Class of 1876

Two men of the class have been given newspaper publicity daring the past month, Frank P. Hill and George H. Tripp.

Hill had been invited to make a survey of the Lowell, Mass., Public Library and submit recommendations for its improvement. His findings and his suggestions were printed in full in the December 7, 1933, issue of the Lowell Courier Citizen, filling several columns. Every department of library activity was covered, even to "Miscellaneous" and "New Building." A summary of twenty-seven points gave the detailed account tersely. Humor enlivened the document here and there, e.g., in reference to the antiquated book charging system it was observed that "someone had called it not only medieval but prehistoric."

The Standard-Times of New Bedfprd, Mass., commemorating Tripp's eightieth birthday in a recent issue, gave a sketch of his life with special reference to his twenty years as principal of a grammar school in New Bedford, and his thirty-two years as librarian of the New Bedford Free Public Library. Tripp's interests have been many and his activity unwasting. Progress seems everywhere to have attended his efforts. One of the pleasant features of the account was Tripp's remark: "I feel as fitfor my duties as I did thirty years ago, evenif I couldn't run a relay race or do a polevault."

After a long and painful illness, and partial blindness, Mrs. L. Curran Clark of San Francisco died September 27, 1933. She was a native of San Francisco and there always had her home. She was a gifted woman, widely read and delightful as a companion. Her marriage with Clark dated from 1887. They had no children.

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