1893*

Many fine tributes to our late classmate, Harlan C. Pearson, have appeared in nu- merous papers and magazines. We take the liberty of re-printing a short poem by Edwin Gordon Lawrence which appeared in the Concord Monitor of January 19.

A Scribe who wrote with the Pen of Love Dipped in the Ink of Humanity, His words were those of a Lover of Men Whose faults he so often refused to see. A Friend was he with a heart*of gold, With a mind strong and serenely kind And a helping hand and smiling face For those who so often were strangely blind. A Man was he; brave, yet ever calm In the face of dread adversity; He girded his soul with manful pride As he glided into eternity. Farewell, dear Scribe, tried Friend and true Man, Your body to earth is consigned, But the soul which made you what you were Remains in our heart and our mind.

In the January 7 issue of the Monitor the following editorial appeared:

Harlan C. Pearson was of the old school of jour- nalism, a school which in many ways was superior to that of today. The best of what the old school taught, "Harl" Pearson had; a remarkable memory, the full realization that names make news, a gentle touch in writing which was devoid of vindictive- ness or attempted smartness. He was always the gentleman, in the best sense of that word, a quiet but prodigious worker.

Association with "Harl" Pearson through the last two decades of his life has been one of the most pleasant of our experiences. He was a constant reminder of qualities which we admire but prob- ably never will possess. His "Granite Chips" were an antidote for this neighboring column's more barbed and sometimes violent comment. "Harl" wrote his own way and never in 20 years was one word he wrote changed or eliminated before pub- lication. Sometimes he would feel that something he had written might offend the "boss" and he would always call it to our attention, needlessly, before it was printed.

New Hampshire has lost its truest chronicler. A composite of what Harlan Pearson alone wrote during his life would be not only a very complete history of this state and its people, great and small, but it would be a most accurate commentary on his times. In the most recent years his work has been done under the greatest of physical handicaps but to the end it contained the good humor and sparkle of the master journalist who produced it. His soul, we know, will rest in peace.

These are but a few expressions of the many which have appeared in print in various newspapers testifying to the very high regard in which our revered classmate was held.

As you know, our President, Guy Cox, has been endeavoring to determine whether or not it would be worth while to hold our 50th Reunion this year. Out of a possible thirty-six graduates, he has heard from twenty-three, seventeen of whom are recom- mending that our 50th be postponed, five have no positive feeling in the matter, one way or the other, while one hopes we will get together this year. Of the five non-graduates, we have heard from two, and they are both in favor of postponing the Reunion. The letters received from the various members are very interesting, and we hope those who have not already reported will do so at an early date. It is your officers' intention to get out a 50-Year Report even though the class does not hold a formal Re- union.

Secretary, 795 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass.