1885*

In the passing of our classmate, Otis Hovey, on April 15th, our class has lost one of its ablest, most distinguished and best beloved members and marks the ending of a life of great industry, usefulness and high accomplishment, which is rarely equalled and seldom excelled; his unstinted loyalty to our class and our college leaves a vacancy which can never be filled and breaks the bonds of a friendship which has increased during the almost sixty years since he joined our membership in January 1882; outside of the members of his own family, the last friend whom he recognized was our classmate, John Brooks, who called upon him at the hospital three days before his death. While we are left with a continuing feeling of loneliness, we shall always cherish the comforting thought that we are better for having known him and the world is richer for his having lived. His obituary notice appears in the Necrology of this issue of the MAGAZINE.

Henry Austin, our class treasurer, and his wife left St. Petersburg by automobile the last of April, and at Jacksonville picked up their son Herbert, Dartmouth 'l4, who was in Florida on a visit; they arrived, at their summer home in Webster, N. H. early in May, where Henry resumed his more or less arduous duties as an "agriculturist."

Dr. Ed Allen still divided his time between his country estate at Whitinsville, Mass., and his city home in Boston; he is still an ardent devotee of golf and since 1935 has been an active member of the "Country Club" of Brookline, Mass., which has one of the oldest golf courses in the country. Ed has recently passed his 77th birthday and is admitted to be the best player of his age in the Club; his record made when he was 65 years old, on an eighteen hole course, was 79.

Charles Chase writes that his daughter Alice will graduate at Mt. Holyoke College in June, where the family and friends will gather to witness her carry off her well deserved honors. Charles sent the secretary two very interesting "semi-antique" photographs which he took and developed over fifty years ago, one was of the eight members of the class of 'B9, Thayer School, of which both he and Otis Hovey were members, and the other was the combined classes of 'BB and 'B9, Thayer School including also Professors Fletcher and Hitchcock. The secretary will send the latter one to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, for publication.

A letter just received from Mrs. "Life" Philbrick says that he at times has been a little more comfortable, listening to the radio news, particularly of the war, and making some comments but most of the time he remains silent, with no conscious suffering except a constant feeling of weakness. Mrs. Philbrick, bedridden with rheumatism, is slowly improving.

The Secretary recently received an illustrated souvenir pamphlet of Middlesex University, Waltham, Mass. issued in connection with a banquet and ball held at the Statler Hotel, Boston on April 26th; among the list of guests at the head table were Mayor Tobin of Boston and our classmate, Dr. Frank L. Whipple, who is VicePresident of the University.

Secretary, Kimball Bldg., 18 Tremont St. Boston, Mass.