Class of 1894
It will doubtless be a duplication, but under our class we are glad to record that Robert P. Burroughs '21 is following in the political footsteps of his father. At least he is to the extent of serving as member of the Republican National Committee from New Hampshire.
People interested in the list of honorary degrees given last commencement here in New England duly noted the names of two 94 men. At Brown the degree of Doctor of Letters was conferred upon Matt B. Jones with the following citation:
"Graduate of Dartmouth College andthe Harvard School of Law, successively apracticing lawyer in Boston, vice-presidentand president of the New England Telephone Company, and lately retired fromaffairs to the enjoyment of quiet studies;filling the small leisure of his manhoodwith the scholarly interests of his youth,he stands here as the author of historicalmonographs on New England subjects,the keen and fastidious collector of NewEngland books, the friend and counselorof New England institutions of learning."
At Wesleyan, Maurice S. Sherman was given the degree of Master of Arts with this citation:
"Son of Dartmouth and son of one ofher great teachers, moulder of thought forthis Connecticut Valley in which you havealways lived, leader in the cause of peace,great editor of a great newspaper, you believe with Jefferson that 'No governmentought to be without censors, and while thepress is free, none will ever be.' "
From that constant purveyor of interesting news, "Squeaks from the Golden Gate," it is gathered that Jim Townsend has been up to his usual tricks. Some time ago Alvah H. M. Curtis was in San Francisco. Accordingly Jim called a "social conference of his class. Doubtless all the '94 men in that neck of the woods were present, but special mention is made of J. Irving Read. Here's hoping that Jim will write us about this interesting event.
Jim's college and class loyalty is evidently a thing he is able to pass on to his descendants. In looking over the persons who attended the annual Dartmouth dinner in that region, one finds Townsend '94, Townsend 'l9, and Townsend '23 in the list of those present. What would that association do without the Townsends?
The Secretary is writing a letter to the class, which sets forth in detail the very interesting disposition that Russell T. Bar tie tt, whose death was recorded in the June issue of the MAGAZINE, made of his estate.
After making full provision for his wife, he sets up a "Russell T. and Olive B. Bartlett Memorial Fund, the income of which, after payment of administration charges, is to be devoted to the assistance of worthy young men from the towns of Haverhill and Bath, N. H., on account of tuition, support, and maintenance, at Dartmouth College."
Haverhill is the town in which he spent most of his life, and Bath is the town in which he was born. It is understood that the estate amounts to approximately S100,000. Conversation with Mrs. Bartlett reveals the fact that Russell had in mind for years this disposition of his estate, and made it as large as possible on that account. He was determined that young men from Haverhill and Bath should not be obliged to leave college for financial reasons near the beginning of their course as he was obliged to do.
Secretary, 14 Beacon St., Boston
