1878

The Class "Round-Robin," in observance of our 65th, has completed its circuit and is being mimeographed for distribution to members. It displays a considerable disposition to let Bouton's keynote letter represent the group.

Harlow does not gain strength as he hoped to do. As an index of weakness, he says he spent his 86th birthday in bed until 4 p.m., when he got up to sit with his daughter on her return from work. She reports him as better some days, not so well others, tiring easily, lying in bed most of the time, but retaining his sense of humor and making others laugh with droll remarks.

The Dartmouth counts Tarbell as tenth on its list of oldest living graduates. Doubtless it checked its dates by the General Catalog. But Tarbell says it was his 89th,' not his 90th, that coincided with the announcement of his grand-daughter's engagement. So it seems your Secretary was premature in applying the Ruml Plan to birthdays.

Hayt escapes fuel rationing. He uses natural gas, which so far has not been rationed, and seems destined to await the rationing of water, which also is drawn (sometimes) from wells.

Parkinson feels that he is beginning to grow up. His grandson, Dwight '38, now a captain in the Army Medical Corps, was married in May to Miss Elizabeth Gaunt of Montreal; and now in February his grand-daughter, Elizabeth, was married to David Speck, graduate of Haverford and of U. of P. Law School, lawyer, employed as Special Assistant in the office of the General Counsel of the U. S. Treasury.

Secretary and Class Agent 321 Highland Ave., Fitchburg, Mass.