Class of 1886

Prof. Edwin B. Frost submitted to a successful surgical operation on October 14 which will give him permanent relief from the recurrent painful attacks of the last year. At this writing, two weeks later, he is reported as coming fine.

French, Smith, Newton, and the Secretary were in attendance at the Dartmouth-Harvard football game, following which the latter two attended the dinner of the "roaring eighties" at the City Club.

The Secretary was elected vice-president of the American Bar Association for the First Federal Judicial Circuit (New England) at its annual meeting held in Washington, October 12-15. He retired as justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court on October 19, having reached the age of seventy, the prescribed constitutional limit for judicial service in New Hampshire.

The Alumni Editor ventures to add to the foregoing brief notice an editorial comment from the Manchester Union:

"Leslie P. Snow of Rochester, who retires as associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court by reason of reachingthe constitutional age limit, has long beena distinguished member of his profession.He is still in the full vigor of his ability toperform the important duties of the supreme judicial tribunal of the state, and itis to be expected that his usefulness will beturned into other channels, to the benefitof his state and local community.

"Opinions differ regarding the wisdomof the framers of our state constitution infixing an arbitrary age at which membersof the courts shall be retired automatically.Judge Snow offers a convincing argumentfor those who contend jurists should remain on the bench so long as their abilities are unimpaired. . . .

"As it happens, there are many thingsthat a man of the type of Judge Snow cando to contribute to the general welfare inthese days. He has always shown a keen regard for his civic duties in the past, andhe may be expected to do the same nowthat he is freed from the exacting demandsof the highest court of the state. JudgeSnow was an active and efficient worker inthe food administration during the WorldWar, and his willingness to do his partwhenever occasion called has been conspicuously shown in other ways. With theopportunities now at hand for service ofthis nature, Judge Snow will not lack forinterests to keep him actively employed,and the ripeness of his experience willmake his contribution so much the morevaluable."

Secretary, Rochester, N. H.