Class of 1885

On November i, Otis Hovey removed his office as consulting engineer from 71 Broadway to 11 West 42c! St., New York City, and his new telephone number is Lackawanna 4-1189. His residence address remains the same as heretofore—42s Riverside Drive, New York City.

Charlie, Mrs. Chase, and their two daughters, Margaret and Alice, had an enjoyable trip to England last summer, further report of which appears in the Secretary's annual Christmas letter.

Harry Parker recently dug out from his class archives and sent to the Secretary excerpts from the New York Herald and the New York World of Sunday, December 27, 1891, relating to the poem in dramas "Launcelot and Guinevere," which had then recently been written by our late classmate, Richard Hovey.

The criticisms of this poem were highly complimentary, and summarized it as the most noteworthy volume of verse of that year and one of the most noteworthy produced during a decade.

When we recall that Hovey in 1891 was only 87 years of age, and that he died in 1900, when he was less than 36 years old, having even then written much poetry of outstanding merit, we again realize that his death was untimely and cut short the promise of a very brilliant literary career.

While not strictly an item limited to class news, the Secretary ventures to say that those of our alumni who have not yet read Bill Cunningham's ('19) fine review of the progressive outstanding successes of Dartmouth's football teams, which appeared in the December issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, have a treat in store for themselves that they should not miss; as the well-known sports-editor of the Boston Post, he contributed a most interesting account of the new era in Dartmouth football, which must appeal very strongly not only to football fans but to every loyal alumnus of our College.

Secretary, Kimball Bldg. 18 Tremont St., Boston