1878*

The ban on reunions of classes younger than fifty years does not prohibit our 65th, due this season, and we should not upset any applecarts or add to Hanover congestion if we did hold it. All six of us would enjoy sitting down together to as square a meal as Hanover rationing permits if we could be assembled by wireless; but as we are widely scattered, limited to terrestrial transportation, and only Tarbell to drive, we, like the youngsters, must defer our reunions for the duration, when Hanover will have shed her sea-legs.

Perhaps we had better celebrate by a round-robin. Let Bouton start it and send it on the alphabetical circuit for each man to add his contribution to a Class Dossier for the benefit of posterity, telling what life means to him in retrospect. It should make the rounds by April 1, and can then be reproduced in this column or otherwise, as each man should have heard from every other.

Parkhurst still watches over the Norfolk Colony he did so much to initiate, regrets he can't visit so often under transportation restrictions, but annually adds an increment to the library he donated. An editorial in the Jan. 15 issue of The Colony, house organ of the inmates, refers to Lewis Parkhurst's interest in the Colony since its inception, to his Christmas gift of books, attributes to him the credit for the excellent library at the disposal of the men, asserts that he has done more than anyone else to provide the men with relaxation and enjoyment, that he is a benefactor of mankind; and on behalf of the men expresses sincere appreciation of all he has done and extends their best wishes for his continued good health.

Secretary} 321 Highland Ave., Fitchburg, Mass