CLASS OF 1893
William P. Abbott, since 1912 superintendent of schools at Greenfield, Mass., has resigned that position, to take effect at the close of the present school year. Through the kindness of Rev. B. F. Gustin, the class secretary has received a copy of the Springfield, Mass., Sunday Union and Republican, in which the department, Our Hill Town Neighbors, contains this tribute to Abbott by David J. Malcolm:
"I was sorry to hear during the week that we are soon to lose a fine Hill Town Neighbor. I refer to Winthrop P. Abbott, superintendent of the schools of Greenfield, who has resigned and will leave school work in September. I have known Mr. Abbott for many years, and every school man in Franklin county is going to miss him when he turns the work over to his successor. It must be now well on to 10 or 12 years since I first met Mr. Abbott. It was on a train returning from a meeting of school men in Chicago. A fellow superintendent took sick on the trip, and I noticed a passenger going to his berth very frequently to see if there wasn't something that could be done to make the sick man more comfortable. The sympathetic passenger was Superintendent Abbott. Since that day I have seen Mr. Abbott facing many trying problems, but I have never seen him without that kindly thoughtfulness for others. I haven't seen Abbott since hearing of his resignation, so I don't know what his plans are for the future. But if he is planning to retire, he is herewith invited to make Charlemont his home. I will see that he is elected a member of the library committee, selectman, town clerk, deacon, measurer of woods and bark, or to any other office to which he may aspire, except school committee. I find it hard to picture a more pleasant life than to retire and live in Charlemont and to be one of Charlemont's leading citizens. And, on the other hand, we in Charlemont can ask for no greater pleasure than to have Mr. Abbott become one of us."
We are very sorry to hear that Mrs. G. E. Kinney broke one of her shoulders by a fall on the ice at her home in Lyme, necessitating a stay for treatment in the hospital at Hanover.
The farthest away classmate represented in the Secretary's mail for the past month was Theodore L. Harley of Chicago, whose kindly greeting was appreciated, even though it brought no news with it.
Dr. E. W. Stockwell gets top of the column space in the Boston Post Letter Box for a vigorous dissertation upon the price of hunting and fishing licenses in Massachusetts.
Secretary, 104 North State St., Concord, N. H,
