1894*

Never before in an issue of this MAGAZINE have there been the obituaries of three men of our Class. Indeed after a period of over a year without any deaths four men went in eleven weeks. However, there are fifty-four remaining (out of the eighty-six who graduated) and as a whole they seem to be a pretty husky lot. Appreciation is expressed to P. Marden and B. Smalley for the preparation of the sketches.

As previously foretold, there were two high spots in the Secretary's summer. One o£ them consisted in a visit with the '94 men in and around San Francisco Bay. The class headquarters were set up in the residence o£ Jimmie Townsend, 90 The Uplands, Berkeley. Hither the Secretary hied himself every night after a day at a denominational pow-wow. On Saturday, August 17, the entire San Francisco clan gathered with the exception of Dr. Elmer Seth Tenney, who was detained by a family reunion in Seattle. For a while there was hope that Decker Field would join us. However, the final word came from Decker that he could not come, at least we assumed that the word was from Decker, although the telegram was signed, "Franklin Delano Field." One of the highlights of the evening was the rendition of an original Dartmouth song by Irving Read. His grandson played the accompaniment. This was the first appearance of Irving since graduation, at .so large a gathering of the Class. Indeed the Secretary had not seen him since graduation. He is carrying his years finely. As he and Punch Rollins and Ted Ruggles and Jimmie Townsend and the Secretary talked everything and everybody over there was a high note of cheer. Jimmie is continuing his high success as a salesman of advertising. Ted is constructing highways in California for the federal government and he and Jimmie usually have a discussion as to whether a given highway helps or hurts the scenery. Punch is enjoying his well earned retirement, basking in the sunshine of his family, including three children and I forget how many grandchildren. Irving Read, after a long career at teaching is in business in Oakland. Elmer Tenney, as City Health Officer, is keeping the people of Berkeley well.

The Berkeley visit was made additionally pleasant by contact with Walter Huntington Rollins Jr. who is in charge of a W. T. Grant store in Oakland. Word comes from the senior Mrs. Rollins of two more grandchildren. This makes four in all if the Secretary's figures are correct.

Two marriage announcements can be made. First, by Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Clifford Lewis, of their daughter Frances Margaret to Mr. Te Olin Mathews on Sunday the thirtieth of June in the Presbyterian Church at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Next by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N. DeLong, of their daughter Alice Marian to Mr. John Leverett Merrill on Saturday the third of August at their home in LaMoille, Illinois. The second high spot of the Secretary's summer is thus revealed. The Mathews couple will live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Merrill couple will live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Secretary, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Somersworth, N. H.