Class of 1897
HEALD. Heald's official title is "Supervisor of Teacher Training" in the field of agricultural education in the Massachusetts Department of Education. His office is at 203 Stockbridge Hall at the Massachusetts State College, a branch of the Boston office of the department. Heald's duties include some teaching at the Massachusetts State College, especially in graduate courses, but his chief service is the improvement of teaching in the agricultural schools and departments around the state. He has held this position since June 1, 1918. Sam reports that he and Mrs. Heald are starting their education all over under the guidance of Dorothy Ann. Dorothy Ann is a grandchild born on December 3, 1928. Until someone presents conflicting evidence, we shall claim that this is the first grandchild of 1897.
SMITH, S. C. S. C. Smith has returned to his San Francisco office and Berkeley home after a few weeks spent in New England. Smith's ostensible excuse was to attend in Boston the winter meeting of his firm, Ginn and Company, publishers. His real excuse, however, with Mrs. Smith, was to make a vacation trip to Hanover, where David Smith is a sophomore and where Semp got his literary start by vigorous management during college days of the "College Book Store."
LEWIS. If we may believe the radios there is at this time a great longing for a home on the range. Auntie Lewis has one. It is in Manhattan, Montana, and it is a home of the old-fashioned type. Jessie, now Mrs. Floyd Hawkes, with her young son, Nathaniel, has just returned to her home in Winston-Salem, N. C. Robert, as tall as his father, and Jean are high school seniors and Mary Margaret is a freshman. Richard, nine years old, is the youngest in the family. Moreover the range is one where the deer and antelope actually play. Lewis combines the perfect host with his duties as an officer of the federal government, required to protect wild life. Joe Towle, Wilson '95, and Stearns 'O9 were guests this summer, and eagerly went hunting and fishing each day. Auntie winked his eye, for he knew they were tenderfeet and could neither catch nor shoot anything. They did not, but they had an exciting time, and the deer and antelope slept peacefully when night came.
BIRTHDAYS. In April, birthdays for members of 1897 fall as follows (letters, cards, and messages by telephone and telegraph are in order):
W. H. Balch, 302 Main St., Stoneham, Mass.—April 3.
Edgar D. Cass, 61 Thayer St., Manchester—April 19.
Edward G. Carr, 76 Beacon St., Providence, R. I.—April 13.
George W. Gilman, 8 Monticello Ave., Newark, N. J.—April 26.
BOLSER. On the subject of birthdays it should be recorded that Bolser's day for memorializing his nativity came on February 16, and it was made a gala occasion on Rope Ferry Road. The neighbors came from a mile in either direction and the entire che/nistry department was in attendance. Special guests were the sons of 1897 are now in college in the sophomore, junior, and senior years. They are Ward, Brown, Rowe, Smith, and Watson. Mitchell Boyd was in attendance also, though a member of the entering class. He was accompanied by Dean of Freshmen E. Gordon Bill. John Poor entertained with his clarinet.
Secretary, State Capitol, Hartford, Conn.
