1888

The Daniel Webster Memorial Service Jn January at St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston, and Professor Foley's interesting talk were well attended. At the luncheon Webster's "stovepipe" hat held an informal reception, and was donned by each man present, the most of whom were lost in its ample interior.

It is in our homes that most accidents happen. Spalding knows it now; in January he fell in his own room and dislocated a shoulder. This put him in the hospital, but he is now recovering slowly.

Not to be outdone, Spencer reports a back strain, induced by winding his banjo clock, which confined him in bed for a week. That winding a clock has its dangers is disconcerting, for each week the tall clock where the scribe sits has to be wound. It stood in our Reed Hall room senior year, where Shapleigh '88 and Ralph Bartlett, '89's Secretary, were roommates. Shapleigh bought the clock in the fall of '87 from an auction of Professor Sanborn's goods at the Sanborn home, now the site of McNutt Hall. The old clock still faithfully marks the time.

Hardy, our ideal grandfather, has enjoyed the careers of four grandchildren, who have been students at the Academy and schools of Exeter, N. H. Each month, after attending to business in Boston, he visits them at Exeter and also calls on John Lew Clark. Jack 'BB, honorary at our 50th Reunion, has graduated from Exeter Academy and is now at Mass. Institute of Technology. Two others graduate from Emerson School next June to enter the Academy, and a granddaughter, Ann, will finish her studies at Kent Place Academy and enter college next fall. Hardy's oldest grandson, who lives in Florida, is to graduate from California School of Technology at Pasadena in June. The third generation of Hardy engineers seem in the making and assure perpetuation of the name so well known and soundly established.

A very welcome letter from Mrs. Marion Simonds, Ben's wife, of Pottsville, Penna., tells us of her recent doings. She was delighted to receive the Christmas message from Pattee, and was impresed with his zest and enthusiasm for the College. She has recently visited her early home in Plainfield, Conn., and during her six weeks' stay saw much of that beautiful state. She also attended a "Mayflower Convention" at Plymouth, Mass. Her elder son, Carlton, and family have moved to Reading, Penna., where they have a pleasant home in the country. Her younger son, Robert, Dartmouth '25, lives in Washington, and her daughter, Marion, in New York City. .

Secretary, 135 Summer St., Maiden, Mass. Treasurer, 32 Claflin St., Milford, Mass.