Class of 1897
To the 130 men who were at any time members of 1897 twelve had preparatory training at Kimball Union Academy. These twelve were Boardman, Bacon, T. H., Brown, J. D. and M. D., Cushman, Dascomb, Duncklee, Noyes, Phelps, Tracy, Watson, A. P. and M. A number of the rest of us recall this institution as the secondary school of our parents, grandparents, and collateral ancestors. After graduation Johnson taught in the school, and Tracy is now not only its most illustrious son but he has become for the Academy the Saint Christopher, the Abraham Lincoln, The General Booth, and the Mussolini. The headmaster of a private school lives a somber life, mellowed by memories of gracious youth and cheered by hours of appreciation. Tracy has one of these hours now. By the death of Miss Madge Miller of New York the Academy has a present gift of $50,000 and is made the residuary legatee to an opulent estate. With Tracy the class rejoices.
The superintendent of the Hudson State Hospital at Poughkeepsie, Dr. Ralph P. Folsom has much to interest him in directing the work of a great state institution. Also he has a family to guide and educate. At present this is the situation. One child in elementary schools; two in the high school: a son in preparation for Dartmouth next fall; a daughter who is a sophomore at Mount Holyoke and another about to graduate from Barnard College.
Taylor in Chicago still moves forward in the candy business. His son, Rob, has an excellent record in Northeastern University and will graduate in June.
Gibson retired from business, but a bank director in Evanston, 111., and trustee of the public library took two awards at the World's Fair in the exhibition of photographs. A son, David, will enter Dartmouth in the fall.
Hiram Tuttle says that business is better, and explains his statement concisely and with philosophical judgment. "Yes, Ithink business affairs are much better thanthey were, and that they are steadily,though perhaps slowly, improving. I thinkthe change came when people began tofigure how much better off they were than,say, a year ago. A little later people whohad anything left began talking abouthow much more they had than when thingswere morse—Up to that time they had beendiscussing how much they had lost since1929"
Secretary, State Capitol, Hartford, Conn.
