1889

The death of Judge George H. Bingham has taken from the Class of '87 one of its prominent members—a man highly respected. He had many friends in our Class. Those of us who gather each June in Hanover at Commencement time have always looked forward to meeting him there. He had made it a practice so many years to be in Hanover at Commencement that his presence there each year came to be looked upon by those of us who had known him since college days as one of the pleasing features of the Commencement.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Frost were overnight guests at the Hanover Inn in early October while en route to Rutland, Vt. to visit the former home of Mrs. Frost. They plan to leave Swampscott, Mass., for their winter home in St. Petersburg, Fla. the middle of November.

Articles on various topics of interest written by Prof. Edwin B. Davis continue to appear occasionally on the editorial page of the New York Sun. One is entitled "A Long View of Clash of Good and Evil in Their Historical Effects." Nearly a decade ago, when about to become Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages at Rutgers University, "E. 8." referred to himself in a letter published in one of our Class Reports as a victim of "the truncation of professional activities and the decapitation of salary." One need only read one of his articles—such as the above—to be convinced that no "truncation" or "decapitation" has taken place in our distinguished classmate as regards his inherent powers of clear thinking and art of graceful expression, notwithstanding his 83 years and the hardship imposed in recent years by poor eyesight necessitating operations.

Our late classmate Thomas Flynn was survived by three daughters, one of whom is Elizabeth Gurley Flynn of New York City, a labor leader and graduate of Hunter College. She is a communist and the one member of the Communist National Committee who was not indicted with the 11 communists recently convicted. Of the Communist National Board, only William Z. Foster, party chairman, who was too ill to be brought to trial, and Miss Flynn remain to operate-for the present, at least.

In a post-trial statement issued by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, she stated: "The American Communist Party will continue to function as a working-class political party, defending its legality and its right to function as a political party, which right cannot be abrogated by the government, or any court, without violating the Constitution of the United States. We will carry this fight to the people and appeal the verdict to the highest courts, but we do not thereby recognize that the verdict outlaws the Communist Party."

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