1894

Sixteen men (two more than last year) were present at the Round-Up at the Brae Burn Country Club in Newton the night before the Harvard game, as follows: Allen, F. C., Allen, J. E„ Colby, Griffin, Hall, Howland, Knowlton, Lewis, Lyon, McGroty, Marden, Merrill, C. C., Palmer, Parker, Smalley, B. A., Wallis.

Please note that Phil Marden was there. His name was misspelled in the announcement that went out to the Class. Twentyfive responses from absent men were read and nine responses from wives of deceased members.

The presence for a few minutes of our gracious hostess for many years, Mrs. M. B. Jones, was very much appreciated. In accordance with a suggestion from Jack Nutt this gathering will hereafter be known as "The Matt Jones Fall Round-Up." The spirit of the whole affair is well expressed in a letter from Jack written in response to the Secretary's letter giving a brief account of what had happened. Says Jack:

"Gee! the list of the sixteen men—all good and true—made me regret the more that I could not have enjoyed seeing each one again."

If one who was not there felt like that how much stronger was the feeling of those of us who were lucky enough to be present.

After writing in the November issue that John Henry Bartlett was the most prolific writer of books in the Class the Secretary began to have qualms of conscience. He wondered about Phil Marden. Sure enough when he looked at Phil's sketch in Who'sWho in America there were six books credited to him, the same as to John Henry. So the score is six-up. The Secretary will stand on the sidelines to see which man is the first to break the tie. Meanwhile, this column has to announce (somewhat belatedly) that Phil has sold the Lowell Courier-Citizen and therefore has retired from an editorship which he held for I can't tell how many years. However, he still retains his position at the head of the CourierCitizen Company, Printers and Lithographers, plants at Lowell and New York, offices at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Will the duties of his position be so engrossing. Phil, that you cannot write another book or two?

The Round-Up on October 17th wasn't the only gala occasion that month for Jim McGroty. Five evenings later he foregathered with his class at Dover High School where all the seven living graduates (of a class of twenty-one) were present. It was the Class of '88. Among its members were Henry Folsom and Frank Berry, Dartmouth '93. During those four years there were two Dartmouth principals, Kittridge '79, and Willoughby '73. Thurston '86 also taught for a short time. Fourteen of the class took Latin. The happy memories of these two evenings will beguile Jim as he spends the winter once more at St. Petersburg, Florida.

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