Class of 1899
Richard Butterfield, who married Benezet's daughter Ann, has pulled up stakes in Connecticut and moved his family to Hanover, N. H., where he will be associated with J. F. Larson in architectural work.
Our Benny—Louis P. Benezet, has become a convert to the theory that the. Seventeenth Earl of Oxford was the master mind behind Shakespeare's plays, and will try to prove it in a booklet entitled "Shakespeare, Shakespeare and De Vere," which will be off the press shortly. In the language of the courts: "We'll hear you onthat point, Mr. Benezet."
We are in receipt of a Christmas letter from Montie Fuller, full of good cheer and good news. His daughter Miriam is much improved in health. Montie recently advised his superior that he (Montie) had better be moving on to greener pastures and was advised by that wise man that he had better stay in Torrington and grow up with the country. Complimentary to Montie and good advice for all of us. .
James P. Richardson attended the recent meeting of the American Political Science Association, held in Philadelphia, where Jim had an opportunity to discuss his plan for interesting Dartmouth graduates in politics. Incidentally, Jim heard Asst. Atty. Gen. Jackson sound off.
A note from Joseph H. Hartley advises us that he and Mrs. Hartley have moved from New Rochelle to Lowell, Mass., where they have charge of a small home for aged couples. Joe says: "It's good toshake hands again with the New Englandclimate and people." The new address is 98 Smith St., Lowell.
Fred A. Walker died at his home in Worcester, Mass., December to, 1937, after a short illness. He had been in poor health for nearly a year. An appropriate appreciation of him will be found in the Necrology column.
Prof. Harley R. Willard, "Tony," is quite ill at his home in Orono, Me. He was taken ill shortly before Thanksgiving, and will have to take a good rest before he becomes active again. We suggest you remember him with a letter.
The Secretary's annual appeal for a letter from each of the class for publication in the Class Report is in your hands by now. A prompt reply will make life easier on the Gardner, Mass., front.
A copy of Peddy Miller's lecture—"Mazaryk, Political Idealist, Teacher of Menand Of Nations,"—delivered November 3, 1937, at Bryn Mawr College, has been received. It is too long to quote here. It is a thriller. What amazes the reader most is the matter of fact way in which Peddy tells of his own labors in helping to make the republic of Czechoslovakia an historical fact. If Mazaryk was the father, our Peddy wasn't far from being the mother of that country. He certainly brooded over it, in America, at least.
A card from Daytona Beach, Fla., advises us that Guy E. and Mrs. Speare spent a Christmas holiday vacation in the land of sunshine and flowers.
Secretary, 31 Parker St., Gardner, Mass.
