1880

Back in May and before our Summer vacation, I received from Cap Warner of Chattanooga, Tennessee, too late for publication in the June Number, a nice long interesting letter.

Cap is very much interested in Evangelism. He has been all his life a member of the Episcopal Church and twice a delegate to their General Convention, for six years a member of the National Commission on Evangelism and for nineteen years a member of the Chattanooga Billy Sunday News Evangelistic Club and attends its weekly meetings. He has also for fifteen years been Treasurer of the Bible Study Committee which supports the teaching of the Bible in the public schools of Chattanooga.

Cap says you can say to my classmates that "I have found the greatest reality inmaking life livable in my experience as aChristian. This experietice has contributedmore happiness to my life than anythingelse and without it I would be most miserable."

Notwithstanding his evangelistic activities "Cap" still finds time to participate as an officer, as Secretary of a large corporation engaged at this time in making cotton yarn and knitting it into underwear.

He sends best wishes and regards to all classmates.

And we are glad to receive the usual prompt letter from "Davie" of Oak Park, Illinois, one "Great American Traveller." He spends a large part of his time driving about the Country in his automobile and reports that this Summer, with his wife and eighteen members of the Geographic Society of Chicago, he made an extensive tour of Alaska, visited the large Fish Canneries along the Pacific Coast and looked into the U. S. Government Extension Project in Matarusa Valley, where they are moving in relief farmers from Minnesota to Alaska and starting them anew.

They drove through McKinley National Park where he had a fine view of the snowclad McKinley 20,300 feet high, the highest mountain in the North American Continent. They also visited the University of Alaska, where they saw a fine collection indicating prehistoric culture of the Country. They drove up the Yukon River 1700 miles on a stern-wheel steamboat using wood for fuel. At Ft. Yukon they were above the Arctic Circle where daylight continued until after midnight.

They also looked over the famous gold fields along the Klondike River and saw gold taken from gravel beds that had been frozen for centuries.

He had just arrived home a few days before writing—in good health and the feeling that he had a very interesting and profitable Summer and well he might have —who wouldn't have enjoyed such an extensive and interesting trip?

Another long interesting letter from Will Service of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, who for many years has been far from well having had numerous operations of one kind or another which have put him under a continuous strain, but he reports that he is still alive and until recently has been able to read much daily and extensively.

His chief pleasure in life now consists largely in reading good books, although his eyesight is not any too good.

His letter is full of hope and courage and he sends kindest regards and best wishes to all the remaining boys of '80.

Glad to hear again from Dr. Sam King who reports himself to be well and active and as having been spending considerable time visiting the Phi Beta Kappa men in his neighborhood soliciting aid for a Trust Fund to maintain high standing of education and freedom of education and reports he has been quite successful.

He also continues to practice his profession chiefly for some of his old patients, but is not actively accepting new practice.

As heretofore his chief diversion is playing Chess, being interested in several tournaments on hand in different parts of the Country at the same time. As you have doubtless already learned he did a most excellent job in obtaining contributions to the Alumni Fund, obtaining more than our Class Quota and placing us high among the list of all classes contributing to the Fund.

Just previous to the last issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE I attended at Hanover the Annual May Meeting of Class Secretaries which was a very successful affair, with over one hundred secretaries present and we had a very interesting and spirited discussion on matters concerning the College and the Campaign inaugurated to increase the volume of subscribers to the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

KEEP IN MIND Classmates that our FIVE YEAR CLASS REUNION-our twelfth comes next year—l940 and we hope we shall have, for us, a large attendance.

Secretary, 10 Post Office Square, Boston, Mass.