CLASS of 1899

Dr. Arthur Hopkins writes that he is breaking in a new car, his fourth Hudson, preparatory to driving to Hanover for the big reunion. His daughter Faith is making excellent progress in Boston University.

Dave Storrs lias sold his house and built him a new and beautiful mansion on a high spot overlooking the surrounding valley of Mink Brook, on the east side of the road to West Lebanon.

Dave substituted for the Secretary on the first day of the secretaries' meeting at Hanover on May 3.

Raymond Pearl has definitely accepted the job as toastmaster of the big banquet, Sunday night, June 16. In order to do this, Ray had to shorten up his schedule on both ends, and leave the World Conference on Population Growth without a president for two or three days.

Lute Oakes was planning to come East in May so as to get acclimated to Atlantic coast conditions before indulging in the big reunion at Hanover; but business called him West, and he will have to be content with getting in under the wire at the last minute.

Fod Martin and Bert Boston, two of the down-easters in Maine, are threatening to miss the reunion. This is final notice to them that they do so at their peril.

At the party for the young folks, staged Friday evening in Robinson Hall, there will be present sons and daughters of other reuning classes who have sons and daughters between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.

Jim Richardson is now teaching a full schedule, and is coming along rapidly on the road to perfect health.

Danny Ford likewise is thoroughly recovered, and is coming with his wife to the reunion. In reply to the question, "When do you intend to leave?" his answer was "September Ist."

Several members of the class have resented being asked the question, "When do you plan to leave?" The attitude of these people has been, "When I get d-d good and ready!"

Pap Abbott was in Hanover visiting young Pap, over the week-end of May 3 and 4.

The secretaries sampled the food at the Outing Club House, and reported enthusiastically on the cuisine. Ninety-nine's noonday luncheon on Saturday is to be served there just after the competition for the T. Andrew Lynch trophy.

It was a pleasure to sit at the same table with H. P. Patey '98, and hear fascinating tales roll from his tongue in great volume and number. We are all ready to admit that he is the prize romancer of the Secretaries Association.

It was good to hear from Fred Chase '05 (president of the Association, by the way) that Tedo is getting an excellent start in his new business.

Hanover is getting to be a favorite weekend resort for the tired business man with Dartmouth affiliations. Besides Pap Abbott, there were present at the time of the secretaries' meeting a number of other alumni whose names would be known to '99ers,— such as Ted Leggett and Ich Crane '98, and Joe Gilman, 1920.

Vassar seems to be growing in favor as a college for daughters of Dartmouth men. In the sophomore class are the daughters of five or six Dartmouth graduates, while three or four more are intending to enter next year. Someone has said that a Dartmouth Club in Vassar would have many adherents.

Joe Hobbs is obliged to miss the reunion. He goes to New York to conduct college board examinations, and from this port will sail immediately for Europe.

Doc Norton, in writing that he fears he cannot make the reunion, winds up his letter thus: "I grieve most of all not to see that dear old Reed Hall, the background of so many vivid impressions, the crystal into which I never tire of gazing upon the pictures of long ago."

Doc sends a copy of the Daily Times, a newspaper published by the students of the Brackenridge High School of San Antonio. It tells of the prowess of the girls' basketball team, a leading member of which is Elizabeth Norton.

Tony Willard declines to compete for the Bold Lynch trophy for fear of beilig corrupted by the language used by Bones Woodward.

Mot Sargeant declares that he will come only on condition that the class guarantees to have Ikey Leavitt present.

Toot regretfully enrolls himself among the likely-not-to-come. As Woody also is backing out, there will be no official count of the attendance. Woody's excuse is that he has to teach summer school in the University of Missouri from May 28 to August 3.

When Charlie Cushman was asked what member of his family he was going to bring with him, his reply was, "Fat Dußois."

Sam Smith has planned his vacation for June, and will be in Windsor for some time before going to Hanover with the bunch.

Peddy Miller, after some vacillation, has definitely swung into the column of the sure- to-be-present.

A note from Tim tells of his travels in "Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Genoa, Rapallo, Nice, Avignon, Geneva, Montreux, Zurich, Munich, Vienna, Nuremberg, Leipzig, Dresden, and now in Berlin. Yet to do Holland, Belgium, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Hanover."

Secretary, 88 Lowell St., Manchester, N. H.