1902

Roy Hatch, having cheerfully taken on the task of being our class agent for the Alumni Fund, which "Fitz" has guided so successfully in the past years, has started with a bang, thanks chiefly to Ben Riley, who has sent in a very generous contribution. In fact, Ben's gift is by far the largest single gift that I have ever heard of from any member of 1902. Good work Ben! Remember 1900, when we started for Europe on the cattleship, each of us with only $100 sewed in our clothes. I am even going to forgive Ben for laughing at us when we were seasick, or bitten by bedbugs. Ben was immune, being an old salt who had sailed around Cape Horn on the Oregon's famous trip.

Got a good letter from "Fat" Archibald, who should do well after his record in our sophomore year, when he financed practically the whole College so that we might go to Williamstown to retrieve a defeat of the baseball team. We all wore night shirts but we had the Dartmouth Spirit. Fat says: "After 20 years in St. Paul came to Farm Journal 17 years ago. Help get subscribers and now have over 2,500„000, the largest mail subscription list in the world. A year ago we bought 50-year-old Pathfinder and continue that as the NewsWeekly from the Nation's Capital. Can only get paper for 400,000 copies a week, but watch us grow when paper is released It will cover Small Town America." Same old "Fat." He wanted Guy Abbott's address, which is 424 W. Ist St., Marion, Ind.

Bunker Bishop writes me that Jack Griffin died suddenly; I can express nothing but deepest regret for a cheerful classmate, as I know no details.

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