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In the September issue of the UniversityClub (Boston) News was a brief sketch of genial James R. Chandler, chairman of the admissions committee for the past twenty years, a man who has been characterized by those who know him best as "a ray of sunshine wherever he goes." This is our own Bucky.

"Jim Chandler, a resident of Plymouth, and a charter member of the club, was graduated from Dartmouth in '98, and the Harvard Law School, 'o 1. As a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the Committee of Conventions and Tourist Bureaus, he assisted in the organization of the first winter sports train to run out of Boston, 'and that was some years ago,' he said.

"A member of the Newton Board of Aldermen from 1930 to 1935, Jim has served on the Dartmouth Alumni Council and is a past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, as well as secretary of his class during the ten-year period 1919 to 1928.

"A former member of the Board of Governors at the club, he has served on the allimportant Admissions Committee since it was formed, and has been chairman for the past twenty years.

"A director of the Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, since 1938, he has been president of this board since 1942, and he is currently president of the board of directors of the Plymouth Savings and Loan Association, a post he has held since 1943.

"Associated with the firm of Gilmour-Rothery & Cos., 40 Broad Street, Boston, he was also associated with its predecessor Gilmour & Coolidge, dating back to 1911.

"The father of two sons and four daughters, all of whom are married, he is the grandfather of nine boys and two lovely girls, and if the gleam in his eye is a criterion, these youngsters are indeed 'the apple of his eye.'

"An after-dinner speaker and story-teller of no mean reputation, he followed no particular topic he said, but.just seemed to be able to make folks laugh, a highlight in his life. 'That's the one thing I like to do,' he asserted, 'is make folks smile. If, during the course of the day, I am able to bring a smile to my associates, then I'm doing something reallyworth while,' he said.

"And it almost seems as though spreading sunshine among others is Jim Chandler's code of life, for as your reporter took his leave, one thought expressed by Mr. Chandler, stood out head and shoulders above the others

worth while—humane—truly American " 'Those who bring sunshine to others can not keep it from themselves.' And therein we meet James Chandler, whose unselfish devotion to the Club and all that it stands for, will ever remain 'his footprint—on the sands of time.' "

June nv 12 and 13, 1948 are the days to be remembered. They are the days of the 50-year reunion of the class. During Ted Leggett's sojourn in Florida, any communications in connection with the reunion should be sent to the secretary.

Secretary and Treasurer, 14 Say ward St., Dorchester, Mass.