CLASS OF 1905
Gene Clark has left us, and the Secretary wishes to record here not only his own keen sense of personal grief, but also the loss to our class. Although graduating in June previous to our entering college, Gene Clark came to be well known to most of us during the years he was secretary of the College, the Alumni Council, and the Secretaries Association, as well as managing editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. He was in many ways the vital spark in the Secretaries Association, and as each and every class secretary knows so well, he was indeed the personification of the secretary's helper and friend.
Mrs. John Tuck died in Boston on February 14, after an illness of only about a week. Besides her husband she leaves an infant son, Edward Tuck, 2d, about eighteen months of age, and her mother, Mrs. John C. Maclnnes, of Worcester, Mass. William E. Chamberlain and Fred Chase attended the funeral, which was held in the Union Congregational church at Worcester on Sunday, February 16. The heartfelt sympathy of all the members of the class goes out to John in his great loss. Mrs. Tuck had attended several of our reunions and had many friends among the families of the class.
Frederick L. Daniels is living at West Berkshire, Vt., where he is serving as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church for the present conference year.
J. Winslow Peirce and family have been living in Boston this past winter, as usual, their address being at 262 Commonwealth Ave.
Cecil Archibald's widow has married again, and is the wife of Mr. Frank Huckins of Jacksonville, Fla. Cecil's son, Kenneth Warren Archibald, is now about seventeen years old.
A little '05 luncheon was held at the Dartmouth Club in New York on Saturday, February 8, and the following men were present: Walter Conley, Rufus Day, Walter Emery, Charley Goodrich, Bob Merriam, Ross Wilmot, and Stanley Besse.
Announcement has recently been made of the consolidation of Joe Gilman's firm, Jones, McDuffie and Stratton Corporation, and the Mitchell Woodbury Corporation, two of the oldest concerns in the china and crockery trade in Boston.
At the Boston alumni banquet in Boston, held at the Hotel Statler, on Saturday, March 1, fourteen men of the class were present and several guests. Norman Stevenson escorted from New York Mr. Reinald Werrenrath, the nationally known baritone, who sang several times during the evening. Mrs. "Elsie" Grover and her friend, Mrs. Wheeler, were in the gallery and also Mrs. Lafayette Chamberlin and her daughter, Elizabeth Fred Chase had as his guest' Mr. John Carroll Chase, a graduate of Tech in the class of 1874. The '05 men present were:—George Agry, John Bell, Clarence Barton, Lafayette Chamberlin, Billy Chamberlain, Fred Chase, Elsie Grover, Bob Harding, Halsey Loder, Winslow Peirce, Norman Stevenson, Lew Wallis, and Harry Wilkins.
The present address of Chester Abbott Grover is desired by the Secretary. Mail addressed to him at 1130 Pearl St., Denver, Colo., has recently been returned.
Reunion plans are going forward. Saturday, June 14, will be a busy day, with class and college events crowding on each other's heels in rapid succession. Our headquarters are to be at Hitchcock Hall, where we were in 1920 and 1915; so we shall feel at home there, and be handy to the new library and Webster Vale. Sunday will be another big day, picnicking at the Lake Tarleton Club. Wise people will plan to arrive in Hanover on Friday and stay as long as possible, but certainly through the alumni luncheon, which is to be Monday noon, a day earlier than usual. Commencement exercises will come on Tuesday as heretofore.
The Secretary wrote to Ike Maynard for some copy for this column, and the following interesting and enthusiastic letter is the result.
Dear Fred: Glad to have your letter of February 21. Your reference to our glorious Twenty-fifth Reunion has me all excited.
The two members of '05 in Detroit are certainly planning to be there, and I am sure all of the class are doing the same.
The only news item I know of refers to Walter Rogers. Walter blossomed forth in a full-paged advertisement recently in the Saturday Evening Post, giving favorable publicity to a nationally known ready-made clothier. The photograph, which was a good one of Walter, showed him stepping into his machine.
You see, Walter is very versatile. This is proved by the fact that while he is a business executive, a bank director, and a valued member of the board of education of his home town, with all these activities he has time to pose as a fashion model.
The Detroit Dartmouth Club meets every Tuesday for luncheon at the Savoyard Club. If business or pleasure calls any '05 men to Detroit, be sure to look up either Walter or myself, and if it is on Tuesday, drop in at the luncheon.
Whenever we have an aviation meeting here in Detroit, Cy White shows up from Portland, Me. Cy is "airhet up" over aviation. Well, he should be, as I understand the industry is proving profitable to Cy. When he was in Detroit he stayed at my home and we talked of seeing all the fellows at the Twenty-fifth Reunion.
I haven't seen any other 'osers lately.
Detroit is planning to send a good delegation to enter Dartmouth next fall.
Yours sincerely, IKE
Secretary, 511 Sears Building, Boston
