1899
The 45th Annual Roundup was held last month, as usual, on the never-changed date, the first Saturday in March, at the University Club, Boston. All who had sent notice that they would come were there. The twentyseven attendants were: Adams, Barney, Beal, Brown, Chase, Clark, Corey, Dearborn, Donahue, Gannon, Hawkes, Hoban, Hopkins, Huckins, Hutchinson, Irving, Kendall, Parker, Rogers, Silver, Skinner, Sleeper, Surrey, Watson, Wiggin, Winchester, and Alan Moore, Williams '17, guest of Hoban as in several recent years. Spacious quarters were provided, a room in which the members assembled as they arrived during the afternoon. Some afforded welcome surprises in that their faces had not been seen at any Roundup for thirty years or more. Bill Hutchinson came by plane from western Pennsylvania; Dr. Hoppy and Charlie Adams motored from West Swanzey and Keene; Guy Corey came from Portsmouth. Shortly after 6 o'clock the green candle was lit at the head of the table in a large private dining room. After an excellent dinner there were talks, twenty-seven of them, and several more, of course, by the toastmaster, Ernest Silver, who wielded the '99 gavel made from wood of the old pine, presented to the class by Percy Drake, with his customary skill and discretion. The. speeches were mainly about the men themselves and their activities, with no orations on extraneous subjects. All deserve to be reported but space restrictions do not permit more than brief comment about some. The secretary read letters and comments from some of the absent. Donny went all the way around the table and cited a brief biographical sketch of each, one, dropping encomiums ad lib. Hobe read an amusing letter he had received from someone applying for a government job should Hobe be elected to the United States Senate, for which, according to a recent newspaper report, he is being considered as a Republican candidate to oppose Senator David I. Walsh, whose term will soon expire. Eddie Skinner, our treasurer, gave a financial report which showed a gratifying response to the recent appeal for taxes and contributions. P. Winchester, our faithful, assiduous class agent, spoke briefly about the Alumni Fund and its importance to the College. Also as class photographer he took pictures of the group, as heretofore. George Clark, who has been collating the material for the long-expected class report, announced that his work was nearly done and that the matter would be in shape for the printer very soon.
Bill Hutchinson who has a large dairy farm in Pennsylvania told interestingly about modern scientific methods in the breeding of cattle in which the bulls and the cows never meet. Dr. Hoppy spoke following the reading of a poem picturing his career and abiding fame in Cheshire County, published in a recent West Swanzey community paper. He expressed his pleasure at the acclaim and distribution which his book has received, far beyond his expectations. Hawley Chase spoke about an experience in Concord where he stopped on the way to Boston, how he came in close contact with officers of the FBI who rounded up there a couple of notorious criminals who were on the loose, the so-called "Tooth Brush Twins,"* desperados who had been breaking the law all over the country. As a peroration to his graphic remarks he exhorted everyone to go to church tomorrow (Sunday) and said he was going to attend the services at the Park Street Church. He was really there. The secretary acted as monitor and checked him as the congregation was filing out. Nelson Brown and others spoke about their hobbies and their expected use of leisure if, and when, they should retire. The benediction talk was given in his distinctive euphonious style, by Kenneth Beal. At 11 o'clock the green candle was snuffed and another Roundup passed into history. The BostonHerald published a brief story of the occasion the next day under a double column head. In the last edition there were pictures of our Massachusetts Court luminaries.
Mrs. Raymond Pearl presented to the Dartmouth College Library her late husband's probably unique collection of 330 books and 442 pamphlets on longevity, including many early imprints.
Bill and Mrs. Hutchinson celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their marriage on March 2 and welcomed the arrival on the same day of their ninth grandchild.
This month P. Winchester completes fortyfive years of service, which he is continuing with the New York Central Railroad, thirtysix of them having been in his present position as division engineer. He was recently chosen a member of the Advisory Committee of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers, formerly known as the Thayer Society of Civil Engineers.
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