Class of 1891

A delightful letter from "Slugger" Campbell is full of the beauties of our great Northwest, including scenery, enterprises, climate, and people. Campbell went West in 1901, going first to Seattle, Wash., "a little later to the little town of Everett, thirtymiles north of Seattle in the midst of awonderland of beauty; south of us we seedaily Mt. Rainier, the largest mountain inthe V. S. A., 14,000 feet high, always snowcapped, with twenty-six glaciers; one, theEmmons glacier, the largest in the U. S.North of Everett is Mt. Baker, also eternally white with snowcapped glaciers.... To the west is Puget Sound, a lovelyinland bay with a thousand miles of shoreline The windows of my room lookout on the blue waters of the Sound, and asI write I see a large English Blue Funnelliner loading at the pier, perhaps threeblocks distant Personally I havebeen engaged in many enterprises; perhapsas much in general real estate as anything;some of us plotted several of the littletowns you see north of Seattle, as Pinehurst, Beverly, Maple Heights, etc. My favorite hobby is fishing; I never seem to tireof it. I use a twenty-seven-foot trolling boatwith a six-horse four-cycle engine, cabin,bunks, stove, etc., and s'till get as great athrill out of a thirty-minute fight with aking salmon as ever. I have had some poorhealth, and retired from active businessabout ten years ago, but have come back infine shape, and you will be surprised whenyou come; I don't suppose I can run you amile, but I will gladly take you on for afishing, hunting, or mountain-climbingtrip Give my regards to any of theold boys you may see. Give them one andall an invitation to come out to PugetSound for a visit or forever."

Sailor Cook writes he is "a retired valetudinarian, on the shelf since May, 1933. Istill have some interest in newspapers andwrite a very little. That 45th class reunionin 1936 is not so far off, and it may be that1 can go to Hanover on that occasion tomeet some of the old-timers."

Ferda Fish tells us he has little news, is still clerking in the grocery store as for a number of years. "I am alive and alwaysexpect to be as per 1 Thess. 4:13-18, whichevent I believe is near in point of time.•• • . Saw Ned Tewksbury yesterdaymorning. He was preparing to take his firstsleigh ride this seaso?i with his 26-year-oldhorse."

From Bowling Green, Fla., under date of December 23, Doring writes as follows: "Wehave had a bad cold snap. It killed everything in the green line. I lost about 2000boxes of citrus. Can't tell about trees yet,as damage will not show up until newleaves come out. Dot {Walker) and Deckare at Sarasota, and Mrs. Doring and I expect to eat Christmas dinner with them.% health is fine, and all would be well ifthere was a little more money for what wehave to sell. We sell our fruit by field box(which holds two bushels) and only received 65 cents a box. In good times wewould get from $1.75 to $2.00 Boys areworking away from home. Girl is in Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins Hospital as agraduate nurse."

Shorty French writes as follows from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is professor of civil engineering: "I enjoythe '91 items in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE somuch I can not turn down your request forinformation concerning the French family.The four boys have grown up, have graduated from college, have good families, arenot on any relief rolls, and none of themhave been in jail. After 33 years as headof the civil engineering department atWorcester Tech, I asked for a year off, andthe trustees granted it (gladly perhaps).Mrs. F. and I had a delightful time motoring westward. Three months with relativesin Colorado and a five-month residence inPasadena, Calif., gave us time to look aboutand visit many interesting places. I foundmany engineers who were former students,and they made it possible to see some interesting engineering jobs. The vacationwas a wonderful experience, and upon returning it seemed desirable to continue the'life of ease' to some extent. I again askedthe favor of our trustees, and specified thatI would like to be relieved of the cares ofa department head, but to be allowed tocontinue as a teacher. Again my requestwas granted, and I am taking life a littleslower and am extremely pleased with theresult. Have enough to keep me busy, withtime to do it easily. I find myself lookingforward to the next '91 reunion, but knowthat some of the old gang will not answerto the roll call. P.S. Record seven grandchildren."

Gray writes he "retired from buildingconstruction business three years ago, andbusiness then retired. No connection between these two facts, however." Has four children—one unmarried. Busy ship model building, also doll houses; tinkering with a complicated radio set that goes on the blink from time to time; also trying to keep an eight-year-old-auto on the road. "Health good except for constant sufferingdue to a badly shrunken income. Living onthe coast of Maine during five months ofeach year, the other seven spent in existingin New Jersey."

Our class president, Sq Little, after gently panning the Secretary, says: "I thinkI shall write to Bugbee; in fact, send a circular letter to all '91 men, and if they aretraveling anywhere near Bear MountainBridge I'll give them a night's lodging anda drink of cider if they will stop with me." Probably this invitation may be accepted by any Dartmouth alumnus from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. (Sec.)

Squash wishes the Secretary would dig up a few more letters like Bugbee's. Speaking of Bugbee's interesting letter, another classmate writes the Secretary much peeved because of Bugbee's remark about the class mate to whom he had ceased to introduce himself.

Secretary, 80 Federal St., Boston