Historic Flags Given

A portion of the flag which Admiral Peary planted at the North Pole in 1909 and a small American flag which Admiral Byrd carried in his flight over the South Pole in 1929 were added to the historic possessions in Dick's House early in May. Attractively framed and accompanied by letters from their donors, the fragment of blue bunting from the Peary flag, presented by Henry E. Rood of Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., and the small American flag, presented by Admiral Byrd himself, have been hung upon the wall of the reception room of the College infirmary and are open to public inspection.

Mr. Rood, formerly a member of the editorial staff of Harper's Monthly Magazine, was one of Admiral Peary's closest friends and was among the first to greet the famous explorer upon his return from the North Pole. The bunting, which Peary gave him personally at Battle Harbor, was presented to the late Edward K. Hall '92 for Dick's House. Mr. Rood in the past has also presented the College with autographed photographs of Admiral Peary and Vladimir Stefansson, a letter from Theodore Roosevelt when he was President, letters from Stefansson concerning his discovery of the blond Eskimos, and the cane in Dick's House made from a White House staircase railing which did not burn when the British set fire to the White House in 1812.

Mr. Rood's great-uncle, Dr. Dixi Crosby,

was professor of surgery in the Dartmouth Medical School. He is the father of Kingsland T. Rood '18, and himself attended the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now the University of New Hampshire, when it was located in Hanover.