1885

John Brooks and Otis Hovey attended our College Commencement exercises last June, and saw the class having the largest number of graduates (505) in the history of the College receive their diplomas. Otis was spending the week-end at his new summer home at Hartford, Vt., only five miles from Hanover, which made his attendance very convenient as well as pleasant; later during July, Otis and his wife took an extended trip through the West, an account of which he has promised to send the Secretary in due time.

"Life" Philbrick, now a commorant of Hollywood, Calif., made a brief business trip to Boston late in June. The Secretary had the pleasure of seeing him, and is more than ever convinced that the panacea which "Life" needs is to return to his old home in Boston as a permanent resident. During July the Secretary had an enjoyable call with the class treasurer, Henry Austin, and his wife at their summer home, situated on the shore of a picturesque lake in Webster, N. H. They are very pleasantly located, for their next door neighbors are their son, Herbert, Dartmouth 'l4, and their daughter, Mrs. Stuart G. Fifield, and their families. Herbert and his wife conduct a successful boys' summer camp and Mrs. Fifield and her husband are the proprietors of a well-established year-round sanitarium. Under the circumstances, the Secretary would suggest that that section of the town of Webster be set off as a precinct under the name of Austinville. At the time of the Secretary's call, Henry was in the throes of superintending the painting of his buildings, which required an unusual amount of physical exercise on his part, but he seemed fully equal to the labor hewas actually performing.

The Secretary anticipates reports from every member of the class covering their summer trips and class news, which he is now eagerly awaiting and will duly use when received.

Secretary, Kimball Bldg., Tremont St., Boston