CLASS OF 1900

1900 held its regular dinner the night before the Harvard game. It was a very interesting one, because Charles Proctor told us all about the progress of the Outing Clubhouse and Fred Jennings gave his usual fascinating talk about football.. In addition to Charles, Everett Goodhue came down from Hanover and Johnny Long came over from New York. Ben Prescott left the day before from Milford and arrived just in time for the party. Len Tuttle also came over from New York, where he is now permanently located. The only disappointing factor in the meeting was that it closed unusually early, which is either a sign of increasing good sense or of approaching old age. If the Secretary had not adopted another expedient to fill up his space in the 1900 class notes column, there would follow a very imposing list of the members who attended, their ages, business, and local activities.

Clarence McDavitt's son, Clarence, is now located in Boston. He is connected with a new bank in Newton in a very important way. He spent the first year or so out of college learning the banking business in New York, and has now returned to Boston, where the experience gained in a large institution can be applied to a smaller one. Needless to say, Mr. and Mrs. McDavitt are delighted to..have him with them. J. J. McDavitt, who graduated from the College in the class of '67, is now living with Clarence. He used to be a resident of Boston years and years ago, so it must seem natural to him to return to the town of his early interests.

The class of 1900 did not, as a whole, know Bill Eaton very well. It was the rare privilege of the Secretary to know him quite intimately and appreciate his many wonderful qualities. Bill's love for the class of '99 and for the College was deep seated. Above all others Bill had a very great love and admiration for Charlie Donahue. We join with the class of '99 in our sympathy for his tragic death. Bill's was a rare nature, little understood, and as a result not fully appreciated by those who had no chance to know his lovable personal qualities and his quixotic nature. There is neither space nor would it be fitting for us to pay more than this very fleeting tribute to his memory.

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

The first of the series of Pa Leeds anecdotes of oldtime athletic life appeared in the last issue of the magazine. The present one is inspired by comments made over a long period of years by the class of '99 that the fall rush with 1900, which took place during our freshman year in Hanover, was entirely too rough. That may be true, because all athletic events were rather more rough and crude in those days than they are now.

Now this Pa Leeds anecdote takes us back to a much more remote time. I want to say that the principal character is in no way related to our own Harry Sampson. Harry always had a keen interest in sports but he did not participate himself. Furthermore Samson probably would not have been admitted to Dartmouth even in our day when the Selective Process did not exist. He would probably have gone to New York University. Anyway, here is the story, which shows how one man can be a whole team. It also indicates a rather rough and amateurish kind of performance.

SAMSON VERSUS the PHILISTINES

"Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, 'Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this that thou hast done unto us?' And he said unto them, 'As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.'

"And they said unto him, 'We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines.' And Samson said unto them, 'Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.'

"And they spake unto him, saying, 'No; but we will bind thee fast and deliver thee unto their hand; but surely we will not kill thee.' And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

"And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

"And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

"And Samson said, 'With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.'

"And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi."

This and future Pa Leeds anecdotes of an athletic nature are copyrighted by the class of 1900 for the college year 1898-99. Others will follow which have a direct bearing on different classes of sport.

Every one in the class is interested to know what 1900 boys are in College. L. B. has submitted the following list, which I am sure is chemically right. It is as follows:

Seniors Stephen B. Balkam Natt H. Barrows Edward L. Richardson Juniors George W. Long Frederick W. Page Sophomores John E. Davis Arnold B. Rich Freshman Edmund G. Dearborn

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