CLASS OF 1905
The quota of the class for the Alumni Fund is $3400. We must make it 100% subscription this year of our twenty-fifth reunion.
An editorial in the Boston Herald of April 23, entitled "A 'Philo Vance' Lawyer," reads as follows:
"As the best defence, of course, for a person charged with a crime is proof that somebody else committed it, every conscientious attorney of a defendant whom he considers innocent makes some effort to discover the real perpetrator. Few lawyers are so imaginative, energetic, and successful, however, as Lafayette R. Chamberlin of Boston. Convinced that his client, Allan E. Burke, a young man who had been arrested and charged with blackmail, was wholly innocent, he set out to find the person who had written the threatening letters. With only the clue that they came from a foreigner, and a hunch that the author must live near the place where the money was to be deposited, Mr. Chamberlin began unwinding the long thread of trial and error which finally led to Mr. X.
"Yesterday Mr. X, in the person of a youth named Costas Gazulis, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with threats to extort money. Mr. Burke, who had suffered the unfortunate experience of being wrongly accused, had previously been completely exonerated by the court. Mr. Chamberlin's enterprise deserves commendation. He was not perfunctory. He was interested in something besides a fee. He took measures which many lawyers would have shied at. Whatever victories he may win hereafter, we doubt that he will be happier in winning or reviewing them than in looking back at this trivial case and remembering that he prevented a serious miscarriage of justice."
Edmund E. Day is a member of the Economic Council, which is composed of a group of leading economists, including also Joseph S. Davis, Irving Fisher, David Friday, Donald B. Smith, J. Warren Andrews, Francis C. Hayward, and J. B. Lovelace. The Council co-operates with the Investment Research Corporation in the selection of types of investments and lines of industry favored by economic trends.
John Tuck, for many years manager of the Worcester office .of Lee, Higginson and Company, in April became associated with Jackson and Curtis. He will assist the resident partner, Fordyce T. Blake, in the management of the Worcester office by taking charge of the investment department.
Dan Gage, Jr., of the sophomore class has been elected assistant manager of the College Band by the Council on Student Organizations.
At a little class luncheon held at the Dartmouth Club in New York on Saturday, April 26, there were present Walter Emery, Stanley Besse, Rufus Day, and Boss Wilmot.
William F. Putnam of the senior class (son of our "Put") recently had a letter in TheDartmouth answering an editorial suggestion that "the avowedly religious intent" should be removed from the Dartmouth Christian Association. According to Strong's Bulletin, "The editorial barrage rather lost its deadliness" with the appearance of this letter of Putnam's. The letter shows an ability to use the English language to great effect and turns the fire of sarcasm on the editor. Putnam suggests that the Boot and Saddle, for instance, might be greatly broadened and improved by removing "its avowedly equestrian intent."
The Secretary has recently returned from the annual meeting of the Secretaries Association in Hanover. It was a mighty pleasant and interesting occasion, as it always is.. The attendance was large, and as time goes on the secretaries show an increasing tendency to come early and stay late. Hanover is in spring attire, and there is a fine opportunity to see the College in normal every-day life. The present Secretary will miss the exceedingly refreshing contacts with other secretaries, old and young, and hopes that his successor will get as much joy and inspiration from these annual meetings as he has during his term of office.
Five undergraduate sons of members of the class took dinner with C. C. Hills and Fred Chase at the Hanover Inn Sunday noon, May 4. Those present were Lillard '30, Proctor '31, Gage and Peyser '32, and Worthen '33. After dinner a group picture was taken on the steps of the Inn. It was a great disappointment that the other four undergraduate sons each had out-of-town engagements that day which prevented their attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gilman were at the Hanover Inn Saturday, May 3, but were unable to stay over for the dinner party on Sunday.
Returns are coming in fast at this writing (May 8) on the reply post cards sent out by the reunion publicity committee. More definite reports will have to be given by circular letter, after all have had time to reply. The use of the college, swimming pool has been definitely promised us for Saturday morning, and Robinson Hall for a tea dance Saturday afternoon. The reception by 1905 to all the other alumni and their families is to be held at the Trophy Room of the Gymnasium on Saturday night after the college dramatics.
An orchestra will furnish music and an opportunity for dancing. This function is perhaps something of an innovation, but it is a friendly and appropriate gesture by the twenty-five-year class and a cordial response is to be expected.
And here ends a five-year chapter of class notes. The new Secretary elected at the class meeting will carry on the story, beginning with the August issue. The present scribe is not unmindful of his shortcomings as a news-gatherer; but the system is clicking better each year, and the time is not far distant when the ALUMNI MAGAZINE will be indispensable to every member of the class.
Secretary, 511 Sears Building, Boston
