Class of 1897

To the members of the class it brings a thrill but no surprise to find the name of David Smith (S.C.) in the published list of "Scholars of Distinction" for Dartmouth for last year. This young man could inherit ability from both father and mother.

At the first graduation exercises of the Teachers College of Connecticut, Marshall was the guest speaker of the day and the degrees were conferred by Butterfield as acting president of the college. Marshall also gave the graduation address at the Willimantic (Conn.) Normal School. Marshall has now resigned his pastorate in Worcester and has spent the summer months at his country home in Strafford, Vt.

As the Secretary's parents and grandparents were educated at Kimball Union Academy it is of interest to find age-worn letters with reference to Cyrus Richards, a great principal of a bygone age. A century from now similar interest will be noted for Charles Alden Tracy, for years and years principal, promoter, builder, endower, of this same honored institution. It is a great record that this modest man is making. Ginn and Company have long appreciated the merits of 1897, and a member of the firm has written, "Elizabeth Tracy, daughter of Charles, is doing agood piece of work in our editorial department in Boston."

A. W. Brown has returned to his educational work at Cooperstown, N. Y., after a summer spent as usual in the apartment which he maintains in his home town of Leominster, Mass. In the past thirty years Brown has tutored Duponts, Shaws, and Wrights, and has followed them with his tutoring as they have toured America and Europe. He has, since college days, been a careful student and a painstaking scholar. Brown has never married, but most other good things have come to him. Once he retired, but was summoned back to continue his professional work. He has written that in 35 years he has seen from the class only Adams, Day, Boyd, Ward, and Erdix Smith. The number is small, but the quality is notably great.

Secretary, State Capitol, Hartford, Conn.