1919*

Everyone who has attended a '19 Reunion knows Mary Davis, but you may not know that she is a portraitist with a past, and a future you will watch with growing interest and appreciation.

Her past includes a showing this Fall in the galleries of the Copley Society on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, which was commented on enthusiastically by the leading Boston critics. The following quotation was taken from the Nov. sth edition of the Boston Sunday Post

"Good portraits of children always have a strong appeal, and especially to the artloving layman; thus it is not surprising to find much interest manifested in Mary Ludlum Davis' first Boston one-man show, now open to the public at the Copley Society. Thanks to the generosity of parents in lending them, Mrs. Davis has been able to assemble more than 30 likenesses of children, done within the past few years. Her medium is pastel, which is peculiarly well adapted to delineation of that very lovely, rather fragile, evanescent quality, so characteristic of childhood. Yet she presents them as very real, flesh-and-blood small persons, with a lively interest in the world about them.

"Occupying the centre of the show is a demure little girl with long, pale gold braids, wearing a dark-green dress, a sweet little lady, known here only as "Green and Gold," a most sensitive portrayal on a gray-blue paper used effectively. At one side is "Tersius and His Dog," the love and friendship of the pair keenly charac- terized. This, the artist tells us, is the first time she has introduced a dog into her portrait, although she has often drawn and painted them. In this case, however, the parents insisted upon having the dog portrayed with his young master, because of their constant companionship.

"Other portraits which we have checked in our notebook as of special interest for various qualities are 'Susan,' 'Peter,' 'Father's Story'—note the rapt absorption, 'Johnny,' and a pair of decorative smaller papers, 'Winter' and 'Snow Man.'

"Mrs. Davis, who lives in Framingham Centre and paints in a Watertown studio, studied at the Art Students' League in New York under such able men as Robert Bridgeman, Boardman Robinson, Robert Henri and George Luks. While still a student, she began illustrating professionally for well-known publishing houses. After her marriage she began sketching her own children and that led to her serious interest in the portrayal of other small girls and boys. Her work is both skillful and pleasing."

This year, before the Yale Game, through arrangements made by Ken Gilchrist, about twenty-five '19 men, wives and guests, had lunch together at 190 West Rock Ave. Those present were Jim and Mrs. Pelletier from Albany; Harriet and Louis Munro; Rock Hayes; a 'iyer named Fitch, Casey and Mrs. Bevan, all from Boston and vicinity; Ken Gilchrist and Mrs. Ken from Hamden, Conn.; Emerson and friends from New Haven; Batchelder and friends from Darien, Conn. We expect this to be an annual event in the future, so please arrange your plans accordingly.

Others seen at the Bowl were Siegbert, Huntington, Picken, Stedman, Guy Cogswell, George Rand, Dudensing, Daley, Martin, Jackson, Parsons, Glasheen, Francis Allen.

The night before the Yale Game, the following '19 men attended the smoker at the Dartmouth Club in New York—Jack-son, Martin, Stone and Batchelder.

Our Reporting Staff was in Chicago on the day of the Princeton Game.

At the Polo Grounds in New York for the Stanford Game, we saw Fiske, Mullins, Jackson (with a smile on his face a mile wide), K. D. Smith, and your Secretary.

The West Coast seems to have been an irresistible attraction this year. H. L. Childs was there during the summer on a six-weeks lecture tour.

Tom Bresnahan is out there now (Dec. 8 th) on a business trip.

Byron Long, formerly of Philadelphia, is permanently located in Portland, Oregon, as Asst. Manager of Edw. Hines Pacific Coast Lumber Cos., living at the Hotel Mallory.

San Treat sent me a card from Los Angeles dated Nov. nth, saying— Outhere on the Coast so will miss the H, Yand P Games but will be home for theStanford. Regards.

George Rand has been travelling around some this past Fall and writes me in part—ln the course of a business trip inOctober, I managed to see a few of theClass. While in Utica, I dropped in onJim Capps and he reports everything fineand a son at Hanover. Was in Boston ajew days but didn't see many of the crowd,which was my fault, besides being busy,but enjoyed a lunch with Mun, duriyigwhich we had many a laugh over the goings-on in June. Russ Potter is making hisheadquarters in Providence now, butcaught him in Boston enroute, and we haddinner together. Russ has a husky son atDean Academy who ought to be a help toEarl Blaik in a few years.

In Detroit recently, I talked with Phil Watson who at that very moment was about to call Jimmy Bear relative to the Dartmouth night program that evening.

Jim Phelan 2d, who has been associated with Hornblower & Weeks ever since he got out of the War, is now with the Detroit office of that organization.

Visitors to Hanover bring the astonishing news that Larmon bought a farm on Balch Hill and has been seen putting screening around his apple trees, and in other ways acting like a farmer.

Bob Stecher, in his customary publicspirited manner, was an active worker this year in the Cleveland Community Fund Drive.

Vaughan Little has joined the New York sales office of Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Cos., as an account executive.

R. Norcross Wallis (Nock) has been made Asst. Treas. of the Dennison Mfg. Cos.

Major Francis B. Valentine, formerly attached to the Adjutant General's office in Washington, is now located at Mitchell Field, Long Island.

Jim Davis, as well as being President of the Class, is also the ALUMNI MAGAZINE Agent, which means that with the support of Max Norton, he has guaranteed 100% subscription to the MAGAZINE at the cost price of $2.50 per member. If you haven't sent in your check for this amount to the MAGAZINE Office, please mail it today. It will give you an excellent start for a good year in 1940.

Secretary, 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y.

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