1907

This month's report confirms with too heavy emphasis the adage that the bitter must be taken with the sweet. For the first time in this secretary's experience, the deaths of three classmates must be announced.

Warren Billings died on December 10, 1948. An engineer by profession, Warren had served the New York Public Service Commission for a long period. When war came and two of his three boys were in service, Warren joined the Navy and was stationed at headquarters in Washington, D. C., for several years. In February, 1947, he had a severe attack of pneumonia, from the effects of which he never fully recovered, and he died at his home following a year of failing health. He leaves his widow, and three sons, Henry, Michigan '40, an aeronautical engineer; Robert, a post-graduate student at Michigan; and Richard, who will graduate at Michigan next June. Warren was a wonderful husband and father, and his family has sustained a heavy loss.

Walter Clough died at his home in West Medford, Mass. on December 8, 1948. Though he had been in poor health for some time, his death was not expected. Walter started his career after graduation in Guatemala with the United Fruit Company under Vic Cutter '03. Returning to the Boston area he was employed for many years by Hornblower St Weeks. Later he entered the field of public accounting with Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery in Boston. Walter had pretty rough sledding in recent years, but he faced his problems with courage and determination.

Sam Barnes' unexpected death on FebruaryI I in Seattle, Wash, will be a severe shock to his friends, of whom he had a host. Sam was operated on for gall bladder trouble two weeks before his death. As '07 men know, he was an outstanding personality throughout his life. A Dartmouth man par excellence, one of his friends describes him as"Mr. Dartmouth of the Pacific Coast." Sam went to Washington State in 1907, and had made his home, his career and his reputation in that state, and especially in Seattle, ever since. His public services and his business and banking career have been outstanding. Further reference to them will be made in the In Memoriam column of this issue. But Sam's capacity for friendship, and for generous, thoughtful, inexhaustible service to friends, to children of friends, to all and sundry who sought advice or assistance, these are the qualities for which he will be remembered always.

These words spoken at Sam's funeral service indicate an unusual appreciation of his personality and character. "... our good friend lived significantly as if all of life was made up of so many different things that must be enjoyed and done, rather than a matter of laboring one thing to the exclusion of everything else. Mr. Barnes lived all of his life with all of himself, and one achieves this quality of life through a sound and simple philosophy that life is worth living and people are worth knowing and liking. In this kind of a philosophy of life there is no ostentation, no artificiality, no pretense. A person lives with all of himself in view. It is a contagious philosophy of life which not too many of us achieve. Underlying this way of living are the foundations of a deep sense of personal value and worth, and a wide understanding of human comradeship. These foundations are expressed in personal life in the spirit of sharing, of giving oneself away in the spirit of gladness, joy and good humor, by bearing another's burdens. To my mind, Mr. Barnes lived this way."

Now for some more cheerful news.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodworth have announced the engagement of their daughter Sally to Mr. Charles Theodore Gallagher of Wellesley Hills and Chocorua, N. H. Sally is currently making her home in Hanover and is employed in the College Library. Mr. Galla-' gher is a graduate of Harvard, class of J 944. He served during the war as a Navy fighter pilot and is now attending Harvard Law School.

Ted Greenleaf writes, "I am feeling fine and getting along fine. I can now navigate with the aid of a cane." Ted wants his friends to know that the body of his son Laurie has been returned from Europe for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C., on January 24. Lt. Laurie Greenleaf, as many classmates know, had an extraordinary war record for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Secretary, 140 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.

Treasurer, Room 822, 25 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y.

Class Agent, Box 126, Guilford, Me.