1886

The Secretary is on his job again and thanks Newton for writing the sketch of Fowler and '86 notes for the October MAGAZINE.

A letter from Karl, October 10, states that his chronic bronchitis has eased enough so that he has of late been to his office nearly every day. He takes only short walks and avoids stairs if possible.

Mrs. John French has been elected president of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association.

Last May, Spud Smith was one of three New Hampshire men to receive a gold medal for fifty-year membership in the State Medical Society. He say: "I graduated from Bellevue Medical School, New York City, in 1887 in a class of 134, and was one of five to 'orate.' My subject was the college motto, "clinica clinice demons tranda."

Pete says: "March 11, 1939, will be my fiftieth, but I hardly think I can qualify for a gold medal from New Hampshire, as I retired seven years ago."

Rose is chairman of the program committee of the men's class in his Greenfield church. They will study the situation in Spain for six months. The storm in Buckingham, Conn., blew down the steeple of his son Philip's church and plunged it through the audience room into the basement.

Biff and Lilian are en route to St. Petersburg via Boston, Newport, R. I., and Mt. Carmel, N. Y., where his son, Dr. William P. Kelly Jr., lives. He expects to start for Florida about October 22. While in Boston they called on the Newtons and report them well.

Pete makes the same report, as his daughter Eleanor was entertained over- night by Billie and Mrs. Newton.

Wiswall wrote by the hand of his nurse a long, cheerful letter to the Secretary on September 30. Although he cannot see to write, he says he is comfortable and his legs better than last winter. He rejoiced over calls by Joe Bittinger and the Rose family. He recalls in detail the members of our '86 Glee Club, and describes the Dartmouth faculty of our day as "men of body, heart, and soul. I am profoundly appreciative and thankful for the fellowship of my college days."

Do I not hear "ditto, ditto, ditto," from other members of '86?

Secretary, 215 Walnut St., Montclair, N. J.