1900*

The annual fall dinner of 1900, held at the Colonial Restaurant in Boston on October 21, the evening before the Harvard game, was fully up to the high standard set by its predecessors. Twenty-one members were in attendance, as follows: Atwood, Brooks, Dolloff, Fairfield, H. S., Hodgkins, Howe, Jenkins, H. M., Jennings, McDavitt, Moody, Paddock, Prescott, Rankin, Richardson, L. 8., Sampson, Sanborn, Sears, F. D., Teague, Tirrell, Wallace, Wentworth. The dinner was good and the conversation, as always, of the highest possible grade. Everyone was joyous to see Walter Rankin, apparently in excellent shape after his severe operation just a month before. For the first time in its history (the class has had but one president in the 38 years since graduation) he did not feel up to the duty of presiding at the dinner and asked Mac to take his place, but he talked briefly to us with no dimunition of his usual energy.

Various members were called upon for brief talks by Mac, who himself told us amusing incidents of his recent trip abroad. Harry Sampson discussed his success in dodging trees on the streets of Cambridge during the recent hurricane and told of his activities in the quick installation of sawmills to take care of the wastage left by the destruction of a pine forest surrounding the large summer camp for which the Hyams fund, of which he is trustee, is responsible. Col. Teague spoke of the destruction of much of his Mt. Washington Railroad and his plans for its repair, as well as the desolation at the base of the mountain, with the resulting danger from fire. Charlie Dolloff told us of the progress of the State Hospital at Concord, while Cut Tirrell spoke of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children at Montreal, of which he is director, giving a moving tale of the shocking physical disabilities under which many of the entering children labor and the success of the institution in contributing to their relief. Clarence Paddock told of a visit of his daughter to the relatives of her husband in Germany and the spirit among the German people as she observed it. Mac then called upon that member of the class who, from constant observation, knew more concerning Dartmouth football than almost any other alumnus. The Secretary was modestly preparing to respond when he was shocked and depressed to hear that it was Ben Prescott and not himself who was intended. Ben did a good job and really does know quite a bit about the subject, having attended every Dartmouth game for lo these many years, but the Secretary still thinks that his observations, based entirely upon information gained in absentia, would have been much to the point.

Various news items were brought out in conversation. Everyone was pleased to learn that Gilbert Balkam is making favorable progress from his severe illness. There was some talk, the purport of which the Secretary did not quite grasp, concerning a postage stamp transaction in which Chels Atwood was involved—it was either a million dollar deal for a postage stamp or a dollar deal for a million postage stamps. Whichever it was, Chels expressed confidence that eventually he would break even on the trade.

The marriage rate among the sons and daughters of the class shows no tendency to diminution. On September 10 at Melrose, Mass., Helen Louise Paddock was married to Dr. Peter Rudolph Wenck. The bridegroom is chemist for the Dow Chemical Company and the couple will make their home at Midland, Mich.

James Brown Woodman Jr. was married on October 28 at Methuen, Mass., to Miss Persis Gaunt.

Harry Fairfield's son, Donald Stanley, was married on August 19 at Los Angeles to Miss Barbara Jean March. They are living at Hollywood, Cal., where Donald is executive secretary to the American District Telegraph Company. Both bride and groom are graduates of Tufts College. Harry's second boy, Paul, was graduated from Boston University in June. He won his letter in football in that institution and is now instructor in physical education and football coach at the Webster Junior High School at Auburn, Maine.

The following changes of address have come from the Alumni Records Office: John C. Redington, Goshen, N. Y. Alvah T. Fowler, U. S. Geological Survey, Plattsburg, N. Y.

A simple but fitting memorial service for Homer and Caroline Keyes was held in Rollins Chapel on November 4, consisting for the most part of organ music, with a brief address by the Secretary. A large number .of friends were present both from Hanover and elsewhere. Eleven members of the class were in attendance: Atwood, Brooks, Butterfield, Dolloff, Dunlap, Fairfield, A. P., Goodhue, McDavitt, Proctor, Richardson, L. 8., Tuttle, D. D. Homer's ashes now rest in the old cemetery at Hanover.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H.