1890

With feelings of modesty and embarrassment, your new class secretary makes his first appearance on the ALUMNI MAGAZINE stage. What of interest or value he can give to you in these pages depends entirely upon class assistance and cooperation. He seeks all and any information pertaining to the class, and unto the second and third generation thereof. He bespeaks for himself your aid, your tolerance and your sympathy.

The 1946 Dartmouth Commencement was an apparent success without the scheduled deferred 55th anniversary of one of its very unusual classes. Lack of what seemed proper living quarters for Methuselah graduates, plus a very evident apathy on the part of 1890 survivors towards the thrills of Reunion, made calling off the affair entirely the part of wisdom. What anniversary celebration took place was of a tepid rather than of a roistering character, and consisted of sedate meetings of Gerould and your debutante Secretary.

Our two next door Dartmouth neighbors braved the Boy Scout existence of Commencement bare dormitories, and without any known fatalities. The Class of 1889 gathered eight members for its Reunion, led by the patriarchal and philanthropic "Billy" Blair, the still blithesome and gay "Prexy" Bartlett, and "Doc" Warden, the Democratic political soothsayer of the great Northwest. For 1891 there were ten in attendance, headed by Frank Rowe of the long distance running legs of College days; "Kid" Lord who has made Scribners a publishing house of both fame and fortune; and Robert Lincoln O'Brien, the hero of Rotary and Women's Club luncheons and the affluent former magnate of Boston's newspaper world.

Hardy, who has stepped out of this secretaryship after more than a decade of hard labor and rich achievement in the post, is giving a Boston specialist an opportunity to rid his right shoulder and arm from bursitis. He and his poetess wife spent most of the summer at a favorite haunt, "Fair Acres," in Hollis, N. H.

Morgan, after a far too long hospital life in Washington, escaped in time to spend the heated term at his sumptuous New Hampshire habitation.

Ginn and Company have at last permitted Hilton to retire, after making a new record o£ length of service as its head. So he is now established upon his ancestral estate at North Tewksbury. For the benefit of those, including colleges, who may wish from him favors, donations or subscriptions, his new Postoffice address is R.F.D. 1, Lowell, Mass.

Safford, the possessor of three homes, in Boston, Florida and on Cape Cod, selected the last for the past season, and spent the summer days at Woods Hole, Mass.

Secretary and Treasurer, 2456 Tracy Place, N, W., Washington, D. C.