1895

More than half a century ago I heard a lecture on "The Heroism of Private Life." The lecturer, the late Reverend Russell H. Cornwall, first president of Temple University, referred to the case history of numerous private (very private) individuals who were, as he declared, unknown and unsung heroes living obscure lives and enduring suffering and hardship constantly and uncomplainingly

I was reminded o£ this recently when I called to see Classmate J. Roy Squires at 32 Loomis St., Montpelier, Vt. Bereft of wife and son he lives on in the family home alone, and is stone deaf. He is his own cook and house- keeper and has no complaint to make. He declares that he may as well accept his lot and carry on cheerfully and is thankful that he has so comfortable an abiding place. By dint of paper and pencil we communicated and laughed together. I used the pencil and paper and he- used his still facile tongue. Roy is in good flesh (196 pounds) which shows he is a good and sufficient cook and a good eater. He declared to me his intention to attend our 50th Reunion next June and he is looking forward to that event eagerly.

So I'm adding his name to the list of heroes in private -life. Roy would be immensely pleased to have a letter or even a postal card from members of '95 who remember him.

Bob Burnap '94, unforgettable to those who knew him even somewhat, remained at the Inn in Hanover for an extended vacation, after his class Reunion. I saw him and Phil Marden there on a Sunday. Lord Robert or Robert Lord B. (as he chooses) challenged me to walk to Norwich and back with him, intimating that I would shy at this. Phil Marden overheard the haughty challenge and called out, "Go ahead Stevie; walk the feet off him." Bob did well at the start down hill for a heavy-weight. But after we had crossed the bridge and began the ascent near the barn once famous as Geo. Kibling's beer parlor (see Hoyt's—"A Temperance Town"), Lord Bob begged'for less speed up the hill; but did keep going as far as the store beyond Dr. Bowles' Hostelry, lagging at my heels. On the return trip he did pretty well down hill and arrived red-faced at the Inn in due time.

I'm sorry to report that John Gault is seriously ill at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N. H.

Dr. Horace Newhart has also been hospitalized in Minneapolis and is on an enforced vacation.

Secretary, White River Junction, Vt.T Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.