Class of 1878

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Lane, of Ashburnham, Mass., are entitled to a golden wedding August 24. Whether they will celebrate in any formal way may perhaps depend upon the state of Mrs. Lane's health, as she is something of an invalid. There never seems to be any question about Mr. L.'s health. Whether there will be any formal observance or not (we hope there will), felicitations will be in order, and classmates should remember the date.

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Gray, who recently gave their daughter in marriage, thus seeming to upset the balance of their household, but have managed to restore its equilibrium in a very satisfactory and rather unique fashion. The young couple occupy an apartment next door to the old folks. They have a two-party telephone line with an extension set on the parental second floor, thus making communication immediate and easy day or night; and the two families regularly dine together. Who can do better? Congratulations are surely in order.

Civil Engineering for April contains a brief note of reminiscence by George Richardson Harlow, relating to James B. Francis, eleventh president of the Society of Civil Engineers, with whom Harlow's father was associated for some years.

Harlow reports the marriage in April of his granddaughter, Jane E. Harlow, daughter of William H. Harlow (1912 n), who is now living in Oregon and engaged upon the building of a dam over the Columbia River. Harlow expects to spend the summer with his daughter Dorothy at Chatham, Mass. Other classmates might well give the Secretary early notice of their summer plans, so that if paths cross meetings may be arranged. Bouton will doubtless be in New Hampshire as usual.

Who else is on the move, and whither? Brown is reported to have left a substantial sum to the College and to have remembered Coe's Academy of Northwood, N. H., his preparatory school, generously.

Secretary, 321 Highland Ave., Fitchburg, Mass