1889

Henry Blair has been appointed a member of the committee to arrange for the consecration of Angus Dun as Bishop of Washington, D. C., and to meet the Archbishop of York, who comes to the United States at that time.

We hope none overlooked the excellent picture of our class president in the March issue. Standing between Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, John L. Sullivan '21, and Under Secretary Bell, he is shown purchasing from them in behalf of the Equitable Life Insurance Co., of which he is president, a million dollars worth of War Bonds.

You all have received from Hardy Ferguson, our class agent for the Alumni Fund, his appeal for contributions in this year's campaign. Let's back him promptly and whole heartedly.

As of April Bth, ten have reported that they would attend our 55th Reunion to be held in Hanover in June (exact date to be reported later); others are yet to be heard from.

Charles Francis Hitchcock Allen, eldest son of our late classmate, Frederick J. Allen, received the honorary degree of doctor of science from Boston University, his alma mater, at its Founders' Day celebration on March 13. He is Assistant Superintendent of the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y„ in charge of the Synthetic Organic Research Laboratory.

The death of Willis Earle is another sad reminder of our thinning ranks. He died on April 4 at his home in North Thetford, Vt., in his eighty-first year. His memoir will be found under In Memoriam.

The will of Frank J. Reynolds bequeathed Dartmouth College $5,000 outright, and onesixth of his residuary estate after death of the main beneficiary, Mrs. Elsie A. Reynolds, of Claremont, N. H., widow of his brother, James P. Reynolds. Direct bequests to 17 public institutions, most of them in Hartford, Conn., amounted to .$31,000. The value of the residuary estate left in trust for Mrs. Reynolds is not disclosed. Following her death, the will stipulated that the estate shall be divided into 60 equal parts and distributed in the proportionate amounts specified in the will among the same institutions to which direct bequests were made, Dartmouth College to receive 10 parts.

The address of Alexander P. Nelson as reported in the March issue is found to be incorrect. Alec recently broke his long silence by writing your secretary. He gave his present address as 1503 West First St., Santa Ana, Calif., which he thought would be permanent as, he stated, "we" have purchased the property." He wrote: "Wish that I might be present at the reunion, but am too far away. I have recovered my good health and am now doing a limited amount of law practice. Tell the boys that I will be with them in spirit at the reunion. Our ranks are sure dwindling and I would like to be with the bunch once more. Kindest regards to all the boys."

Another classmate—long silent—has finally been heard from. Ralph W. Doane, living on Doane Road, Harwich Port, Mass., wrote your secretary on March 23: "This—my 77th birthday—finds me in pretty good health. 1 lead an active life and, being a nature lover, I find pleasure in the management of my cranberry bogs, cultivating a vegetable garden summers, and doing some hunting with my bird dog and rabbit hound in fall and winter, all of which I find essential to my physical condition. I maintain an interest in the social life of my town and feel that I am renewing my youth by these interests. Best wishes to all surviving classmates."

Secretary and Treasurer. 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass.