1878*

Secretary, 321 Highland Ave., Fitchburg, Mass.

The civilization of a college class, like that of a generation of men, is measured as well by its domestic as by its economic successes. Hence a matrimonial census of '78 is about due.

Of the 116 (we used to say ny, owing to an error in the Dean's list) members of the class, 2 are not reported; 18 did not marry. Of these 2 died during the college course, and 7 more began to face their end before reaching the marrying age, leaving only nine confirmed bachelors, the last of whom died in 1933. 29 lost their wives during their own lifetime, two of them following their wives within a few weeks, while another kept the memory of his in full flower for 35 years. 10 remarried (one of them after 28 years of widowhood), and so appear twice in this enumeration. 65 left widows (one survived her husband but a few hours), of whom only one is known to have remarried. 13 of this number are known to have followed their husbands across the Great Divide; 20 are known to be still living; of the remaining 32 no recent report has come in response to inquiry, but about half of them are presumed to be surviving, or about 36 all told. Of the 11 living men, the wives of 8 are still with them and actively looking after their husbands' welfare, making a total of 44 girls of the class still extant, but as 9 of these were replacements, we have 35 feminine members of the original partnerships to compare with 11 male survivors, indicating greater longevity on the part of women, possibly modified by presumption that many were junior partners.

No case of divorce has been reported, and none seems to be pending.

Selim White's granddaughter, Jeannette Learoyd, was married recently to George L. Mattheson, and resides in Brookline.

The following quotation is taken from a history of Ginn & Co. under the title "Seventy Years of Textbook Publishing": "With his charm of personality and warm spirit of cameraderie, White became one of the most successful managers the textbook business has ever known. His work took him far afield, for he had charge of the work in many of the Southern States, as well as in New England. In 1891 he was admitted to the firm; but, unfortunately for the house and the schools, he died nine years later."

Mrs. M. L. Stimson's winter home is now at 1835 Opechee Drive, Miami, Fla. Summers she spends at Rochester and Syracuse, N. Y. (where two of her children reside), and Stockbridge, Mass. She says she is well as long as she takes proper precautions. Of her ten grandchildren, one has graduated from Dartmouth, one from Cornell, and one from Oberlin; four are now in College, one each at Smith and Dartmouth, two at Cornell. One more is at Colby Junior College, and the remaining two are on the way. Looks like a tribe on the march, doesn't it!

The class agent is awaiting returns.

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