Class of 1886
Mrs. Wiswall, who had been seriously ill for three months, passed on early in the morning of April 3. Her faithful nurse, Mrs. Alice L. Prouty, writes that Wiswall is able to be dressed daily and is brave in the lonely life he faces. The hearts of all '86 men beat in sympathetic unison with his. He will be glad to receive letters at Newfane, Vt.
Mrs. Snow spent a month in the South, and visited among other places in Florida, Daytona Beach, the West Coast, including Bok Tower and St. Petersburg. Here she saw Gage '87, and visited Biff and Mrs. Kelly and Mary Frost and attended the Dartmouth-in-Florida reunion.
"Our Mary" reports a wonderful time on Dartmouth Day. She and her daughter, Miss Katherine B. Frost of Chicago, gave a tea for the alumni and their families at their home in St. Petersburg. There were 37 present, and Mrs. Frost says it was wonderful to have Mrs. Leslie Snow in town for a week or two. Almost does one achievement of Mrs. Frost make me go to the station and buy a ticket for St. Petersburg instanter. She says she has succeeded this winter in growing the lovely Heavenly Blue morning-glories on her front porch. It will not be until late in the summer that I can get any of this marvelous new bloom on my porch.
Mary also says that she would like to know if any one can beat her record of 184 adjectives ending in "dous," the parlor trick suggested by Dr. Heiser in his "American Doctor's Odyssey."
Mary Hatch (Mrs. W. M.) wrote recently that her daughter Eleanor was at home and improving after a month in a hospital with arthritis.
Rose writes that Mrs. Rose is much better in health and that he has given two recent lectures before a men's class in the church and was soon to lead a similar evening meeting of the Fireside Club of his church young people.
A letter from Billie Newton says he and Mrs. Newton will start North April 15, and will stay with relatives in Montclair a night or two about April 23-25. The Secretary rejoices that he also lives in Montclair and will surely see the Newtons. Billie expects to attend the secretaries' meeting in Hanover in May.
Errata in our 50th Year Report.
In the Directory on the last page please correct our spelling of Karl's name as "Goodman." He is that, but we ought not to have so published the fact.
Mrs. Snow writes Harris and me that we are only 180 degrees wrong in calling Leslie an "ardent Democrat." All his life he was a Republican.
Also please accept a greeting to the class from Dr. Edgar B. Philbrook, who writes the Secretary, not from Mt. Hermon, Calif., as stated on the last page of our Report, but from 78 Beach St., Santa Cruz, Calif. He says that after leaving Dartmouth he attended three universities, from which he received appropriate degrees. Since his retirement from practice ten years ago, he says he "devotes himself mostly to thebeauties and companionship of Nature," and sends "kindest regards to the class of'86."
Wiswall himself sends this message to the class:—
"I want to thank my classmates for thebeautiful spray of lilies and roses, asplendid tribute to the memory of asplendid woman. Mrs. Wiswall was a truemember of our 'B6 group. She loved ourclass, she greatly enjoyed attendance atour fiftieth anniversary."
He also sent a newspaper clipping from which I quote these words:
"Largely attended funeral services forMrs. Lilla (Moulton) Wiswall were held atthe First Congregational church Mondayafternoon, April 5, at 2:30 o clock. Rev.Warren M. Chandler, pastor of the church,and Rev. Paul Hayne officiated. Mrs. LulaOsgood played softly during parts of theservice. There were many floral pieces,among which was a beautiful spray ofEaster lilies and red roses from the class of'B6 of Dartmouth College, of which Rev.F. M. Wiswall was a member."
Secretary, 215 Walnut Street, Montclair, N. J
