Class of 1886
In April the Secretary enjoyed calls from two 'B6 men who live in Massachusetts. Joe Bittinger was one. Since his return from Italy, he had been in Florida and in Cleveland and was soon to return to his home in Northfield, Mass. Joe said he had greatly enjoyed his Mediterranean trip and would surely be with us on Alumni Day in Hanover. Burley was the second 'B6 caller. He had business with the Edison Company in South Orange, N. J., which town adjoins Montclair. Burley took time off from business to drive up one afternoon. He looked well and said 'B6 may count on him for the Reunion. I surely appreciated his call.
Chaffin writes that he is improving in health. He hopes to get well enough to attend the Reunion but can't yet promise. Pete Richmond had seen Chaffin and expects to be with us in Hanover.
Chan Jenks and Mrs. Jenks will drive to the Reunion from Evanston, 111. Goodwin hopes to come. Howard expects to come.
Biff and Mrs. Kelly have left their Florida home under the palms and reached New York by boat on May 8. After visits to children and friends in New Jersey and New York and several New England states they will get settled in their summer home under the pines on Caspian Lake, Greensboro, Vt. They will both be in Hanover in June.
Now will the reader please get out his dictionary before he reads the next item. Dr. Thomas J. Harris was the guest of honor in Denver, Colo., at the annual meeting in May of the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society, of which he was the president in 1917. Tommy delivered an address at this Denver meeting on "The Early History of Otolaryngology in America with Special Reference to the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society." Now for the dictionary. If you have been putting off the purchase of a new copy of the Unabridged here's the Secretary's wager that the order for it goes in to the publisher instanter. Tommy says that he has breath enough left after the Denver speech to speak to the rest of us at the Reunion, but only in soft whispers. So please bring along your ear trumpets and other otological devices for better hearing.
Thompson has written another stanza for his poem "Life and Education" which was printed in our 1926 report. I hope we may all hear the poem with his latest stanza at Hanover. We may well spend the rest of our lives in the spirit of this latest stanza. Thompson says "the poem will never be finished, because life goes on forever."
The Frost Latchstring is Out
Mrs. Gil Frost writes President Newton, "placing her home at the disposal of the women of 'B6 so that they can drop in at any hour for rest, or for informal visiting, which is the best part of a reunion."
THE AMENDED REUNION PROGRAM Saturday, June 13 g A.M. —Class picture to be taken. 12 noon —Alumni luncheon with class of 'B6 the guests of honor. 6:30 P.M. —Class dinner with members of families attending. Sunday, June 14 Afternoon—A memorial meeting in the Old Chapel in Dartmouth Hall. Evening —Mr. J. Frederick Larson and his wife, Elizabeth Frost Larson, will serve a complimentary supper to the members of the class and their families at the Larson home on North Balch Street. In order to make this 50th Reunion complete we look forward to the presence of the wives of those classmates who have left us.
Secretary, 215 Walnut St., Montclair, N. J.
