1900*

Howard Skillin reports a change of address—to Box 175, Gorham, Maine.

Gilbert Balkam writes that he has recovered from the rather serious difficulty which affected his eyes and that he is "doing better" all the time, with the main problem to hold back properly so as not to get over-tired.

Clarence McDavitt is about submerged in the defense work in which he is engaged, and his submergence is by no means alleviated by a succession of cutaneous suppurations, similar to those suffered by Job, nor by a septic molar now, fortunately, eliminated from his mixillary ossification. These five-dollar words will be understood by all the Class, but for the benefit of the less educated it may be explained that Mac has been troubled by a series of boils and by an infected tooth, now pulled. However described, neither is any fun nor an asset to him in the solution of our defense problems.

Mac also reports that the paid-up contributions for the enlargement and improvement of the 1900 Outing Club House amount to $8,469.l2—which meets in full the obligations to the College assumed by the Class when the modifications were made.

In this connection it may be of interest to review the contributions of 1900 to Dartmouth College since its graduation. In addition to the sum mentioned above, they include $1,100 given to the building fund of 1908, $2,889 to the Gymnasium fund of 1910, $3,840 to the Memorial Field fund of 1924, $63,000 for the Outing Club House, and $22,569 to the Alumni Fund—a total of $101,867. This does not appear to be a bad record for a group of our size, no member of which is in the possession of outstanding wealth.

A Class Report has been promised but, as yet, nothing has been done about it. That is because the Secretary has been busied with a number of pressing duties of no importance which have used up his time, and has now in prospect another futile task which will require still more of it. However, eventually something in the nature of a report is sure to emerge. In the meantime certain members of the Class (probably not you, but the other fellow) may improve the opportunity to learn to write all over again (an art which, for any evidence the Secretary has to the contrary, seems to have been forgotten by a lamentably large group), in order to reply promptly to the elaborate questionnaire which must be filled out. Or let your grandchild do it—the result is likely to be better.

Secretary, 11 N. Park St., Hanover, N. H.