CLASS OF 1898

The Secretary and his wife were in attend- ance at the National Education Association in Washington, February 22, 23, 24, 25. While there they had a most delightful evening at the invitation of Harry Clark and his wife at the home of his sister. Harry and his wife and attractive daughter have been enjoying Washington life very much, and have also visited extensively in Virginia, where Mrs. Clark's people live.

At the Dartmouth luncheon, which was held Wednesday at the Hays-Adams House, there were four '98 men present, namely Fletcher Harper Swift of Berkeley, Calif., John Gilman of Washington, Harry Clark of Washington, and the Secretary. The Secretary has not seen John Gilman since graduation. He is looking hearty and well, in fact one of the youngest-looking men in the class. He is a major in the regular army, and they move about once in four years, so he is about due to move into some other place than his present residence. It seemed good to sit at the '98 table and reminisce.

Fletcher Harper Swift today is one of the big educators in the United States in his special line and is usually on the program of the N. E. A.

While in Washington the Secretary called on Robert Lincoln O'Brien, who is at the head of the Tariff Commission, and invited him to go to the Dartmouth luncheon. He would have gladly done so if he had not been obliged to attend an important meeting at that hour. Mr. O'Brien spent a pleasant year at Dartmouth and has a degree from Dartmouth.

The son of Wendell Phillips Stafford, who is a Dartmouth man and president of the Washington Association, presided at the Dartmouth luncheon. The young man married not many years ago the "snow baby," who was the daughter of Lt. Admiral Peary. She was born in the Far North and so named "the snow baby."

Another pleasant occasion in Washington was Wednesday evening, when Henry O'Malley, Commissioner of Fisheries, invited Harry Clark and his wife and the Secretary and his wife to dinner and then showed them some wonderful film views of life in Alaska. Henry O'Malley is a brother of Arthur O'Malley, Dartmouth '97, and has made a great contribution as United States Commissioner of Fisheries, to the resources of America.

On Thursday afternoon Warren C. Kendall '99 and his wife, who is a sister of Willis Hodgkins '99, took the Secretary and his wife on a wonderful trip to Mt. Vernon. The day was perfect and the trip was one of the pleasantest ever enjoyed. We left Washington Friday morning, and were met at the depot in Philadelphia by our son Richard, who is a student in the Wharton School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania, and he took us around Philadelphia in his Ford roadster. In the afternoon Charles Carr '98 showed us around his very interesting place of business, which is the National Drug Company. Charles is now president of that company, and it was inspiring to see how the 300 people employed in that institution regarded their president. There was every evidence of confidence and good will. We dined with Charles and his wife and mother at six o'clock and thoroughly enjoyed the evening reminiscing.

F. V. Bennis is spending the winter in West Hartford, Conn.

Allan B. Patterson has had a tough year when it comes to his prune ranch, but still las the same happy outlook on life.

Ernest P. Seelman reports that the depression is still on in New York, but sends in the interesting fact that his youngest daughter Constance has been accepted by Bradford Junior College at Bradford, Mass., and hopes to enter there in the fall. I never knew until I visited Seelman in New York that his father used to attend Oxford University in England as a young man.

Mr. and Mrs. Witte have been enjoying a vacation in Florida.

Leslie A. Hatch has shown the good '98 spirit and has dropped in to see Elliott Perkins at Sawtelle, Calif.

Patrick J. Lucey, though with us only a year, shows a keen interest in Dartmouth, and has just sent in his subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

As announced under "Necrology," Elliott Perkins died in California March 12, and an obituary notice will appear later.

In a letter received from Elliott Perkins under date of February 15 he wrote: "I am delighted with the letters I am getting from '98. So far I have heard from Harry Goodall, Seth Pope, Sherman Moulton, Ich Crane, Fletcher Swift, and yourself.

"The first week I was here I gained three pounds, the second one, and the third (up to today) three and one-half. If it were not for neuritis in my back and left shoulder, which is, the doctor says, a result of my ulcer and the week of rainy weather we have just had, I would be perfectly happy, peaceful and contented. I get the old back rubbed with analgesique balm about twice a day, which helps out a lot.

"I have a pitcher of half milk and half cream by my bed day and night, and regular meals of milk toast, cream soup, toast and butter, jam, soft-boiled eggs, chicken, custard, and jello (not, of course, all at the same time). As I had eaten nothing except cereal and two eggnogs a day since Thanksgiving, it is no wonder I am gaining.

"It is a wonderful hospital with all the doctors, nurses and attendants eager to help anyone who is trying to help himself. It is a delightful place, especially for one who is practically free from pain for the first time in years."

Secretary, 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville, Mass.