ONE OF NATURE'S mysteries, in Hanover at any rate, is how Beebee, an aging Irish setter, knows precisely when Robert L. Burnap '94 is due to visit town and arranges her schedule to be on the Hanover Inn steps to greet him upon arrival. Thereafter, whether Mr. Burnap's visit is for a few days or two months (as it is every August and September), she stays with him constantly.
David Heald '42, manager of the the Hanover Inn, claims that they never see Beebee at the Inn unless Mr. Burnap is due to arrive, and that on occasion, when no advance reservation has been made and there has been no possibility of an advance "tip" to the dog, Beebee is still on hand on the right day. Early this summer Mr. Burnap thought he could slip into town for one day without Beebee's knowing anything about it, but the setter's psychic powers were too good for him and there she was, waiting for him.
Beebee belongs to Donald S. Smith, superintendent of the Hanover hospital, who understandingly gives her leave of absence while Mr. Burnap is in town. He figures that Mr. Burnap, as fond of Beebee as Beebee is of him, is the best of all possible substitute masters.
808 BURNAP '94 and his inseparable Hanover companion, Beebee, whose psychic knowledge of her foster-master's comings and goings cannot be explained by the brightest scholars on campus.