Class of 1897
Dr. William D. McFee, formerly mayor of Haverhill and distinguished physician of Boston, during the summer read an important paper on "The Present Status of Fever Therapy in the United States." This was read before the International Congress of Physical Medicine at the annual meeting in London. Dr. McFee represented the United States Public Health Service, the Academy of Physical Medicine, and the New England Society of Physical Therapeutics. He is a vice-president of the Congress and is a past president of the National Electrotherapy Society. Mrs. McFee accompanied the doctor.
The newspaper accounts have given some consideration to the Brides' School in New York City. This is a school conducted by Mrs. Richard Mather Boardman, the widow of Dick Boardman. Originally the school was an organization for the training of house maids, but it has now expanded into a brides' school with students enrolled from many states. The course is one of three months, and includes budgeting, interior decoration, dietetics, menus, and marketing.
This is a report on the family of Harry Blunt, who died in 1923. Mrs. Blunt continues to reside in the Blunt homestead on Concord St. in Nashua. She is a Christian Science practitioner and first reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Nashua. The older daughter, Renee Lucette, a graduate of the Katherine Gibbs School, married in 1933 John Wesley Farley of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Farley is a graduate of Yale University. The younger daughter, Nancy Bradbury, was graduated from the Katherine Gibbs School in 1935 and from the Leland Powers School of the Radio in 1936-
George H. Foss came to college from Pittsfield, N. H., and in 1899 after he had made a good start in his profession was married to Martha Longfellow Brown, a neighbor from childhood days. The Fosses have lived in Harrisburg, Pa., where George has been for many years secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce. The only child of this home, Bradbury P., was graduated from Dartmouth in 1925. It is necessary now to record the death of Mrs. Foss in July. The burial was in Pittsfield, and the class was represented by Christophe and Thyng.
Theodore Bacon has for some years been engaged in social work in St. Louis. He also served as the field agent for Shurtleff College in Illinois. During his active life he has found time to complete the necessary preparation for the Christian ministry. He has been ordained and preaches frequently, but has never held a pastorate. In 1901, while a teacher in the Danbury, Conn., High School, Bacon was married to Katherine Begg of Danbury. The Bacons have now returned to Danbury and established their home there. The daughter, Olive, holds an administrative position in the City Hospital, and Ted has recently been appointed director of adult education for the Danbury public schools.
Secretary, State Capitol, Hartford, Conn.
