1888*

The 50th celebration has come and gone. It was a memorable occasion, as the 16 men present will testify, but alas! the nine who could not come will never know what they missed. The Alumni Association was kind enough to award us the cup given each year to the class having the highest percentage present. 64% was our record. Clark, Cate, Chase, Dunlap, Ely, Hardy, Keay, Lougee, Nelson, Richardson, Pattee, Pearson, Stevens, Walker, Berton Williams, and Wendell Williams were counted on our honor roll, while we were assured that the nine absentees were with us in spirit. Not to overlook the ladies, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs. Keay, Mrs. Lougee, and Mrs. Berton Williams served as our valiant assistants. With us for a period were Mrs. Chandler and daughter, Mrs. English, who was registering her grandson, Mrs. French and her oldest son (our class baby). Mrs. Whittemore, who was too ill to be present, was represented by her daughter. Pearson's son and wife joined us on Sunday, and George Hardy offered his ten-year-old grandson as the life of the party and a joy to look at, a prospective member of the class of 1948.

Of course, for us the high light of Saturday was Pattee's address for the class at the alumni meeting. As we knew it would be, it was wisely selected and well done, and many most favorable comments came from members of other classes and members of the faculty, all of which were received as vindicating the wisdom of '88 in its choice.

On Sunday at 1 o'clock we gathered in the new ski hut for our class dinner, where our presiding officer Pattee again distinguished himself in the presentation of two honorary degrees, one to Fred Walker's dog and the other to George Hardy's grandson, both for meritorious service to the class. The Secretary was glad to present the long lost "class pipe," which was recovered through the energy and intelligence of Ed Bayley '85. A vote of thanks is hereby recorded.

In the late afternoon, as the lowering sun shone through the pines, the class gathered at the grave of Charlie McCarthy in the Hanover cemetery, where after the placing of flowers a brief memorial service was held for those whose memory only remains with us. John Lew conducted the service with feeling and much good taste. This proved to be a period of profound significance and one which should be enjoyed by all reuning classes.

Our doings at Hanover, June 17-20, will be more fully recounted in our class report, the preparation of which will doubtless be undertaken as soon as the Secretary returns to winter quarters at Belmont, Mass. Suffice it to say that so far as heard from, the 16 men present stood the frivolity of the 50th with usual equanimity.

The Alumni Fund.—With much satisfaction the Secretary now records that 128% of our quota stands on the records of 1938.

The only unrecorded news which has drifted up the Maine coast this summer is that Dick Ely's daughter graduated from Mt. Holyoke in June with high honors, and Dick appeared at the reunion with all his old-time modesty.

Bill Remsen, son of Dick, has just been selected leader of the Sixth Form at Choate School, where he has had a notable career. He is captain-elect of the hockey team, a debater and a singer, and a school editor.

Word has just been received of the death of Gove in Pasadena, Calif., on August 18. More information concerning this sad news in the November issue.

Secretary, 11 Oak St., Belmont, Mass.

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