1900

We had hoped to emerge from 1948 without decrease of our already limited numbers. However, as indicated in the obituary section, "Shadder" Snow died on November 24. We shall always remember him as he was in college days. Tall, thin, almost emaciated, his physical aspect early gained for him the nickname stated above, which hardly seemed warranted by the real stamina which he showed in the distance runs. At the New Britain High School he became familiar with the game of basketball, then newly devised, and was a member of the school team which defeated Yale, Wesleyan and Trinity. The game was unknown at Hanover and Shadder introduced it to the College, with baskets made of cutolf peach baskets supported by hoops made by the local blacksmith. The records indicate that at the start the game was played in informal fashion at the College, the first organized team being a class affair set up by the class of 1902 in the winter of 1898-1899. It was not recognized as a varsity sport until 1900. Shadder has some claim to be regarded as the father of basketball in the College. He must have been good for he played center on a professional team representing Haverhill, Mass., until incapacitated by injury. In the long period of ill health in his later years his thoughts continually turned toward his college days and the one thing which would arouse him from his periods of lethargy was news of the institution.

Mrs. Ida Salinger, mother of our late classmate, Victor R. Salinger, died in Los Angeles recently at the age of 96. She was the wife of Isadore Salinger, long a prominent merchant of Rochester, N. H., and the mother of the surviving sons, Alexander, '92, an attorney of Boston and Leon A'ol, of San Francisco, a retired government chemist.

The secretary also regrets to announce the death on November 13 of Anna Kubler de la Valette, formerly of Loraine, Moselle, France, widow of Henry Brockway Gilson. The two were married in France in 1906 and Brock died in 1917. Mrs. Gilson remained for many years in occupancy of the farm in Quechee, Vt. where Brock spent the final period of his life. She died, however, at the home of her daughter and only child, Mrs. Elmer E. Emery, at Woodstock, Vt.

Henry Teague, who has been confined to Dick's House for some months, is sufficiently recovered so that he plans to start for Florida on December 18. He is to be located this winter at the Sun-Ray Sanitarium, Miami.

Arthur Roberts, who occasionally writes letters to the Boston Herald on matters of import, recently ventured a modest inquiry as to why the quota system in vogue in certain colleges has come to be regarded in some quarters as "shameful." This question called forth a number of replies which exhibited in amusing fashion a maximum of heat and perhaps a minimum of light—if by light we mean a genuine attempt to answer Robbie's question. One Joseph S. Shubow, who describes himself as a rabbi, thus characterizes Arthur: "This was a pathetic outburst on the part of a man who manifestly does not possess too much love or charity, nor does he care about the truth." To which all who know Arthur, and especially his classmates, wish to file a caveat or demurrer or whatever the legal term meaning "t'aint so," may be.

Of the 67 living members (graduate and non-graduate) of the class, the officers are now in contact with all. Of the 98 deceased members the address of some relation is available to us in all cases except four Currier, Baker,Barrett and Hutchinson. The most recent additions to this list of addresses are Mrs. Grace Bodge of Wells, Me. and Mrs. L. M. Newton, of Manchester, N. H.

Since the above notes were written the sad news has been received of the passing of one of our most cherished members, FrederickEdwin Alwood, who died very suddenly at his home in West Roxbury, Mass., on December 5. A more extensive notice will appear in the February issue.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, 212 Mill St., Newtonville, Mass.