1898

The secretary and Mrs. Patey returned from Wellfleet, Mass., after a delightful period of rest and change on September 30.

The first calls on '98 men were on Messrs. Crowley, Chandler and Bartlett.

Denis Crowley and his lady had spent a refreshing vacation in the beautiful Berkshires at Lenox, Mass. Denis told me that he had greatly enjoyed two calls from classmates, viz., Dick Marcy and Bill Williams. He said, "Bill Williams is getting great results in war work." In a recent letter from Bill to the secretary he mentions his efforts to get men for the Armed Forces, also to make a complete list of registrants for the local board and to aid his clients with the Pay-As-You-Go Tax. Surely enough work to keep our Bill from rusting out!

"Buck" Chandler looked to be "fine and fit" and is the same trim and efficient executive that he has been for many years. "Buck" and Marie have six children—two sons and four daughters, all happily married. There are eight grandchildren: six grandsons and two grand-daughters. There is a James R. Chandler III. The two sons are in the Navy and both are lieutenants (j.g.).

When one enters President Bartlett's well appointed office one sees a man with iron gray hair and bushy eyebrows, who fills the chair and the room with his masterful presence—greets one with a terse and penetrating comment and impresses one with his loyalty and affection for Dartmouth College and every member of the Class of '98.

Fletcher Harper Swift writes from the University of California and states that the university "has streamlined its program like that of similar institutions." The first term began July 5 and will end October 23. Fletcher thinks the intense war effort combined with scholastic effort is resulting in inferior educational attainments and is conducive to "weariness and mental apathy." His son-in-law Valentine Clement is in the Army Administration School at Washington and Jefferson College, in training for the adjutantgenerals staff. His wife, the older Swift daughter, Mary Ruth, is teaching English in a high school at El Cerrito and is living with her parents. The younger daughter, Julia, is at Los Banos, Calif., continuing her work as teacher of art and. crafts.

There is one sentence in his letter that reads, "If it were not for my amiable disposition, that postscript of yours would have made me as sore as " That blank intimates strong language from our leading '98 educator. The Secretary will endeavor to soften it a bit.

"Ted" Leggett writes that "Doc" Nolan has been in Cuba for several months but is expected home soon.

May every '98er send the Secretary his two-dollar check for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, made out to "Dartmouth Alumni Magazine."

"Do it Now!"

Secretary and Treasurer, 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville, Mass.