1905

"Gene" Musgrove, who retired from public school teaching in June, 1946 after many years' service, is back in the harness again and enjoying his work very much. He is keeping out of mischief by teaching two courses in literature at Upsala College, in East Orange, N. J. Upsala is an institution of Lutheran background and has a student body of 1800. An extensive building program including a library, a chapel, two recitation buildings, and two dormitories is now under way, with J. F. Larson, the Dartmouth architect, in charge.

I am sorry to report to you that Harry Preston has been very ill this winter. He is somewhat better and is now back in his home in Henniker, N. H. We are all pulling for you, Harry, and hope your recovery will be speedy and complete.

"Cy" White writes that he and Mrs. White are planning to attend the reunion in June. He is doing some good missionary work by urging other members of the class to get in line and plan to be there. "Cy's" son John, who entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1945 and was transferred during the war to M.1.T., Columbia, and Harvard, is now living in South Freeport, Me. and is working with the Consumers Water Company, which is operated by George F. West & Son. Vernon West is a Dartmouth man and entered college the year after we graduated. John was married in June, 1947 in Cambridge, Mass. to Marian Morton. John and Marian have a ten-monthsold daughter Martha, who "Cy" thinks is a very nice granddaughter. "Cy's" daughter Margaret is married to Leroy B. Wilson of the American Telephone & Telegraph Cos. and they are living in Evanston, 111. "Cy" is still going strong and carrying his full share of the burden in his law firm of Redman, White & Willey.

Roy Parkinson has enjoyed visits by DocClough, whenever he has been in Boston, and also by C. C. Hills. Roy is a very busy man and up to his ears in work with his Personnel Service in which I am sure he is wonderfully successful.

Before this issue of the MAGAZINE comes to you, you will have received a booklet, pocket size, with the latest addresses of all living 1903, 1904 and 1905 men. We are indebted to Dave Austin, Secretary of the Class of 1904, and his reunion committee for this directory. Since these three classes are reunioning together in June, they felt that this would be a great help to all members of the three classes and arouse a desire to be present and meet old friends in the classes with whom we spent so many years at Dartmouth. Our sincere thanks to Dave and 1904. You will all be glad to hear that Dave has made a wonderful recovery from his serious illness of last year and is again enjoying good health.

John H. Bell has retired from teaching after more than forty years in this work. I remember with great pleasure when John was teaching in the Philadelphia area and we used to get together at all the Dartmouth dinners. After John went to New Hampshire there was no other 1905 man in this area. John and Mrs. Bell are living in Washington, N. H. We all wish you good luck, John, in your retirement and may you have many years of happy and tranquil life.

A letter from Harold Haskell brings the sad news that on last June 8, after forty years of happy married life, his wife Mary died. The sympathy of every member of the class goes to Harold in his great loss. Fortunately his younger daughter Anne is with him and is a source of great comfort. Harold is very happy in his engineering work which he says has not palled after twenty-one years.

A good letter from Dr. Oscar Gilbert, who has practiced medicine in Exeter, N. H. for many years, gives us some news about himself. H e writes:

"I am still a country doctor and member of a group known as the Exeter Clinic which has been in successful operation two years. This group practice has made it easier for me and affords more time for devotion to various hobbies: stamps, genealogy, cabinet work etc. By and large I am enjoying life but feel the limitations which advancing age imposes. Every summer for the past ten years my wife and I have been to the Gaspe to a little village where the fly fishing is superb. Sometimes one or both daughters go along. One of them is in her second year at the University of New Hampshire, and the other is in her fifth year at Simmons College, completing a nursing course. Not long ago I got myself appointed to the State Board of Registration in Medicine. One pf the highlights of this is an association with "Bush" Kingsford, who is President of the Board. His bush is less bushy than when we were taking his course but his eyes have the same brilliant friendly twinkle. I am pleased to have the Class Directory for it has been a poignantly absorbing study to try to visualize the faces which repre- sent the names of those whom I have not seen for forty-three years. I was surprised and deeply moved to note that "Pat" Patteson has gone. He was my roommate for two years and I admired him greatly: generous, tolerant and buoyant, friendly always. He and "Tub" Besse and I had some rare times together in Middle Fayerweather. I am looking forward eagerly to the class reunion."

I am glad to hear from so many fellows that they are planning to attend the reunion in June. All I can say to all of you in the words of the "Good Book" is: "Go and do thou like wise."

Remember the dates June 17, 18 and 19.

Secretary and Treasurer

8027 Seminole Avenue, Philadelphia 18, Pa.

Class Agent, 6 Lakewood Rd., Natick, Mass.