1909

At the Alumni dinner in Boston we had the largest turn-out we have had for years. The following people were present: Phil Chase, Allen Newton, Dan Watson, Clarke Saville, Gordon Weinz, Cad Cummings and his son, Ned Ford, Chet Brett, Herb Hawes, Lynde Tucker, Bob Stone and his son, Wally Ross, Sandy Hooker, Mike Farley, Bob Burns, Dick Lord, Sid Hazelton, Plum Leighton, Harold Osborne, Howard Spaulding, Harry Floyd.

Joe Worthen is the president of the Boston Alumni Association this coming year and I have assured him that '09 is going to do its best to give him a real turn-out next year. Those of you who have not attended for years may expect to be pestered before the next meeting and we are not going to accept "No" for an answer. We have been dead long enough and it is time that '09 began to wake up and let the Alumni Association know we are in existence.

I just heard recently that Curt Hilliard was receiving considerable publicity on his public work and after digging into the matter, here is what I find he is contributing in his modest way.—He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross and is Chairman of their educational work in connection with Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick Classes. He is Chairman of the Committees on Health Legislation of the Massachusetts Civic League, The Massachusetts Central Health Council, and the Boston Health League. He is also a member of the Executive Committees of these organizations. Curt says these are all hardly worth mentioning, but I do not know how many of us are giving anywhere near as much time as this to public affairs in addition to our own particular jobs.

Henry Meleney, from whom we have not heard for a long time has just been appointed Hermann M. Biggs Professor of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Laboratories of Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine, New York University. His address is: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, New York University, 477 First Avenue, New York City.

Sidney H. Thompson, who is connected with the Forestry Division of The United States Internal Revenue in Washington, has a new address: 2929 Ordway Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

I recently heard through Harold Prescott that Bill Patterson, who is vice president of the Manila Trading and Supply Company and located in Manila, is coming home this spring for a good long vacation. It has been five years since his last trip to the States. His daughter is scheduled to enter Stanford next fall.

Harold said that his son Dana has left for Fort Devens where he is going to be connected with Squadron A of the 101 st Cavalry, National Guard. If other sons of classmates are going into the service, it might be a good idea to let me report it so that the boys can get together when possible.

Phil Chase has been making some cigarette case novelties, but the defense industry is putting him out of business because he is unable to secure any steel.

Dan Watson, who has been the Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club for several years, is now on the Executive Committee and is going to let somebody else assume the difficult job that he has filled in the past.

The 1909 showing on the Alumni Fund has been so bad for many years that a special committee has been formed to try to give some assistance to Harold Prescott, our Class agent, to put over the class this year and get it out of the doldrums. The Class of 1909 is at the bottom of the list in not only the total contributions, but the number of contributors. Each one in the class is going to be approached by some member of the committee to make a contribution. Some we know can make large contributions and some are going to find it hard to make any contribution. However, inasmuch as we are judged not only on the total volume contributed, but also on the number of people contributing, we want to try to get each person to make some kind of a contribution. If you can give only $1.000, give it; no one is going to know how much you contributed and you need not be ashamed of contributing only $1.000. The average contribution is $14.00. In order to counteract those who cannot give this amount, we appeal to all of you who can to give $25.00 or more. Let us try to show the College that as the last of the Tucker generation we are not going to let the College down; that we have a new lease of life at a time when this help is most needed.

Secretary, William Filene's Sons Cos., Boston, Mass

Class Agent, 195 Broadway, New York, N. Y.