1887

Sympathy rises from the hearts of all his classmates for Herbert E. Gage in his be- reavement by the death of his sister, Miss Alice M. Gage, at the Baker Memorial Hospital, Boston, May 17. She was 75 years old. Miss Gage was educated at Mt. Holyoke College, and for 36 years was a teacher in the Cambridge schools. Dr. Sanborn writes: "It leaves Herbert with cousins as nearest of kin. He has been here in Boston, but plans to try it at Atkinson Depot (N. H.) for an indefinite time. He is not feeling well but hopes to improve."

Honors continue to pour down on our distinguished classmate, Fred A. Howland. We take this information from The Barre, Vt., Daily Tim.es: "It is a poor week, when Fred A. Howland, of Montpelier, cannot go out and pick up two college honorary degrees. What is better is that the recipient has earned the degrees by right of accomplishment. The University of Vermont and Middlebury College gained distinction themselves by granting LL. D.'s to the Montpelier man. By the way, he already was the possessor of a similar degree from his alma mater, Dartmouth College." Thus we now feel that our classmate is the triple essence of wisdom!

The secretary has recently enjoyed a call from Mr. and Mrs. Sydney E. Junkins, and is glad to report that "Junk" does not seem to be anything like what his nickname implies.

Hardy writes from his home at Tujunga, Col., apparently in good health in his Bad year. "Uncle Sam," he writes, "has called my son to Panama, C. Z., to work with the embassy there, for the duration, I suppose. Also, my eldest grandson, who was in the Government school in Washington, D. C., is now in Texas, training for the Air Corps.

Fred E. Winn has honored us, by sending (as an Easter greeting) a little booklet, with seven of his poems. They were many of them exquisite lyrics, and I hope all his classmates had them.

Modest as the secretary hopes he is, he cannot omit—for its humor—the subjoined item from the Woodsville (N. H.) Times:

Stanley Johnson, through the United States Department of Agriculture, has been appointed advisor for all persons in the township interested in gardening. Mr. Johnson will be glad to confer with anyone seeking advice, at any time. He has been for several years manager of the "Good Will Market Gardens," supplying vegetables to the villagers.

Up to this writing, his advice has been sought only once. But you should have heard the loud laughter of the environing farmers when they read it!

The Secretary has received from our Dean, Fordyce Perkins Cleaves, a sample of a Dartmouth alumni seal, which has been the achievement of both him and Winifred Smith Ross. It was submitted to President Hopkins and met with his warm approval. Many of us would like to. have some of them. Cleaves himself paid for it, and in a later issue I hope to learn how we may have them.

"Bill" Wentworth is a fine landscape painter. Those who have enjoyed being in his fine home at Paterson, N. J., have enjoyed his scenes of New England countrysides. There was one especially fine for its white birches. Now that he is a gentleman of abundant leisure, it is hoped he will be busy with his brush and palette.

JOSEPH T. "SHORTY" CUNNINGHAM '87 as he appeared in the uniform of the New York State Guards in 1917-18.

Secretary, Bath, N. H."