spring, we will hold the story of Jonah and the whale in abeyance so as to give it the proper setting. (Copyrighted by the Class of 1900 for the college year, '98-'99; other classes please take notice.)

The Acworth Argus-Champion of New- port, N. H., prints the following bit of news under the caption, "Acworth Old Home Day Attracts Many People."

"F. Arthur Metcalf of Springfield, Mass., president of the Home Correspondence School, a native of Acworth, was introduced as the presiding officer, and made a fine address upon assuming his duties."

No word has yet been received of the Milford Old Home Day, but when it comes, it will be properly recorded in this column.

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