1889

An item in the 1890 Class Notes in the November issue, in which class secretary Reynolds disclosed recently-discovered information regarding the date skis were first used in Hanover, prompted your secretary to contact John P. Canty 'go, the source of this information. Here is Canty's story: During the college year of 1888-89, he roomed in Thornton Hall (rooms 18 and 20) and had as roommates Cutler, Ellis and Redfield, all '89 men. "Jabe"Ellis at that time was one of the editors of The Dartmouth, and came into possession of a magazine devoted entirely to sports—one of the first of its kind published. In it was an article about skiing which described in great detail how skis were made—their dimensions, etc. Intensely interested, "Jabe" took this magazine article to a local carpenter the fall of 1888 and had a pair of skis made. The winter of 1888-89 "Jabe" and Canty each tried them out in that part of the College Park near the Observatory building. While using them, they had great difficulty in keeping on their feet and fell frequently. "Jabe" later tried other localities in the outskirts of Hanover in practicing the use of them. He later wrote an article on skiing, which may have been published. If any such is found, it will be noted later in this column. This information brought to light by the resourceful secretary of 1890 is of interest to many, especially to Dr. Frank T. Woodbury '93, who has steadfastly maintained that while he was in Hanover on a visit in the spring of 1889 he saw a pair of skis in one of the college dormitories.

New London, in the beautiful Sunapee Lake region of New Hampshire, is an attractive old New England town where a few Dartmouth men have their summer homes. Among them—and perhaps the earliest—is that of the Knight family whose cottage there has been intermittently used back to the time of our classmate's father, Edward B. Knight '61, who graduated in the same class with Dartmouth's late president, William Jewett Tucker. Last summer this cottage was occupied by Mrs. Harold W. Knight of Charleston, W. Va., who came North to spend the summer there with her daughter, Mrs. James Willis of Milton, Mass., and her daughter Anne. An event during the summer which brought Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Knight Jr. North to join Mr. Knight's mother and sister was the marriage of Mr. Knight's other sister, Miss Anne Hogeman Knight, to Mr. Frederick Turner Brown, which took place in Saint Andrew's Church in New London on August 21. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have made their home in Houlton, Maine.

Clarence Moulton, in a recent letter, reports that all is well in his family. In July he received a call from John and George Sparhawk, sons of our classmate and his college roommate. John Sparhawk was accompanied by his wife and daughter.

Ned Dearborn is at the home of his son, Clinton H. Dearborn, 118 Pochin Place, Hampton, Va., for the winter. Word has come from "Fush" Hazen that he

and Mrs. Hazen, to escape the rigorous winter weather of Montana, left their home on November 5 for southern California. They plan to spend the winter months in Long Beach at the Huntington Hotel on East Ocean Boulevard.

Mrs. Burt H. Redfield has sold her house in Dover. N. H.. and after December 1 will live with her sister Florence (widow of Ralph H.Unit '11) in their old family home in Goffstown, N. H.. at 13 High Street. Mrs. Redfield, the former Sara B. Luscombe of Goffstown, has taken an active part in the civic and social life of Dover ever since her marriage to BurtRedfield on August 11, 1909—and she will be greatly missed there; but, back again in her native town, the "Luscombe girls"—as she and her sister Florence were popularly known in former years—will again combine their activities in the many affairs of that community.

The Harry M. Frost Company, Inc., a wellknown advertising agency founded by our classmate, and now under the active management of his son, Karl M. Frost, has taken enlarged space in the Metropolitan Building, 260 Tremont St., Boston, Mass., where it has been located for many years, and on October 15, opened its new offices which occupy the entire second floor of that building.

Secretary and Treasurer, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass.