Class of 1900
This time the "engagement of themonth" among the children of 1900 is that of Ruth Fairfield, Perry's daughter, to Emerson Day, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Day, of Bronxville, N. Y. Ruth is a graduate of the Connecticut College for Women in the class of 1935, and received her master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, the following year. She is a member of the faculty of Edgemont School, Scarsdale, N. Y. Mr. Day is a graduate of Dartmouth in the class of 1934, and is now in his third year in the Harvard Medical School. His father, Dartmouth 1905, known to many 1900 men under the name of "Rufus," is the newly elected president of Cornell University, while his grandfather, Dean Charles F. Emerson, 1868, was known to every 1900 man as the usually genial but the sometimes sadly admonitory "Chuck,"
There is no chance of keeping Arthur Newton out of the alumni notes. The New York World-Telegram of March 10 con- tains a full-page article about the ma"who has sold more motor cars at retailthan any other man in the world," beginning his uninterrupted career in that calling in 1899. It tells all about Arthur's early work; how he sold six cars to Diamond Jim Brady so that the latter would be sure at all times to have at least one car that would run; how he didn't sell any to Stanford White because he could stop the car in a demonstration only by running it into a sand pile. Incidentally it appears that Arthur was responsible for the sign on steep hills, formerly so familiar " 'smake this hill in high. What gear are youin?" (The World-Telegram carefully refrains from giving any free advertising to Arthur's car, so the ALUMNI MAGAZINE certainly cannot do so.) The Secretary started his motoring with this same
car, and it used to infuriate him to be confronted by such a sign when he was plodding up the hill in the lowest possible gear. He would curse this extravagant statement and swear that never, never would he buy another car. Still, the Buick was about as good as any of them.
JED PROUTY REPORTS FROM CHICAGO
Jed Prouty writes of a pleasant meeting in Chicago in honor of Warren Kendall '99, in which Warren played the part of guest instead of his usual role of host. A group of oldtimers was present—Walter MacCornack '97, Fred Pope and Albert Smith '98, Harry Watson, Walter Eastman, and Doc Cushman '99, Jed from 1900, and Warren's brother from 1910. The conversation wandered over a wide range of topics, easily to be imagined by men of those times, but scarcely so by members of more recent and less sophisticated classes.
The legislative roster of Massachusetts for 1937 shows Herbert L. Trull (R) of Tewksbury as representative for the 17 th Middlesex District, embracing the towns of Billerica, Burlington, Dracut, Tewksbury, and Wilmington.
The Secretary has received a welcome letter from Tom Sawyer, who, after roaming up and down the world quite a bit, is now in Santa Marta, Colombia. He writes that his health is always perfect, that he enjoys the country and out-of-doors as much as ever, and that he whiles away his idle time with gardening and reading. He describes Mrs. Sawyer as a bridge fiend, but says that he does not play; surely an effective way of preserving domestic peace. Tom's son, Bayard, a graduate of Purdue in the class of 1935, is assistant editor of the McGraw-Hill publication, Power. His daughter Irene finishes her secondary school course in Indiana in June, while David is to enter Loomis Institute this fall.
Secretary, 11 No. Park St., Hanover, N. H.
