1908

In mid summer Art Lewis had a letter from Mrs. Fred Stripp, telling of Fred's serious illness. He was in the hospital the last of July, and seemed to be improving after several blood transfusions. Mrs. Stripp said he especially enjoys the cards and letters from classmates, and often talks about the men he knew at Dartmouth. The address is 960 Tulare, Berkeley, Calif.

J. A. O'Shea was awarded his numerals last spring, in Baseball, and it seems certain that he will at least match his old man in winning a D in that sport. Jim is the younger son of Art; the older boy, John, is a senior this year, and business manager of Jacko.

Sandy Stearns graduated in June at Amherst. Attending his graduation caused Mike to miss commencement in Hanover for the first time in several years.

Crosby Hoar postcards from Washington, D. C., that he has completed 29 years in the forestry service. For the past three years his headquarters have been in Washington and his duties take him from Maine to Kentucky. Much of last winter he spent in Boston, helping organize fire hazard reduction work after the New England hurricane. Dana Parkinson is in the same line of work in Washington, so it's a fair guess that they meet occasionally where all is quiet on the Potomac and shatter the silence by singing Trees and Backs Go Tearing By.

Early in the summer the New York Sun reported that Dr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Blake of New Haven entertained about 200 guests at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. The long published list of guests indicated that most of them were of the medical profession.

Dr. Harold O. Rugg of Columbia Teachers' College, probably '08's most eminent educator, drew the fire of the Advertising Federation of America this summer, by a chapter in one of his text books. The advertising men claim that Dr. Rugg's book, used in many schools, teaches that much advertising is not entirely honest, and that it tends to raise prices to consumers. The advertising men contend that the contrary is true.

Elizabeth Munkelt, daughter of 'OB Fred, graduated at Oberlin in June with rather special honors. Besides high scholastic ranking she was' one of only three women who won the right to wear the college insignia. She majored in physical education, and is now working in the county health office in Oberlin.

Bill Knight has made another quick trip from Illinois, to attend a meeting of the Athletic Council in Hanover. Bob Marsden's wedding, late in June, was announced to his intimate friends by cards. He is now living in Townshend, Vt. Art Eberle and his family spent a month this summer at Lake Fairlee, about 15 miles north of Hanover. He is about the only classmate your reporter has seen since June, though we have been in Hanover most of the time and expected some vacationing '08ers would drop in. As this is written the candidates for the football team are coming back for early practice, (don't ask us yet to forecast the season) and early freshmen are hunting for bargains in second-hand furniture, just as they did 35 years ago. College will open in ten days, we hope without the help of a hurricane such as inaugurated the opening a year ago. And then, no doubt, a lot of you classmates will be dropping in. We hope so.

Secretary, 115 Broadway, New York, N. Y.