1908
One hundred and seven men in the class, 69 per cent o£ the 154 living graduates, contributed $6,586 to the Alumni Fund toward the grand total o£ $284,250 given by 13,499 contributors, for a new high record. This is a splendid showing in the total number of dollars contributed by 1908. It is to be hoped that next year the number of men who contribute will increase. Art Lewis, class agent, deserves a world of credit for the splendid job he did.
We entered college as freshmen—whisper it folks—forty years ago this Fall, which seems incredible. What a very virile and optimistic group we have been to have survived two wars and the last twelve years. (Non-political: War Dept.)
Arthur Briggs Shaw B.S. M.D., FACS, member of the track team for four years, captain our senior year, holder of several notable records in the high hurdles for many years, member of the 1908 Olympic team, member of the Glee Club four years, etc., etc., "Bub" to us, has moved from Longview, Wash., to 701 Park Ave., So. Pasadena, Calif. We are glad to learn that the Human Wishbone is moving from the state of Washington to the warm, sympathetic, sunkist climate of Southern California, for the reason that for some time, as far as we are concerned, Bub has had bursitis or a severe rheumatic or paralytic condition of his right arm which has made the job of getting news about him and his family very difficult. Now that he is in warm, southern California and close to Dick Merrill, Jim Norton, Kid Richardson, at al., we hope his arm will improve and that we will all be better informed.
Porter Lowe's son, Brenton, M.I.T. '36, has recently been promoted to lieutenant (sg) USNR. He took his basic training at Ft. Schuyler, N. Y., and Jacksonville, Fla., early in 1943. He is now attached to the Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D. C. Porter's daughter Constance is a Pfc. WAC, Det. AAF, Carlsbad, N. M. She took her basic training early in 1943 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., and in Texas. Porter is still on the job, as he has been for the past eight years, as district manager of McCaskey Industrial Controls, Boston, which is largely engaged in war work.
Don Frothingham, was scheduled to leave the office of the Chief of Naval Operations late in August for duty in London as a Naval Attache to the Government in Exile, which assignment should be intensely interesting.
Jesse Harding's son Frederick is a first lieutenant and was in Italy in August after serving in the Aleutians. He is married and has one son born in March. Jesse's daughter Helen is married, has two sons and recently moved to Rutland, Vt. Jesse has bought a 200-year-old homestead on about .27 acres of land in Boxford, where he has planted a Victory garden, in which he works weekends and during his vacation. Between selling insurance, and gardening, Jesse and his wife seek out antiques to install in the house.
John Clark, Jack's older son, is a corporal with the headquarters of the 7th Army which made the thrust through southern France in August. His wife and three children are with his father-in-law in New Boston, N. H. Jack's second son, First Lieutenant Alexander, has had assignments in six different branches since entering the Service a long time ago. He has been undergoing basic training as an Infantry Officer at the Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Ga., and expects to graduate on October 7, at which time he will report to the Parachute Schoql for five more weeks. Hazel continues to live in New Canaan, Conn.
Larry Symmes' son, Larry Jr., was in Normandy late in July in the Signal Corps. We hope by the time this is printed he will be sending Larry greetings from Berlin. Larry has one daughter and one grandson in Scarsdale, near them. His other daughter and one grandson are in San Francisco.
Frances Soule, Colonel Artie's younger daughter, visited in Dixon, 111., near Rockford in June. We had a chance to see her several times; and she and our Mary, who met at the Reunion at Hanover in '3B, had a chance to renew their acquaintance. Col. Artie has been at Camp Devens since April 1. His older boy, Turner '3B, a lieutenafit in the Navy, is still on duty at the Petroleum Board at New York. Ted has been in the Service nearly three years. He trained in the 191 st Tank Bn. and went to Africa with them in January 1943, went through the North African campaign, and then went into Italy; was wounded on March 6 at Anzio, was wounded a second time on June 6, has been awarded the Purple Heart and oak leaves. Artie's older daughter is a graduate nurse from the school of occupational therapy and was married last November. His wife Juliet graduated with the first class of Gray Ladies at Newton Hospital nearly three years ago, then graduated as a nurses' aide, and now spends practically every weekday either at Peabody Home for Crippled Children, at Newton General Hospital, or, more recently, at the new Army hospital, Cushing General, to which casualties from overseas are being returned.
One of Count Donahue's sons entered college in the class of '45, signed up with the Marines early in 1942. The Marines kept him in Hanover until the spring of 1944 when he completed the work required for a degree. He is now at Parris Island.
Sydney Ruggles visited his home in Danbury, Conn., in August. He expects to be transferred back to Alaska to the office of the Engineer Construction Division. His new address will be c/o Postmaster, Seattle, Wash.
Fred Hodgson's work in allergy and pollen collecting has developed to the point where he has retired from the teaching profession to devote all of his time to his new profession.
Marian Stevens Eberly, Eb's widow, has just been appointed the head of the newly created Women's Division of the Institute of Life Insurance. A graduate of Barnard, she has had a long background in women s educational activities. In 1943 when she undertook a special project for the Office of Coordinator in Inter-American Affairs, being in charge of an exhibit and lecture series on "Inter-American Co-operation in the War Effort." She lectured before fifty American organizations throughout the couhtry on this project, for which her ten years residence in Latin American countries had given her background. Nancy, her oldest daughter, is an ensign in the WAVES. David, 19, is a sergeant in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific. Marjorie, 16, is still in school.
"Harry" Harriman, who retired last December, sold his house and is now living at the Gen. Lyon Inn, Eastford, Conn.
Howard H. Hilton Jr. is in Hanover, one of the 167 members of the class of 1948. Mary Knight is a member of the class of 1948 at Smith. Walter Rich's new address is Glen Ferris, W. Va.
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