CLASS OF 1890

Two of our prominent classmates wererecently victimized by a young man whorepresented himself as a son of a member of the class of 1890, but a different member in each case. He said he had been in an automobile accident, arrested, and fined, and it took all his money. He needed enough to get to Cleveland, where he claimed to be an interne in the Crile clinic. He told practically the same tale in each case, although the twocities where he worked were hundreds of miles apart. He succeeded in getting a loan of $50 in each instance. No such person, it was discovered, was connected with theCleveland clinic. He was evidently somebody who knew about the '90 men. It is possiblethat he may later on try the same game on other Dartmouth men.

Dr. M. V. Safford, who was prevented by illness from attending the reunion last June,, much to the disappointment of us all, writesthat he had colitis, following a persistent head infection, apparently a long-drawn-out cold. He took a long vacation during the summer, the first he ever had. He was quite active during the summer, and is now back in City Hall, Boston, at his work, but taking things easy. He and Mrs. Safford were at Wood's Hole for the summer, where they have a place.

Among the 54 sons of Dartmouth alumni who are members of the freshman class this year appears the name of Edward L. Hilton, son of Henry Hoyt Hilton of '90.

One of the outstanding books of the year is "Parade of the Living," by John Hodgdon Bradley, Jr., who is a professor in the University of Southern California. It is the story of life on the earth as revealed by geology. The Boston Herald review says that it is "told with dramatic and poetic power and with strict fidelity to scientific truth. Dr. Bradley, who holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Chicago, is not writing merely an outline, but a philosophical presentation of the facts and of the meaning behind them." . . . "We envy those boys and girls who are in the courses in geology or whatever else it is that Mr. Bradley teaches at his univer sity," continues the Herald. Dr. Bradley is the husband of the oldest daughter of Henry Hilton, Katherine.

Sunday, November 9, James H. Fassett lost his life, as the result of a collision while motoring in Orlando, Fla., in which place he had made his home for the past few years. His mother, Mrs. Ellen M. Fassett, 87, was riding with him and was fatally injured, while his wife, his sister, Miss Alice E. Fassett, and his brother, Col. William H. Fassett, U. S. A., retired, were taken to the hospital suffering from cuts and bruises. As this issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE was about to go to press when this news reached us, the publication of an adequate obituary notice will necessarily be deferred until the January issue.

Secretary, Rochester, N. H.