Class of 1899
Warren Kendall has taken to water travel at last, after a lifetime on the railroads. He sends us a delightful postcard from Guatemala, "The Country of Eternal Spring Time." Here it is: "There seemedto be an important errand for your emissary in this direction, so am taking a jewdays to see that it is properly attended to.Great country! Sincerely—WARREN. Bananas great! 3-27-1938."
Weary Wardle has sent the Secretary a three-page article on the state of the union, which is too long to include here. A hurried reading of it convinces me that Weary is still anti-New Deal. The article will made good reading at the Boston Roundup, 1939.
As predicted last month, James P. Richardson has announced his candidancy for the Republican nomination for Congress in Second New Hampshire District. Jim has lots of opposition, but stands a fine chance to win. His campaign is already under way with encouraging offers of support coming from all sides.
The Secretary journeyed to Hanover May 13-15 to attend the annual meeting of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association, of which he has been president for the 1937-1938 term. The high light of the meeting was the issue of a new Secretaries Manual to succeed the one issued in 1915 by a special committee of the association under the chairmanship of C. H. Donahue '99.
In a card of thanks for the current issue of the class report, Louise G. Barstow, wife of our Elmer, advises us that her daughter, Marie, and husband, Robert Sharp, are living in Norton, Mass. Mrs. Barstow sends greetings to all 'ggers. Thus is revived the memory of Elmer Barstow, first general secretary of the class after graduation, who set the tradition by which every succeeding secretary has been guided and inspired to the attainment of such success as has crowned his humble effort.
The thirty-third class report will have reached all of you before this note appears in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. That it is the tie which binds the '99 family together is evidenced by the many letters of thanks not only from the class but sons and daughters of '99. If you have not received your copy, there are extra ones which can be had for the asking.
Wendell, son of Jim Barney, writes us from Richmond, Va., where he is still connected with Leach, Rindfleisch, & Scott, certified public accountants, that the latchstring of the "Barney tepee is always outto '<)<) sachems, their squaws, and, their papooses."
Every little while there appears in print some reminiscence of Frank W. Cavanaugh which crystallizes our memories of him. The latest one appears in the columns of the Boston Traveller of May 3, 1938. Tom Thorpe, former football coach at Columbia and a well-known football official, on a recent visit to Boston spoke feelingly of Cav and said: "He was one ofthe finest sportsmen football ever has produced, and could take a defeat betterthan most football coaches for whom Ihave worked. Some of the most pleasurablemoments I ever spent were after aBoston College-Holy Cross game, whenCav played the piano and sang until Iand my brother Ed had to run for themidnight train for New York." Many a '99er also spent such a night with Cavanaugh.
These will be the last notes until the October issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. In the meantime, remember, where you go for the summer, what you do, whom you see, and all accidents "by flood and field" which befall you, as well as all joys which attend you will be news to 'ggers. Why not write a letter to the Secretary, giving him all the news of your experiences? He'll be glad to hear from you, as will all the rest who get the news through him. Happy days and good fortune attend you, one and all!
Secretary, 31 Parker St., Gardner, Mass.
