CLASS OF 1909

I received the following letter from Harold Prescott just too late to get it in the last issue, but I hope Murchie, Bell, etc., will read it carefully. Evidently I was somewhat in error in my statement in the last issue that the pride of the members of the class and their wives was entirely defunct. Perhaps there is still a spark left here and there. Dear Bob:

With regard to news: Frank O'Brien is my near neighbor in Pelham, and we manage to have an occasional family gathering over the contract table. In this regard we have both been interested to note in the ALTJMNI MAGAZINE a number of interesting though, in our opinion, "fat-headed" remarks regarding the ability of certain classmates in Boston. Far be it from us to issue a challenge or anything of that nature to them, but if any of the aforementioned sharks come to New York, we stand ready to pay our fair share of their expenses. Frank, as you probably know, has three children; the oldest is at Tabor and will be ready for Dartmouth by the fall of '33.

I talked with Jack Dowdell yesterday, and the recent sad loss of his daughter is of course still quite fresh in his mind. Jack has our sincere regrets and sympathy.

Ealza (Slim) Cummings still lives in Douglaston, L. I. A few Sundays ago he and his wife, Genevieve, visited us with their fine and only daughter Jean, age 14 years. Slim is still in the real estate business.

Art Buxton comes up from. Covington, Ky., occasionally—usually for the Yale game. This year he didn't show up, but from other sources I learn that he is well and still grinding out chicken feed in his factory.

As for Mrs. Prescott and myself, we have two boys, 14 and 15, both of whom are naturally headed for Dartmouth, and if all goes well, Dana, the older, will be a member of the class of '37 and Baxter of '4O. Natural modesty, of course, prohibits my giying details regarding their exceptional characteristics.

I warned you yesterday that my ability as a news-gatherer will probably be of little value, but perhaps if I keep it in mind and at least attempt to write you occasionally, I may be of some help. With best regards.

Sincerely yours,

HAROLD

We have just learned that Mr. and Mrs. Bill Patch have a two-year-old boy. Bill can usually be found during the summer months at the Sweetheart Tea House on the Mohawk Trail, Shelburne Falls, Mass., when he isn't busy with his apple orchards or other business affairs.

Secretary, Atlantic National Bank Bldg., 100 Milk St., Boston