1900

The death of Charles H. Hoyt is noted in another column. His disappearance in 1918, and his life subsequent to his reappearance two or three years ago, remain a mystery which probably will never be solved. Since that reappearance he has made no reply to letters and apparently was not interested in class matters.

The Secretary has also received word of the death of Harold W. Orcutt in Washington, D. C., on July 26, 1946, after an illness of two years. Orcutt has not been in contact with his classmates in recent years and little is known concerning his career. The attempt will be made to secure information for a proper obituary for the December issue.

In this connection it is curious that, of the few members of the class with whom we have had little or no contact in recent times three have died within the past few months—Martin, Hoyt, and Orcutt.

Per contra, through the efforts of Clarence McDavitt, contact has been re-established with the family of Arthur Kimball, who died at his home in Battle Creek, Mich., on November 5, 1921. It is true that we well knew of his laborious and self-sacrificing life as a physician specializing in obstetrics and pediatrics; on his persistence in fostering measures, often in the face of general indifference, for the furthering of public health; of his gallant obstinacy in continuing his work, despite serious and continually increasing physical weakness, almost to the day of his death. All that was set forth in his obituary.

It now appears that it was largely through his energetic efforts that Calhoun County (Mich.), voted to provide at the public expense for the construction of a tuberculosis hospital, although the structure was not erected until after his death. In 1928 a bronze plaque was placed in this hospital in memory of the man "to whose inspired vision and to whose selfsacrificing dedication to the cause, the public provision for this hospital is largely due." Nor was his work forgotten in the lapse of time. In 1943, by vote of the trustees of the institution, its name was changed from the Calhoun County Public Hospital to the Arthur S. Kimball Tuberculosis Sanatorium.

Since Arthur's death Mrs. Kimball has served as director of the Battle Creek Community Center, director of woman's projects under the WPA, and hostess at Camp Custer. Since 1937 she has been County Welfare Agent of Calhoun County. The Kimball family includes five children—with the remarkable feature of two sets of twins. Eleanor, a graduate of Wellesley and of the Law School of the University of Michigan left her law practice during the war to become lieutenant (jg) in the Navy. Virginia attended the Sorbonne and was graduated from Michigan. Serving for a time as a teacher of French, she is now the wife of Major James Eton-Kilgour, of military service in both world wars and an expert in the breeding of pheasants. They now live in Texas. Arthur Jr., a graduate of Battle Creek College, received his medical degree from McGill and is now medical director of the Oakland County (Mich.), Tuberculosis Sanatorium. His twin, Mayro, attended Mills College and did graduate work in Speech at Cornell. For a time teaching that subject and acting with summer companies, she is now the wife of Prof. Robert Card of the University of Alberta. The youngest, Jo-Clarke, attended Rockford College and is a graduate of Michigan. She is married to Capt. Philip Buckminister, a chemical engineer, and they live at Highland Park, near Detroit.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H.

Treastirer, 212 Mill St., Newtonville, Mass.