Class of 1905

The Secretary attended the meeting of the Secretaries Association in Hanover on May 4 and S, and much to his dismay was advanced from his previous office of vice-president to be president of the Association for the ensuing year. The duties of president consist chiefly of presiding at the meetings of the Association in Hanover, so I shall have to rattle around as best I may in the chair of the President of the College in the Faculty Room in Parkhurst Hall. Luckily Gene Clark continues as the perennial secretary of the Association, and will hold the president's hand as he has done for so many of my predecessors.

I saw C. C. Hills and his family for a few minutes on the steps of the Hanover Inn, and they seemed much as usual except that Mary has now reached the advanced age of twelve and is riding horseback. I understand that C. C. has been busy .with the construction and sale of several houses in Norwich.

Charles F. Eichenauer had an article in the Editor and Publisher and The Fourth Estate for April, 1928, on the subject, "One-Newspaper Towns Test Editors' Powers." The consolidation which Eich put through in his home town of Quincy, Ill., is typical of a general movement in the cities of under 50,000 in the Middle West, and he believes that in spite of the dangers which arise from monopoly there are large opportunities for high-minded and constructive work by the consolidated newspapers.

Joe Gilman went abroad about the middle of April on one of his periodic business trips. Tom Keady's Quantico Marines won two games from the varsity baseball team early in April. The scores were 4-2 and 8-0.

Clifford W. Pierce has given up his clothing business, and is now with Paine, Webber and Company, bankers, at 82 Devonshire St., Boston.

Secretary, 511 Sears Build- ing, Boston