Class of 1900
Bob Jackson spent the weeks of early spring in Florida. He had a cold all winter which he couldn't shake, so he wisely bade Washington good-bye in late March and left for the Sunny South.
Jim Woodman's boy Everett is playing a great game at shortstop for Exeter. This is his second year in the team, and already he has earned the reputation of being a steady, dependable fielder and a good batter. He has one more year at Exeter and then will enter Dartmouth. Jim's oldest boy is at New Hampshire University, and is much interested in farming and ranching. Both are boys of unusual charactei and personal charm. James' record at Tabor Academy reads like a Horatio Alger biography from the standpoint of social and moral leadership and wide influence. Dorothy is still at home, keeping the family from being too lonesome while the boys are both away. Jim Sr. just keeps on operating after the fishing season is closed.
Mrs. Joe Manion is doing some special work in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue in the P. O. Building in Boston. Joe is well. The children are well, and the whole family is happy.
The newspapers reported that Harry Sampson received quite a handsome check as a receiver for one of the movie theaters in Boston. We hope it's true, for no one knows better how to use real money wisely and generously than Harry. He devotes more and more time to property management and less to straight legal work.
Your reporter dropped in last week to see the proprietor of Leisure, and secured a real interview. The magazine is doing very well, and seems to meet with a general acceptance. News-stand sales are excellent, and that's the real test of readability. The make-up is neat but not elaborate. The subject matter covers a wide field and is original and good. Most of the past issues are entirely sold out, and the order is increasing each month at a rapid rate. Although most thinking people realize that the employment of spare time is and will be an enormous problem, this is the first serious attempt to help solve it in the publication field. There is a magazine called Hobbies, but its field is much more restricted than that of Leisure. Dr. Atwood is a clever, energetic, and resourceful publisher, with American Shoemaking and Antiques already charged up to the credit side. Leisure, if it succeeds, will be more ambitious than either, for its appeal is so much broader. Of course Chelsea complains that it doesn't carry enough advertising, but as he has ruled out tobacco, cigarettes, and booze he has restricted his field considerably. Harry Hutchins furnishes a page of "Num-Lets" for each issue, so that the class is represented editorially. Look out for Publisher Atwood, for once again he is on his way.
With this issue o£ the MAGAZINE the Secretary will take up his abode in Hanover as a retired, but not tired, business man. It's the result of many years of dreaming, and still looks too good to be true. He will live in a little colonial house on Balch St., way down below the Gym on the left hand side. Drop in and say "Hello"! He will tell you all about it.
Secretary, 17 Balch St., Hanover, N. H.
