1894

Since this column is now the chief and practically the only means by which news items are conveyed to the class, it must be understood that speed is not a characteristic of such reporting. The deadline for sending in the monthly contribution is the ninth day of each month, and since the MAGAZINE ordinarily now reaches its readers about the middle of the month, something over thirty days intervenes between the writing of the news and its being read. Verbum sap.

Decker Field sends us his "first letter" after his two very severe operations, within ten days, and reports that he is improving very slowly, but steadily. Says his wife, "Decker is getting along fine and is now my patient, and X claim the credit for what building up he does." Further evidence of his real convalescence is furnished by this paragraph from his letter:

"Can't miss my little joke. When a blood transfusion became necessary, out of six or seven available of my blood type, they selected my son-in-law. I asked why. They said all the others were from Democrats and they would not risk the chance."

During the weekend of March 24-25, Quincy Blakely was successfully moved from Winter Park, Ha., to a hospital in Hartford, Conn. At last accounts, he was not on the "danger list" then. We shall hope to hear from Q. himself in our next issue.

In a lightning recovery from an honest-to-goodness illness, the palm should apparently go to Bud Lyon. On a Thursday in March he was stricken with pneumonia, with a temperature of 104 degrees. Thanks to the skillful administration of the sulfa drug (apparently Bud didn't keep count of the number as King Cassin did) and to the patient nursing of his wife, he was back in his office the following Thursday.

It looks as though Major Tenney had a premonition of our call upon him for a report on the San Francisco quintet. Under date of March 5, he reported that on March 13 he would move to 1530 East 62nd St., Zone 5, Seattle, Wash. But we can't let you out, Major. Tell us what you knew before you left.

Archie Matthews's sister, Mrs. Gibson, writes that he was on his way upstairs for his afternoon rest when the fatal attack came. Archie was one of our '94 "regulars." In all class matters he was with us one hundred per cent. He greatly regretted that he could not come to our Fiftieth.

Secretary, 74 Kirkland St., Cambridge (38), Mass. Treasurer, 1801 23rd Ave., Vero Beach, Fla.