Class of 1905

The announcement has been made of the engagement of "Elsie" Grover's daughter Barbara to Mr. Carlton E. Nichols of Gardner, Mass. Barbara is a graduate of Cushing Academy and the Bouve School, and is at present on the staff of the Madiera School in Virginia. Mr. Nichols attended Worcester Academy and recently graduated from Dartmouth.

Another recently announced engagement is that of Miss Louise Brokaw of East Orange, N. J., to Dr. William P. Clough Jr. Miss Brokaw is a graduate of Colby Junior College and the Katherine Gibbs School of New York. Bill Jr. graduated from College with the class of '34 and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons last year.

To both the above couples, and may we also add, to Miss Ann Hopkins and John Merrill '37, whose engagement was announced during the holidays by President and Mrs. Hopkins, the class of 'O5 extends its congratulations and every good wish.

Now for the voyageurs. Usually some of the class, at this season of the year, are going to milder climates, but from no less an authority than Lafayette Chamberlin, we learn that Globe-Trotters Donnelly, Elliott, and Proctor are seeing America first, so far this year at least.

Sliver Hatch, though, has carried the "Message to Garcia" and upheld the traveling honors for the class, being at present on a three weeks' trip to Cuba. His office said, "Business—of course." We aren't so sure about this, and the answer depends a lot on how well he does the Rumba when he gets back.

C. C. writes, "Any members of 1905 whohave lost faith in miracles should acquaintthemselves with the new B. ir M. passengerstation at White River Junction, whereupon their belief will be restored. Ourgenial friend in 'O6, Ned French, has donethe trick with various plans and suggestions of college architect Larson. Verily,I say unto you that there is beauty in the'June' at long last."

That admirably edited and always interesting periodical of the Dartmouth Association of Northern California, known as "Squeaks from the Golden Gate," in its December issue has the following article:

" 'RUFUS' DAY FUND

"The Treasurer calls our attention to aninteresting item on the books for 193']—'Received February 8, 1937, from DR. EDMUND EZRA DAY 'O3, sl.oo'—Rememberthat Monday, at our luncheon? Prexy EdShattuck tried to pay both checks andRufus said he was still with RockefellerFoundation and able to pay his way. Shattuck paid the check but Day contributedthe dollar just the same, the last big job forthe Foundation and Dartmouth before takmg over the reins at Cornell. Watch futureissues of Squeaks for growth and application of the 'Rufus' Day Fund."

Allen Smith's son, Dexter, who is Phi Beta Kappa and who graduated last June from Dartmouth Cum Laude, is attending the Harvard Business School.

Another letter from C. C. as follows: "Last fall, Mrs. Hills and I had the pleasure of spending the night in the most attractive and very hospitable home of the Andrew MacMillans at Concord. Doctor MacMillan is an ardent admirer of the present Democratic administration at Washington, and will be very glad to make an address on the subject at any time or place. More recently I called on Walter May, in his Concord office of the N". H. Board of Education. Walter and his family are in fine health, his daughter is to graduate from Skidmore this coming June. At Derry Village, I found John Bell at his job of principal of Pinkerton Academy. This institution seems to be flourishing and is making some excellent records with its athletic teams. At Hampstead, N. H., I was fortunate in finding both Charley Brooks and Mrs. Brooks at home in their beautiful farmhouse. Charley is quite a poultry man, and is making some unusual records in obtaining very large yields of eggs from his hens. One reason for this success is that he keeps his henhouses brilliantly illuminated all night. He tells me that the domestic hen is a descendant of the jungle fowl of India, and that in their native habitat the nights are very short and not extremely dark. Taking advantage of this evolutionary fact, he succeeds, by the aid of electricity, in persuading his hens to devote a large proportion of each twenty-four hours to useful activity, taking only such rest as is absolutely needed. His henhouses make a very fine spectacle with all lights going at 3:00 or 4:00 o'clock in the wintry mornings. This twenty-four hour schedule has had an interesting and unexpected result. His roosters find the life so strenuous that their expectation of life is considerably below that of their brothers operating under the usual 10- or 12-hour day. However, it is eggs that Charley is after, and he gets them in abundance."

AI.UMNI FUND RECORD FOR 1937

82 contributors (71% of graduates),total gifts of $1,899.00 (83% of objective).

CLARENCE C. HILLS, Class Agent

Assistant: James A. Vaughan

CONTRIBUTORS

1905 Atwood, Howard D. Balph, Rowland P. Barney, Winfield S. Batchellor, Stillman Besse, Stanley Blatner, William D. Brintnall, Henry S. Brooks, Charles A. Campbell, Carroll A. Campbell, William J. Chamberlain, William E. Chamberlin, Lafayette R. Chase, Frederick Chisholm, Everett A. Clark, Robert S. Clow, Arlington I. Conley, Walter A. Cunningham, Shirley B. Day, Edmund E. Dennison, Harry G. Dillon, Walter S. Donnelly, James C. Elliott, Herford N. Emery, Walter P. Falconer, Robert C. Fall, Gilbert H. Fromm, Nelson K. Getchell, Carl F. Gilbert, Edgar Goodrich, Charles F. Greenleaf, William A. Gregory, Ernest T. Grover, Louis C. Harding, Robert H. Haskell, Harold M. Hatch, Fletcher A. Hazen, Edwin H. Hills, Clarence C. Hodgman, Charles D. King, Harold D. Knibbs, John W. Ladd, Percy C. Laing, John A. Libby, Ralph L. Lillard, Walter H. Lodfer, Halsey B. McClary, Arthur E. MacMillan, Andrew L. May, Walter M. Maynard, Alexander R. Melvin, Albert T. Messer, H. Richard Moore, Chester N. Mulally, James H. Musgrove, Eugene R. Newick, Ira A. Nourse, Walter L. Parkinson, Royal Peirce, J. Winslow Pierce, Clifford W. Piatt, Theodoras B. Preston, Harry B. Proctor, George N. Putnam, George W. Reid, George S. Richardson, Edward C. Ricker, George R. Sibley, Edward N. Small, Walter B. Small, Walter G. Smith, Allen C. Smith, Leon B. Stevenson, Norman Thrall, Henry D. Vaughan, James A. Wallis, L. Theodore Ward, Harold E. Weston, Frederick S. White, Ernest M. Wilkins, Samuel H. Wilmot, Ross H. Wiswall, Thomas A.

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