1895

Frank Austin declared at our 45th reunion party at Hartford that his lease on life had been extended twenty-five years; and his activities in the deep South indicate that he is taking full advantage of the lease renewal. He went to Florida during the Christmas vacation period with his daughter, Maude, intending to return North in about three weeks; but he is still in Florida and is profuse in his praise of the climate, the flowers, the fruit, and the friends he has made. At last accounts Frank was in Winter Park. He has devoured with eye and ear the famous and unique Animated Magazine at Rollins College. This is the brain-child of Prof. E. O. Grover (Dartmouth '94), vice-president of the college. Frank writes that he recently "had a delightful call from Mr. and Mrs. Percy Folsom who came over from Orlando on purpose to see me. They are both looking fine and are having a grand time and are acquiring several coats of Florida tan."

I am sorry indeed to have to report that Ned Rossiter was stricken with jaundice some weeks ago, and that later he submitted to an operation by which the gall bladder was removed. When I saw Ned for a brief moment at the hospital he was too exhausted to talk; but his smile was as spontaneous as ever. He died March 25th. Funeral services were at the Congregational Church in Claremont the afternoon of Friday, March 28. Classmates Gault, Holden and Wilson attended. Much to my regret I was detained in Boston until Friday evening. Ned's obituary will be found in the Necrology column.

I'm convinced that I have said enough about being a grandfather. There are many of this type of father in our class, and I am simply one more. But maybe it is permissible to say that I have never seen Roland 111, but that I am planning to call on him at his Chicago home in the near future, with his grandmother. Before the May issue of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE is distributed, it is quite likely that the contemplated call will have been accomplished.

The long illness of Maude Coudray (Mrs. A. J.) Crosby culminated in her death on March 11, at the family residence, 33 Bull Street, Newport, Rhode Island. She was born in Taftsville, Vermont, sixtyfive years ago. Her daughter, Alene M. Crosby, is a member of the faculty of Rogers High School in Newport.

Fred and Mrs. Cleaveland are (at present writing) still in St. Petersburg. They will start north soon after April ist.

Secretary, White River Junction, Vt.