Class of 1880
And now comes a nice long letter from Dr. Sam King, formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y., who, having retired from active practice, is now enjoying life "otium cum dig" on his own plantation at 135 Merrick Road, Baldwin, L. I.
For many years Sam was a very successful practitioner in Brooklyn, but recently coneluded that it was about time, while his health is good, to rid himself of the cares of an active career and enjoy life while he may. Accordingly last March he retired from active practice and secured his retirement from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, with which he had been connected as a medical examiner for the past 42 years. Since then he has been quietly residing at the above address, where he has about three-quarters of an acre planted with fruit trees, flowers, and shrubbery together with a grape arbor and considerable lawns, which require a large part of his time and attention. Here he manages to occupy his spare hours with his chief hobbies chess, contract bridge, and gardening, and is also much interested in the work of his youngest son, Inspector Harold R. King of Nassau county, N. Y., who has charge of the county detective force. One of his sons is considered quite a poet, and he also is much interested in the work of another son, who is a collector of old books and manuscripts and quite a connoisseur of art.
While he derived much enjoyment from our reunion last June, Sam says he was much disappointed that more classmates did not attend. At that reunion he stated he had quite a surplus number of our Class Chronicles on hand and would be glad to forward a copy to any classmate desiring the same.
Sam writes he would be glad to hear from any classmate, and extends a cordial invitation to any who happen to be in New York to visit him at the above address.
Recently we received from the secretary of the Dartmouth Association of Northern California at San Francisco, a copy of "Squeaks from the Golden Gate," a lively publication ably edited by one B. L. Winslow, class of '20, which contained a lot of interesting and snappy chatter devoted largely to a review of the football experience of the Dartmouth team of the last season and stressing particularly the story of the unknown hero who braved the raging snow storm at the Dartmouth vs. Princeton game and tried to stave off the inevitable result in an effort to "die for Dartmouth."
From among the many other items of interest in the "Squeaks" we culled the following: "It was a pleasure to have TomFlint 'BO join us at a luncheon party, alongwith Mrs. Flint and son Harvey." So while Tom has not replied to our November letter with news of interest to the class, we are still able to shadow him a little and to note that he keeps up his interest in Old Dartmouth on the Western Coast even though he was not able to be present at our last reunion.
On a very recent trip to New York City, the writer had a very pleasant reunion dinner at the Commodore with our old friend and classmate William Isaac Clarke Smith, who has been unable through illness to'attend any of our reunions at Hanover in recent years.
Several years ago while sojourning temporarily in France, he was obliged to undergo a severe operation, which, while partially successful, has never restored him fully to his old-time health and strength. A recurrence of that old trouble unfortunately cropped up to deprive him of his attendance at our June reunion—to him a very keen disappointment.
His health is now very much better, so much so, that at the present time he is enjoying a trip around the world on the Hamburg-American Line Steamer Reli.ance, which left New York City last month, and he is now somewhere upon the high seas, the ship's itinerary providing for a return to the United States the latter part of next May.
"Will" has never married, and in the summer lives with his sister at her country home, Sweet Brier Farm, Harvard, Mass. He wishes to be remembered to all old friends and classmates and hopes to be present at our next reunion.
The response to my circular letter of November i has not brought all the replies we could wish. More classmates should be heard from. We cannot continue to provide class news unless each one contributes his share. All classmates should subscribe to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. We did not appear in these columns in the last issue owing to a dearth of news. Please respond without further delay.
Secretary, 20 Kilby St., Boston
