Class of 1897

As far as this class is concerned the best seller of the month is a publication entitled "1897," just from the press. This book is a romance, or the gth section of a romantic series which has appeared intermittently during the last thirty-five years. The same characters are represented in each volume, with the additions and withdrawals of those necessary to the development of the main theme which the series expresses.

For the general students this volume is readable, but it is inferior to the earlier numbers, as the characters seem to be slowing down. The early dash and abandon is no longer apparent. No participation in South American revolutions; no saving of heathen souls by steam roller methods; few divorces; no scandals; and an almost complete cessation of marriages and births shows little conception of the demand for action and plenty of it. The authors are warned that if another volume is under consideration it must improve in all of these details or it will fall flat on the market.

BICYCLES

Report has gone out that bicycles are coming back and once more are commonly used by Hanover students. For this reason we may open the records and note that in the year 1895 bicycle riding was in its adolescence. Ex-president Bartlett rode his bicycle with Godiva-like heroism. Jack Frost 1896 had a fifty-pound Colum- bia, the progenitor of tanks used in recent warfare. Lull, now vice-president of the Southern Pacific, was then the college champion in all "safety bicycle" races. With their bicycles John Cassin, Phil Patey, and Guy Gary could reach Lebanon in thirty minutes and ride back in sixty- five.

To admirers of the Dartmouth faculty this quotation from the writings of an eye-witness will be of worth. "Only a feware now living who saw John Poor learn toride a bicycle. The first trials took placeunder the elms in front of Dartmouth Hall.Poor certainly at that time did not shoivhis later proficiency in angles and tangents.Time and again he tried to bisect the linebetween two trees, but each time his efforts,however gallant, were crowned with failure. If he had been aiming at the trees hisstanding would have been 100%, and asfar as I remember no tree in the yard wasmissed."

CASS

Handicapped by failing sight, Cass retired from his position as school principal in 1930. The affliction is a real one, as he is able to read with difficulty but his interests and activities are varied. Now the class welcomes a new lady member. In Boston on April third Cass married Miss Esther Ruth Hunter. Miss Hunter has been a teacher in a New York state school for the blind, and has for some years been a family friend of the Casses at their comfortable home in Thayer St. in Manchester.

THE CLASS OF 1897 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

The report, dated January 1, 1933, contains the record of 130 men. I. Class Enumeration: Entered new 118 Entered from 1894 1 Entered from 1896 4 Entered Sophomore year 4 Entered Junior year 3 Total 130

Graduated June, 1897 88 Later degrees with 1897 5 Degrees with 1898 4 Degrees with 1899 2 Degree with 1902 1 100

Left fourth year 4 Left third year 6 Left second year 7 Left first year 13 Total 130

11. Statistics at Entrance: States of Birth New Hampshire 41 Massachusetts 33 Vermont 25 Maine 8 New York 8 Illinois 5 New Brunswick 4 Bermuda, California, Nova Scotia, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia (one each) 6 130

Years of Birth 1861 1 1865 1 1868 2 1870 2 1871 4 1872 11 1873 21 1874 38 1875 34 1876 14 1877 2 130

Church Affiliation at Entrance Congregational 78 Baptist 16 Roman Catholic 11 Episcopal 7 Unitarian 7 None 6 Dutch Reformed 2 Presbyterian , 2 Universalist 1 Total 130

111. Statistics Now:

Present or Last Residence By Sections New Hampshire and Near 26 Boston and Near 32 North and West of Boston 18 New York City and Near 17 New York to Chicago 18 Chicago and on 19 Total 130

By States Massachusetts 48 New Hampshire 21 New York 17 Illinois 6 Pennsylvania 6 Connecticut 4 Vermont 3 California, District of Columbia, Maine, Montana, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas (two each) 14 Alabama, Colorado, France, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Syria, Virginia, Washington (one each) . 11 130

Major Occupations Lawyers 24 Doctors 22 Business Directors 17 Teachers 11 Clergymen 8 Sales Agents 8 Students and Professors 7 Accountants 5 Agriculturalists 5 Builders 5 Manufacturers 5 Publishers 5 Educational Directors 4 Merchants 4 130

Vital Statistics No marriage reported 15 Married, no child reported 23 Married, one child reported 30 Married, two children reported 33 Married, three children reported 13 Married, four children reported 11 Married, five children reported 2 Married, six children reported 1 Married, seven children reported 1 Married, eight children reported 1 Total 130

Number sons reported 115 Number daughters reported 95 Number sons to Dartmouth 33 Members of class living 104 Members of class dead 26

Secretary, State Capitol, Hartford, Conn.