1878*

Bouton likes the idea of organizing Friends of Dartmouth, and is sure women should be included. In this connection he cites the fact that Mrs. Edwin B. Frost, widow of the astronomer, is accustomed to invite the alumni of St. Petersburg and vicinity to her house on the afternoon before their annual evening dinner, and is herself one of the most interesting speakers at the dinner at which the women guests are as interested and enthusiastic as the alumni themselves. He also approves of deferring the reunions of the younger classes until after Commencement, to avoid congestion at Commencement, to prevent its being overshadowed, and at the same time to give the youngsters more freedom for their antics Hayt journeyed to San Francisco to join in the observance of Dartmouth Night and to attend the annual Alumni Dinner, at which he listened to "a real talk" by Albion Rose (too recent a graduate to appear in 1935 Register), Foreign Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, who was in Germany when Hitler gave his final answer to Britain, and brought inside information. Hayt hopes to live to see the outcome of the upheaval. He heartily approves the Vocational Guidance plan of College and Alumni; is sure it can be made a success; interested alumni can help the fellows who don't know what they want to do; those who do know will take care of themselves; there are always vacancies in large plants and those in charge of employment want educated and well mannered young men. He, like Bouton, favors the "Friends and Dartmouth" plan, and sees plenty of ways for such an organization to be helpful; but dissents to the proposal to postpone reunions of younger classes until after Commencement. Fears reunions apart from Commencement would be disappointing Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Farbell have closed for the winter their home at Watertown, S. D., and are sojourning at 2471 So. 79th St" "West Allis, Wis.; suburb of Milwaukee, with their daughter Helen, who is a teacher in Milwaukee High School. They are enjoying themselves in a house recently purchased by Miss Tarbell, new, not large, but complete andmodern in every detail, and conveniently near to the ball field where a crowd of more than 32,000 (of which Tarbell seems to have counted one) witnessed the recent championship game between the New York Giants and the Packers. Their elder daughter, Mrs. Davis, who accompanied her father to Hanover for our 60th, is also a resident of Milwaukee. The Tarbells, pere and mere, were driven by their son in their own car the entire distance of 600 miles from Watertown in a single day in late November, which seems to testify to a high degree of ruggedness on their part. What other of our surviving couples would undertake such a drive?

Secretary, 321 Highland Ave., Fitchburg, Mass.

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