1905
After the summer's furlough your secretarv resumes his duties as Class reporter. In this first issue of the MAGAZINE he wishes to repeat the urgent appeal made a year ago for news items, letters and snapshots which would be of interest to the Class. Send in your material and let me be the judge of its Class appeal.
Among the highlights of the summer were visits by two of our members. Roger and Mrs.Brown called twice, and on one occasion we drove to Megansett in Roger's new Cadillac (what a car!) and spent a very pleasant evening with Bob and Mrs. Harding. When we arrived Bob was just finishing a big (green) paint job. Sliver and Mrs. Hatch spent a Sunday in August with us and we had a delightful day. Sliver and Alva left for a six weeks' trip in the tropics in September. Santo Domingo will be his chief field of operations. The Hatch picnic on June 5 was a very happy occasion in spite of the inclement weather. There were about twenty present including wives. Fletcher and Alva announce the addition of two new grandchildren to the Hatch family, Miss Barbara Parkin, born July 5 in Newton, and Miss Eva Linda Hatch, born July 23 at Tela, Honduras. This makes a total of seven grandchildren for the Hatches.
Rufus Day added another honor to his long list when he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Princeton on June 17. Shirley andMrs. Cunningham fled from the heat of New Mexico for the summer. They spent the month of July in Jaffrey, N. H„ and the months of August and September in Maine where Shirley was anxious to get in touch with 1905 men.
The following comes to me by the grapevine: "The 'Tuberose King' is the title by which our genial, beloved Dartmouth Alumnus, George N. Proctor, Class 1905, is now known. At his summer home "Sunrock," Marblehead Neck, his hobby is raising superb tuberoses, and he has become famous for his generous dispensing of these fragrant blooms. Each morning as he commutes to Boston he carries a box of tuberoses, placing them in a conspicuous spot near the station where passersby may select a boutonniere to cheer them on their way." Wouldn't you know it would be our smiling Georgie who would do just such a lovely thing?
The number of our classmates who are retiring from active duties continues to grow. Chester Moore retired on July 1 after 40 years with General Electric in their Research Laboratory at Schenectady, N. Y. He did not divulge any secrets about atomic energy but I gathered from his letter that he had at least been working on the fringe of it and that all his work had been most interesting. Chester's plans for the future are not all settled. He spent the summer in the Adirondacks and will be in Florida this winter. May your years of leisure be many and happy ones, Chet.
Ned Estes retired in June after "forty-two wonderful years here at Robert College. What stirring years they have been! 1 confess it will be quite a jolt to leave this delightful college community where I have so many warm friends, where also literally thousands of students have passed through my classes." We can read between the lines, Ned, and realize that leaving Robert College is not an unmixed joy and has its pangs of regret. Ned's son, Charles, and his wife were with him for five months in 1946. Charles grew up on the Bosporus
and loved the country as his father does. During the war Charles, after graduating from M.I.T., was stationed in the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington* in radar which is his specialty. He is now with the International Tel. & Tel. in Nutley, N. J. Ned's daughter Margaret is now Mrs. Jerry Ballantine and with Ned's grandson is living in Auburndale, Mass. Ned will be with them this winter. The rest of the year he will spend at his old homestead in South Berwick, Me. We know, Ned, that with your music your years of retirement will be full and happy. May they be many!
Frederick Daniels, who spent a year at Dartmouth with our class has retired after many years' service in the ministry. He is now living in Granville, New York.
Walter Nourse spent his summer teaching at Columbia University. This is not the first time Walter has been at Columbia, but this year he is not only teaching the summer session but also the post session. This will make his customary visit to New England impossible, much to his regret. He will hop a plane and return to his school duties in Los Angeles. Oh the energy of some of these youngsters! His retirement is two years away. Charles andMrs. Goodrich were registered at the Hanover Inn June 5, as were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peyser on July 8.
New addresses: Chester M. Lawrence, 2209 N. W. Everett St., Portland 10, Oregon; Rev. Frederick L. Daniels, Granville, N. Y.; Charles E. Estes, 103 Hancock St., Auburndale, Mass.
Secretary, 8027 Seminole Avenue, Philadelphia 18, Pa.
