1905

When your secretary sits down to write the class notes for the MAGAZINE, he likes to have on his desk a pile of letters from members of the class. Then his task is pleasant and not too difficult. But when, as is the case this month, he has very few, the job is not a happy one and his column is skimpy. In your hands, my classmates, lies the success or failure of this writer's efforts. Again I appeal to you to send me news of what you have done, are doing now, and hope to do. Please don't wait for others to send in news; don't think your story may be unimportant. Just take you your pen and let yourself go. Don't forget to send any interesting snapshots you may have, old or new.

I have received several letters from JohnLaing. As you know John is a very successful lawyer in Portland, Oregon. In connection with his work, he sometimes has to go to Washington. He hopes to make such a trip in the near future and will at that time look up some of the 1905 men. In one of his letters John sends news about Skinny Boyce. Skinny has acquired several acres of land on the outskirts of Portland and will raise vegetables and fruit for the market. The best wishes of all of us go with Skinny for success in his new venture.

Ike Maynard sends the following information about his retirement: "Really I have not yet become used to the life of leisure. My wife, daughter, and grandchildren have seen to that, but I like it just the same. That pressure that one is always under in business has been released and that is a blessing that I greatly miss in not being at the office." I know what you mean, Ike. Isn't it a grand and glorious feeling?

As I studied the report on the Alumni Fund in the January issue I was especially moved by an item in the Special Funds Summary on Page 17. George Ricker by his last gift showed his devotion to the college which he loved so well. In this legacy to Dartmouth he has established himself permanently on the list of "Dartmouth Regulars." He has also set a mark for all the rest of us to shoot at. We should all give this serious thought.

Fred Chase sends the following item about his son Hugh '36: "Hugh is with the American Red Cross, as Assistant Field Director in Bad Tolz, Bavaria, in the beautiful mountain country south of Munich, near the Tyrolean Alps. He recently had a ten-day leave which he spent in England. He telephoned us from London. It was my first overseas conversa- tion!" What a happy and exciting experience that must have been.

In a recent issue of The New York Times, Elizabeth Hollister Frost's (Mrs. Eliot P.Frost) latest book, Mary and the Spinners, is most favorably reviewed. This sentence stands out above all others: "Mrs. Frost is a poet and a novelist who writes fiction in terms of poetry."

Sliver Hatch sends this news: "Mrs. BettyChamberlain (Mrs. Lafayette R. Chamberlain) is conducting an antique and gift shop in Barnstable, Mass." Barnstable was Mrs. Chamberlain's home town and she and Lafayette with their children spent many happy summers there.

At this date, 75 of the 146 members of the class to whom statements for class dues were sent have responded. I trust that the rest of you who with good intentions have pigeonholed your statements will dig them out and take appropriate action.

Secretary and Treasurer, 8027 Seminole Ave., Philadelphia 18, Pa.

1901-'02-'03-'04-'05 NEXT ANNUAL DINNER at Schrafft's 19 West St., Boston Friday, May 9th, 1947 6:30 p.m.