Qualified
THE KIND OF spirit it takes for a young man to make his way in the world is maybe reflected in the following advertisement, reported to us by Allan Gottschaldt '18, that appeared in the Wellesley (Mass.) Townsman early in the summer:
DARTMOUTH HONORS MAN wants summer employment: tutor, companion, counselor; plays tennis; will make a genius of your idiot child and bring culture back into your home. P. O. Box 766, Hanover, N. H.
WITH THIS ISSUE readers will find in these columns of Gradus the first of a series of brief biographical sketches, and pictures, of the Presidents of the College. The suggestion for this brief feature each month came from the secretary of the class of 1885, Edwin A. Bayley. We are greatly indebted to the historian of the College, Prof. Leon Burr Richardson '00, for his authorship of the concise descriptions of each leader in the Wheelock Succession.
DEATH HAS TAKEN heavy toll in the ranks of the alumni over the summer. The very personal relationships in this fine association that we call Dartmouth are revealed, and most keenly felt, when family and friends stand in the shadow, into which a loved one has entered.
For all that the long and noted career of Ashley K. Hardy '94 has meant to the Col- lege we are all grateful. The editors speak with added appreciation because of Pro- fessor Hardy's associate editorship of this publication from 1907-1911.
Mauritz Hedlund 'is had become a highly valued administrative officer, with a wide circle of friends in the Hanover community.
The class of 1894 has long resisted the in- roads of death upon its stalwart member- ship. This distinguished group of elder citizens in the Dartmouth family has been forced to pay final tribute to three mem- bers in recent weeks: Professor Hardy, Charles T. Rossiter, and Matt B. Jones. Mr. Jones, lawyer and author, lived only two weeks after receiving the honorary de- gree of Doctor of Letters at the June Com- mencement.
We would like to mention all of the others whose passing is recorded on other pages of this issue. Among these we wish to pay particular tribute to Louis B. Hop- kins 'OB, brother of President Hopkins. He was a distinguished educator, and ever loyal and devoted to Dartmouth.
