Class of 1900
These notes are sent in late in March, as the Secretary is to be away until the ninth of April and the tenth is the date upon Which they are due—delivered at Chelsea, Vt. So if any important event, such as the loss of $10,000,000 or the winning of the Irish Sweepstakes, happens to any member of the class in the next twelve days, that member will have to be content to have mention of the fact deferred to the June issue. It may not be known to all that the Alumni Editor presents at the annual secretaries' meeting the grades of the different class secretaries, based mainly, it may be assumed, on their promptness in passing in the class notes. Never has the present Secretary attained the mark of 100%, which seems to be gained easily by the Secretaries of other classes—in fact he has never attained 100% in anything since his experience in the early grades of Sunday school when, if memory serves, he repeated the golden text in a sufficient number of consecutive sessions to receive a highly ornamental card upon which a number of gaudily dressed angels were flying about. But this year there seems to be a chance to attain the highest mark—and fool the sardonic Mr. Comstock. Hence the early dispatch of these notes. But the reader is warned —grades are the prime consideration, not efficiency or completeness in the gathering of news.
Weddings again occupy the center of the stage. At Hyde Park, Mass., on March 17, Helen Whitcomb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dana Sears, was married to Mr. Arlo Thaxter Bates.
And again. On March 12 at the Church of the Resurrection in New York Susanna Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson (Frances Perkins), was married to Mr. David Merideth Hare of New York. The bride attended Barnard and the groom Bard College. He is now engaged in the work of the photographer in the color field. The picture of this very attractive couple appeared in a recent number of Time.
Good news has been received from Risley, who, after having been ill for some months, including a stay at the Baptist Hospital, Boston, for observation and treatment, has now returned to his home in Sydney, N. S., and reports that he feels much like himself again, although his activities in the future will have to be somewhat reduced. Risley is engineer for the Dominion Coal Company in charge of the surface works at the extensive plant of that company.
Day Condit is also reported as much improved, although he is still confined to the hospital at Evanston.
Dago Phillips is now associated with Russell F. Prodden, investment advisory consultant, at 120 Broadway, New York. His work takes him out of town for much of the time conferring with bank officials concerning investments, a work in which he specializes.
A postcard from Ben Prescott shows that he and Mrs. Prescott have been taking their usual spring cruise, this time to New Orleans, where they are staying at a hotel most incongruous for one of Ben's political principles—The Roosevelt, described as the "pride of the South."
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
