1900

The secretary and his wife are now located at Riderwood, Md., a suburb of Baltimore, for a stay of some length. Preparatory to leaving home certain accumulated material for the alumni notes of this issue was carefully set aside for .transportation and then just as carefully left behind in Hanover. Consequently the 1900 contribution for May is likely to be somewhat sketchy, save as the secretary's memory may serve.

The Worcester Telegram for Feb. 26 contains an article on the approaching retirement of Dr. Loring Holmes Dodd from the chair of rhetoric and the curatorship of art in Clark University after 39 years of service in that institution. Previously he had served as a teacher in Choate School and in St. Paul's School, Garden City, N., Y. In the future he hopes to have more time for writing and for travel.

Speaking of retirement, a very olf-hand census, admittedly inaccurate* indicates that, of the 62 members of the class, 38 have retired or are about to retire very soon. This is perhaps just as well, in view of the fact that all but three of our number have passed, the age of seventy. The lawyers seem to have retained their activity most successfully, but one out of the five admits that he is not as busy as ever. In the other callings in which considerable numbers are engaged, 16 of the 27 in business have retired, 4 of the 8 physicians and 8 of the 10 teachers.

The recent alumni dinner at St. Petersburg, Fla., was well patronized by 1900 men. Of the total attendance of about 70, seven were of the class, as follows: Bigelow, Cristy, Prescott,Prouty, Proctor, Wallace and Warden. Mrs. Buckley was' also among those present.

Mrs. John' Berry reports' that her son is now manager of the Anriapolisi (Md.) Yacht Club. In his profession as a''sailor, he has;been around the world several titties. Her house at Fortune's Rock, near Biddeford, Me., destroyed in the general fire of two years ago, has been rebuilt.

John Putnam retires from his position in the Vermont State Prison, at Windsor, on March 31. For a time he will be with his daughter at 248 Main Street, Montpelier, Vt.

As the result of a fall Mrs. Embert Sprague has had a difficult and painful time for most of the winter. She is now feeling quite well again.

Harry Marshall has been busy this winter with talks and reviews. Mrs. Marshall's first novel, Ruth, The World's Most Famous LoveStory, is soon to appear.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer and Class Agent

212 Mill St., Newtonville, Mass.