Class of 1894
Secretary Merrill has been browsing around the country again and shares some bits of information.
A night with Arthur Adams in Spring-field, Mass., discloses him and Mrs. Adamsto be well and happy, and especially enjoying the increase in their grandchildren,both in quantity and quality.
A few hours in Hartford, Conn., madepossible a telephone conversation withMaurice Sherman. He likewise seemed tobe in good health and spirits. Reliableinformation from another prominent Hartford man discloses the fact that Mauricehas not only clinched his reputation as agreat editor, but is in much demand as aspeaker who can competently and interestingly deliver himself on timely subjects.
A day or two in Farmington, Conn., ata ministers' conference had to be gottenthrough with, apart from Quincy Blakelyand his better half. The report was thatthey were taking a bit of a vacation inFlorida, where undoubtedly they wouldspend some time in the happy company ofEddie Grover.
Ajax Rollins is authority for the news that Judge Wilson of Fulton, N. Y„ has become Grandfather Wilson. You who go to Fulton, be careful how you address him. It is a girl, and she is living with her parents (the Russells) at White Plains, N. Y.
B. Smalley, as a chief advertiser for the New England Telegraph and Telephone Company, evidently gets his material from a wide variety of sources. The Secretary received from him not long ago the following excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle:
"From the Desk of Mr. Smalley" with the endorsement, "Respectfully referred."
"Mr. Smalley" must have meant that it be respectfully referred to the class, which is herewith done.
"Little Mary was watching her fatherprepare his sermon. After watching himwrite for some minutes she asked: 'Daddyhow do you know what to write?' Fathereplied: 'God tells me what to write.' Atterwatching considerable erasing and interlineation, Mary asked: 'Daddy, why doesn'tGod tell you right the first time?' "
At the Scout round-up at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D. C., February 11, Dr. Walter H. Merrill was one of three men to be awarded the Silver Beaver, emblem of outstanding service to Scouting. The Washington Star thus describes his work:
"Dr. Merrill, who has been chairman ofthe Camping Committee since 1928, beganhis Scouting service in 1917, and since thenhas served i?i the capacities of assistantscoutmaster, scoutmaster, merit badgecounselor, deputy commissioner, memberof the Executive Board, and chairman ofthe Camping Committee.
"His record of exceptional service to boy-hood, which led the executive committeeto nominate him for his award, includes hisservice in the development of camps. Hehas attended Camp Roosevelt for mostof the season every summer since 1919,serving as camp physician and directingthe medical and sanitary programs of thecamp. He has been a member of the Courtof Honor Committee for more than 14years, and is a member of the RegionalCamping Committee."
Jimmie Townsend has been telling the San Francisco Dartmouth crowd "What Makes My Class Outstanding." "Squeaks," the organ of that assembly, says Jim gave them "a taste of what it means to have aperfect class spirit."
Matt Jones has issued his annual volume, known as "The Report of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company." He was due to make his annual trip to New York to attend the yearly meeting of the company February 21, and the Secretary was expecting to act as his Fidus Achates on this occasion, as he successfully did one previous year.
Secretary, 287 Fourth Ave., New York Editor, Claremont, N. H.
