Class of 1900
The Secretary is in receipt of a number of letters from various members of the class, abstracts of which will be of interest to others. Thus Clarence Paddock tells of himself as still engaged in teaching mathematics in the,, Wentworth Institute, Boston, as well as doing a large amount of private instruction, preparing pupils for various types of examinations. He has nearly recovered from the operation which he was compelled to undergo last summer. He derives much pleasure from his connection with a group of men singers, the Amphion Club, which gives four or five concerts each season in and about Boston, His children are all busy: Erwin (Dartmouth 1927) has charge of the interpretation of the new social security laws as they affect the New England division of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Helen (Mt. Holyoke 1929, Middlebury A.M. 1936) teaches French in John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Mo.; Ruth, a graduate of the Boston Children's Hospital, does private nursing; and Eleanor is a senior at Mt. Holyoke, doing special honors work in chemistry.
Arthur Virgin, writing from Clematis Farm, North Hatley, Quebec, tells us that he has retired from the Canadian Bank of Commerce with which he was connected so long, and is living quietly on his farm, doing a good bit of gardening during the summer. During the long Canadian winter he says that he does not follow the example of the other farmer who "just setand thought," he "just sets."
HOBBIES AND THE LAW
A long and interesting letter from Arthur Hayden, which deserves publication in full, did space permit. He is still in Manchester with his family, consisting of his wife, daughter, and son-in-law, each with his or her own hobbies—Arthur's, the collection of old books; Mrs. Hayden's, the care of numerous pets; the daughter's, cooking and housekeeping; and the sonin-law's, the accumulation and repair of old furniture. Arthur writes in a philosophical vein of the status of the legal profession, and of the contrast between the conditions under which our generation grew up and those which now prevail.
Bob Jackson is no longer secretary of the Democratic National Committee, but served during the recent campaign as one of the seven members of the Executive Financial Committee of that organization, charged with the responsibility of raising campaign funds. He practices law with offices in the Shoreham Building, Washington, but much of his time is spent in New York.
BEWARE OF 1900 DRIVERS
A recent appointment of Governor Curley was that of Cornelius J. Mahoney as district judge at North Andover, Mass. That makes a second place, added to Milford, N. H. (Judge Prescott's bailiwick), in which 1900 men should be able to run their cars in their own peculiar and individual style, not too much hampered by traffic regulations.
With commendable public spirit fifty per cent of the Hanover members of the class immured themselves in Dick Hall's House during the Christmas recess, in order that that institution might not lapse into idleness during the absence of the undergraduates. Charles Proctor was obliged to submit to an operation, and for a time was not exactly comfortable, but at this writing seems well on his way to recovery. As to the Secretary's case, there did not seem to him personally to be much the matter, and he broke loose in time to attend the wedding of his son Edward to Miss Julia Foster, which took place at the Dane St. church, Beverly, Mass., on January first.
Secretary, 11 No. Park St., Hanover, N. H.
