1889*

A long time ago certain men of 'B7 established the custom of meeting in Boston for dinner on Saturday evening, following the Dartmouth-Harvard football game. A few years ago, their number having lessened, men in contemporary classes were invited to join the "eighties group." For the last 2 years men of '9O and '9l have been included. This year the expansion was backward and Dr. Piper who, as Secretary of '76 issued last January the Sixty-third Annual Report of his class, celebrated his 87th birthday by dining with his younger brothers Representatives from 9 classes were present, but 'B7 still is the center of the group; this year 5 original and faithful members came; 2 from 'BB, 3 each from 'B9 and '9O and 1 each from 5 other classes brought the total attendance to 18 Only a minority had watched the game and the question of football did not come in for much discussion (nor did the murals in Thayer Hall nor the "Orozcoes" in Baker!) indicating, presumably, that athletics at Dartmouth have been directed satisfactorily by the coaching stalf and the athletic council.

A recent letter from Sully begins: "I am retiring to obscurity on November 1 and shall be out of a job for the first time in 50 years." The first 2 years after graduation he was a reporter on the New York Times. For 2 years he was in the Advertising Department of the American Economist and then for 9 years in the Advertising Department of the Times. For 37 years he has been with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 4 years in its Department of Advertising and 33 years as head of the Purchasing Department. The 50 years have brought varied experiences but his enthusiasm for his work, his play, his business associates and his friends has never failed. On the last day at his office he wrote again: I am beginning to feel like a young colt lookingat an inviting pasture just over the fence. We need not fear that time will hang heavy on his hands. His wife, 4 daughters, 1 son, 6 grandchildren will take care of that. Best wishes to Sully in his new venture.

Congratulations to Mr. Chief Justice Wheat on the prospects of a new court house. The New York Times, October 8, 1939, published an item from one of its special correspondents in Washington with the headline "Old Pension Office likely to disappear." There followed a description of the building and its varied uses during its more than 6 decades of existence. "One of the oldest and largest— and possibly one of the ugliest—governmental structures in the national capital may soon give way to a new building in the typical Washington classic mode, according to plans now under official consideration here." The article ends: "Now it is proposed to replace it with a new building to house the United States District Court for the District of Columbia." A picture of Fred accompanied the news item.

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