1905*

Henry Boyce had a severe attack of pneumonia last fall, requiring hospital care. Latest reports, through Laing, are that he is gradually recuperating and getting stronger. Boyce has been engaged in economical research for some years in Portland, Oregon Batch writes, "I will not be able to say definitely as to my coming back next June until the zero hour is about reached. I should like to go back very much." His daughter Eloise is at the Bouve School, in Boston Carl Get- chell Jr., who entered with the Class of '42, withdrew from Dartmouth last fall to enter a southern college, on account of his health. He is now a freshman at Georgia Tech and has an excellent standing in scholarship. He has been picked among the first eighty-four out of a class of six hundred for the navy group Midge is just getting about again after an attack of sinus trouble. He says that Mary Dillon is at Pas Grille, Florida, and has written that he will be back for the reunion Elsie Grover has completed his log cabin in Athol and is enjoying the week ends there. He has repeated his invitation for the Class to hold an outing there sometime during the year; it is heartily accepted and anticipated with pleasure. Details will be issued in season Other outing invitations awaiting their turn are from Doc MacMillan, either at Concord or Lake Sunapee; Sliver for a repeat performance; and Parky at the South bridge Country Club Bourne Wood represents the Kemper Thomas Company, Cincinnati, printers and designers of calendars, novelties, etc. His new address is 9 High Street, Middleboro, Mass. Regarding the 35th, he wrote, "If the Lord lets me live I want to make Hanover in June. The one bright spot on the horizon is the hope of meeting the old gang once more." And isn't it 50?.... Eichenauer flew from Illinois to California during the holiday season on a combined business and pleasure trip.

Our best wishes to Miss Evelyn M. Kirwin, of Dedham, Mass., and James S. Alexander Jr., of Watertown, New York, whose engagement was recently announced.

Quoting from Herford Elliott's letter, he says, "In former days it used to be possible to sneak off to Europe for a couple of months every other year, but for the past ten not a single 'honest-to-god' vacation ' have I been able to find time for. Maybe marriage and its consequent domestic responsibilities are a contributing factor. I have not been able to come to a definite conclusion as to this. We are enjoying our new place in the country and have learned to discuss with great zest the state of the crops, from apples to hay. We enjoy the normalcy of country living with the daily jaunt to the city providing its measure of change and variety."

Born, August 7, 1939, at Sebastopol,California, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard D.Billman, a son, Dwiglit Pickett Billman.

The paternal parent says, "Kindly call to the attention of C. C. Hills this piece of news The twins are now two and one half years old and into all kinds of deviltry. I have a pitcher, catcher, and infielder, but do not expect to have a full team."

Call it a day with the infield, Varsity, and give Noel the outfield.

C. C. has been informed and is hurriedly penning a retraction about Noel having a clear lead over Billman. Roused by it to a combative spirit that has developed into a conflagration greater than a holocaust, that makes Tennyson's brook but a stagnant pool, and that has old man Time pale and visibly shaken, Varsity refuses to concede the lead to anyone.

In the bonds of Class fellowship, congratulations. In the privacy of the Class circle, something will have to be done about it. Approaching an average age of sixty, it won't be too long before we shall be included in the list of the oldest living alumni. How can we accept this reverence with the expected poise and dignity if one among us is still entering sons as freshmen? How will it sound when young Billman, of the Class of 2005, tells the college President, "Pop wanted to come back for his 100 th, but has just wired he can't make it as he has to stick by the maternity ward?"

Never will the Class wantonly attempt to abridge the liberties of the individual under the Bill of Rights, yet we realize in the course of events that history reveals that it is sometimes salutary to amend the Constitution.

There were eight at the Boston luncheon, February 6th, namely, Barton, Chamberlin, Donnelly, Harding, Hatch, C. W. Pierce, J. W. Pierce, and Reid. These occasions make for a very pleasant hour together, and the next one will be on MODAY, MARCH 11, 12:30, at the PARKER HOUSE.

Secretary, Room 703, 52 Chauncy St., Boston