Class of 1908

Dr. J. A. Detlefsen, University of Pennsylvania, delivered a lecture to the Academy of Stomatology of the Philadelphia County Medical Society on November 30th and to the New York Society of Orthodentists on December 14th on "Hereditary Constitution vs. External Conditions in Dental Probles." The data were based on his studies of the dentures of identical twins.

Although I have not had his permission to do so, I am taking the liberty of letting you men read part of a letter which I have just received from Joe Blakely at Montpelier, Vermont, telling how he fared during the November flood.—

"My store was wrecked by the flood which swept it from floor to ceiling. The windows in the rear broke and that let in a rush of water which carried out one of the front plate glass windows. Three show-cases went through the window and one counter. Two more were crushed and one was on the sidewalk Saturday morning. The water came into the streets about 4:30 P. M. and rose rapidly. About 5:00 P. M. cars were getting stalled. Sometimes they were pushed out by hand and othertimes they stayed where they were stuck. I began putting goods on top of show cases and high shelves. This amounted to nothing as the store filled to the ceiling. The water came into the store and rose rapidly. I had boots that buckled around my legs above my knees so I could stay for a while. I went to the safe to get out some books. Going in I walked on my toes and did not get wet but coming back I was loaded up and went over my boots. I decided it was time to quit and went up the back stairs. Here I met three men from the bank who had been unable to cross the street. They had entered the building by the front entrance and waded waist-deep. Two or three more stragglers came in and we went up further in the building. The tenants let us in, gave us something to eat, and we kept comfortable by the oil stove until Saturday morning. It was a scene of destruction then. Mud was all over everything. Pretty soon a few frantic people came in looking for baby foods. We dug for it in the mud, if we found it, wiped it off on our overalls and passed it over. Next was a big call for disinfectants. We did our best to supply all needs, but could give very little time to bargain hunters as we tried to salvage something from the wreckage.

"High water in the cellars of the business district is not uncommon, but to have it on the store floors is another thing. At my home floods had never troubled so* while I was marooned I was not worried about that, but when I got home and found that the water had been six feet deep on the floors, bookcases, tables, dishes, etc. strewed all around, the piano on its back, no gas to cook with, I decided that things were worse than I had even dreamed they could be.

"We have had two months of strain, hurry, and toil, and the end is not yet, although the glass has been set in the windows, and debris cleaned up. It is an experience we hope never to repeat and can never forget.

Very truly yours, Joseph W. Blakely."

Art Rotch has been separated from his family because of a 24-hour attack of scarlet fever which Bill contracted. The 1850 quarantine law, however, has kept Art out of his happy home for some weeks, but he expected to get back about New Year's.

Phil Flanders has skidded into the limelight by being elected president of the Cheshire County Alumni Association this week.

George Squier is in business for himself in Boston in some kind of metal enameling concern. He has been sales manager of Art Lewis' concern for about ten years.

'OB is represented in the undergraduate body by two sons, Wallace G. Carr; Jr., of the senior class, and Randall M. Snow, of the freshman class, son of H. H. Snow.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H: