1898*

'9B is very fortunate in having a poet in the class who can arise to any occasion. At the spring '9B round-up our poetlaureate Charles W. Littlefield read to us the following poem.

JUNE LONGINGS OF MEN OF '98

'Tis June again among New Hampshire's hills;

The blue Connecticut unfettered flows, Fed by a thousand noisy, sparkling rills, While, on its banks, summer her mantle throws.

And Hanover, that fairest gem that lies In all its beauty high above the stream, Reflects the gladness of the summer skies The paradise of life's serenest dream Here is our Dartmouth known and loved of yore, Our Alma Mater dearer grown to all.

How thrilled our hearts to visit her once more.

How glad our ears to hear her welcome call Bidding us once again to leave each task That holds us fettered to the mill or mart And in the gladness of her presence bask To heal the ardent longings of the heart. O, we of "Ninety-eight" as time flies by, Thrilled by the happy memories of the years, Still keeping step with graying heads held high,

March to her call, triumphant o'er our fears.

Hail, comrades, hail! Life still holds us a place For useful toil, for service and for play And, ready still, we stand our tasks to face For Dartmouth and for Ninety-eight today. For Dartmouth still grips hard these hearts of ours; Her spirit in our lives doth ever burn. And, when June brings to us, once more, its flowers, Back to her happy portals we would turn. Yes, back to Hanover where memories cling Of student days with all their happy thrills, Back to the Dartmouth that our glad hearts sing, The fairest jewel of New Hampshire hills.

It was so much enjoyed that we thought it should be enjoyed by other members of the class so I am inserting it.

The round-up the night before the Dartmouth-Harvard game at the University Club in Boston was attended by the following eighteen persons Joe Bartlett and wife, Dr. Batchelder and wife, Joe Carney and wife, Buck Chandler and wife, Denis Crowley and wife, Ernest Gleason, Mrs. Macandrew and two daughters, Ev Snow and wife, Phil Patey and wife.

Ev Snow read an inspiring poem from C. W. Littlefield. Interesting letters were read from absent members. From the west coast came one from Pete Adams, Fletcher Harper Swift, Jack Spring who was visiting there, Guy Gary, and Mush Jones. An interesting postscript from Mush Jones's daughter was added to his letter as follows—"The other day I asked pop if there was a Dartmouth College for girls. I was very disappointed to find that Dartmouth was not co-ed. As we are staying home next winter, we will join your round-up." (signed) The last class baby, Joan Jones.

From New York came letters from President Fritz Robbert and Ted Leggett. Also letters from C. E. Sibley at North Brookfield, Hon. Sherman Moulton, Ich Crane, Mrs. Robert Marden, Ed Tabor, Seth Pope at Cape Cod, and Fred Bennis up in Maine; also a telegram from Mrs. Walter Taylor Sumner in Portland, Oregon, reading as follows—"Greetings to the class of '9B with appreciation and gratitude for your thought of us at this time. Will be thinking of you all at the game Saturday. Betty at home this winter after two years college. Mary Junior St. Helen's Hall. Warm regards from Walter Sumner's family. Myrtle Sumner."

While on the coast Jack Spring and his wife had a delightful reunion with Fletcher Harper Swift and wife and also with Pete Adams and wife. They were planning also to contact Albert Smith in Chicago.

On Saturday, November 4, the secretary and his wife had a good ride to New Haven with Joe Bartlett and wife and saw one of the most interesting games from Dartmouth's point of view ever played in the Yale Bowl.

What a wonderful life our great Professor "Dude" Colby lived! What a privilege to come under the influence of such a man!

We congratulate the class of 'Ol in the election of their secretary Everett M. Stevens as President of the Stamp Collectors of New England. Among other stamp "nuts" in the Dartmouth fellowship are Lute Oakes '99, Doc Paine '99, Chelsea Atwood 'OO, O. W. Smith 'O2, Max Norton the very efficient Bursar of the college, and also Ted Leggett.

Secretary, 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville, Mass.

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