1894*

The outstanding event in class history during the last three months has been the issuing of "Dartmouth '94 Class Letters, 1937'1938>" edited by his Honor the Judge of the Municipal Court of Fulton, New York, Herbert J. Wilson. It is believed that Jimmy Wilson has attained an all-time high record in securing a letter from all but one of the living members of the class. Moreover he has had a superb response from the wives of deceased members. It makes a book of over one hundred pages, which it can be safely said has been avidly read during the month of August by the members of our fellowship. The reading was not confined to '94, as is evidenced by the following letter to the Secretary:

"The Report of the Class of 1894 is always intensely interesting to me, but never more so than in this last issue containing the class letters for 1937-38. Thank you for sending this to me. Yours very sincerely,

"ERNEST M. HOPKINS"

The issuing of this report makes unnecessary certain items which would naturally come out in this column. But it must just be said that it has been a sad time for Billy Wallis, whose wife died May 5, so short a time after his retirement; for Jimmy Townsend, whose youngest son was killed in an automobile accident late in May; and for Henry Howland, whose wife died June 18, 1938. These men are all bravely carrying on in spite of the severity of their losses.

Billy Ames gave us some sober moments this summer by resorting to a hospital for the excision of his appendix without affording us sufficient opportunity to deliberate what would happen to the class treasury while he was in the hospital. However, Billy has come up smiling, and while he is not boasting of working twenty-four hours in a day, yet still he reports that he is on the way to full recovery.

The Secretary was in Franklin, N. H., one day last month and made a doorstep call on Mrs. Gust Sawyer. She reported that Gust's daughter, Ruth, was taking his place on the Journal-Transcript, and that she and her daughter were going to live in a house which they are repairing at 84 Pine St. As for herself, she reported that she had been through the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., this last summer with good results.

The Secretary has before him the Andover (Mass.) Townsman of June 16, 1938, in which the retirement of John Lewis Phillips from the faculty of Phillips Academy after a service of forty-four years is announced. The school "Pot Pourri" for 1916 was dedicated to John in the following words: "To John Lewis Phillips, whose nobility of character, steadfast friendship, and scholarly zeal have been a continual inspiration to his students." The Townsman goes on to say: "His unfailing kindness and interest in his students have made him one of Andover's most beloved teachers." The Townsman gives a summary of John's career, in which it is mentioned that he spent his sabbatical year, 1908-09 in studying at Rome and the University of Gottingen in Germany. For fourteen years John and his wife were in charge of Williams Hall. For many years he was director of the Phillips Academy Dramatic Club. Together with Mr. Allen he published the Allen and Phillips "Latin Composition" and he was also a collaborator in "Byrne's Syntax of High School Latin." John and his wife will make their home in Franklin, N. H.

Speaking about changes of address, you are hereby warned that Quincy Blakely is now to be reached at 54 Bishop Road, West Hartford, Conn.

A word from Paul Jenks' pocket borough, namely the Flushing High School. In memory of the two men from the Flushing High School who died in the fraternity house tragedy four years ago, a fund was raised by the community, the income from which is used not only as monetary assistance towards college bills but as the highest honor which can be awarded by the school at its June commencements. In 1937 the first full award of $100 was made to Timothy Takaro, who was also the first beneficiary to enter Dartmouth; and he responded to the trust by being the only freshman to attain grades of five A's at the end of the first semester.

Members of the class are reminded that we have now entered about our forty-fifth year, the climax of which comes next June.

Secretary, 14 Beacon St., Boston

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