1897

Burpee Taylor wrote in June that his son Bob was to take a cruise with the Navy for his'vacation. Bob has a commission as ensign in the Naval Reserve.

A. A. Bacon, whom Butterfxeld referred to as the "Odysseus of our class" sitting "by the shore of poluphloisba thalassa," has left the aforesaid, and will after October 1 be findable in Amesbury, Massachusetts, a locality from which so many of our distinguished classmates came. Bacon hailed from Laconia, and is not by birth a "Son of Whittier," but is intent on joining the group by adoption. He writes that the restrictions on sending money out of Syria prevent his drawing a check on an American bank and sending it to the United States.

To Butterfield was sent from the State Board of Education of Vermont a letter offering him the position of Commissioner of Education of that state, his native state, but he was operated on the day of its receipt and never had the satisfaction of knowing of this new recognition of his ability, attainments and fitness.

Ben Marshall is now located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where his address is 111 Brockton Avenue.

Gibson, who is summering at Scituate, Massachusetts, gave his Boston classmates a luncheon in July. The following were present: Gibson, Temple, Rowe, Tuttle, Appleton, Balch, Noyes, Morse, Ryan, McFee, Rollins, Chase and Maurice C Brown. Butter has started sectional luncheons in Redding Ridge and Worcester and had it in mind to pull off one in Bosion. and one at Parson Folsom's.

The class of '97 has had since August 3, 1940 a new honorary class baby, aged 8 years. He is a fair-haired boy with an agreeable English accent, and his name is Raymond Arkell. His father, some thirty-five years old, is a Fellow at Oxford, lecturing on Type Hitchcock's subject. His mother was born in India. The way he came to be honorary class baby is that his foster-father for the duration of the war is the class secretary.

Morse had pneumonia this summer and got over it, but "The bandersnatch merely extended his neck

And grabbed at the banker again." However Sport beat him off and is all right once more.

Tuttle had a substantially similar experience, including complete recovery, and is back on the job. We congratulate both of them.

OF SPECIAL '97 INTERESTRaymond Arkell of England. Raymond isliving in Pa Rollins' family for the duration.

CHARLES HENRY PILLSBURY '97 Photograph taken in 1938.

Secretary, 50 State St., Boston, Mass.