1885

Our "always-to-be-depended-on" treasurer, Henry Austin, writes from St. Petersburg, his Florida home, that he has recently declined reelection as treasurer of the Tourist Society of St, Petersburg; he was an organizer of the society in 1924, was its first president, for a two-year term, and has since served eighteen years continuously as its treasurer. He claims that as an office-holder he beats the lecord o£ the reigning Roosevelt family and gently volunteers that he is now a candidate for anyvacant treasurership, provided the salary is sufficiently inviting. He goes on to describe the difficulties which the Florida tourists are having in returning to their northern homes, which is quite pathetic and heartrending but we trust the sojourners will all have a "happy landing." Incidentally, Henry approves of the Florida political method of joint candidate campaigning.

Al Briggs appears to be the most recent one of our members to attain the distinction of becoming an "octogenarian," which occurred on April 3. He enjoyed a quiet family celebration of the event at the home of his son Paul, Dartmouth '11, in Winchester, Mass., which was also attended by Al's sister and her husband Theodore N. Wood, Dartmouth '02 Al has good health and is in daily attendance at th& Chelsea, Mass., Public Library, of which he is the Librarian. His grandson Richard B. Briggs is in Naval Aviation service and has recently been transferred from Memphis, Tenn., to Hollywood, Florida. His nephew Arthur M. Wood, Dartmouth '42, holds an unannounced position, in the Naval Department, in Washington.

Lorrain Weeks writes, as usual, in an astronomical vein and still holds firmly to his belief that the planet Mars is inhabited and takes much enjoyment in his study of celestial spheres,—perhaps thereby he escapes some of the worries and perplexities which most of the rest of us find in our dealings with our mundane affairs.

Secretary, Kimball Building, Rooms 910-912 18 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Warner, N. H.