1902

There is a certain sadness in the heart of your secretary this year because of the recording of the deaths of four of his old classmates, Ben Ailing, Gus Parry, Dike Varney and Crosby Tappan. In writing up their obituaries, I think of the happy days we all had together at Hanover and it is perhaps best to remember them all that way. Ben, Gus and Dike had long illnesses and, mayhap, death was a relief, but I shall greatly miss their names on my class list.

In my recent notes on the records of 1902 teachers, I stated that I thought Mose Perkins was the only classmate still on the job. I have had a recent letter from Henry Tracy correcting this error. He says he retired four years ago as the head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Kansas, but is still a fulltime teacher of gross anatomy and neurology and, in addition, giving two courses a year to the residents of Winter General Hospital. Very good for a man born in 1879. When he retires in 1951, he expects to settle on Cape Cod in the Falmouth region.

It has been a glorious summer in Maine and I have seen only two classmates, Baker Keniston and Tom Barnes, both of whom seem in excellent health. More of you should come this way and if you do please drop around.

Secretary, 7 Ship Channel Rd., South Portland, Me.

Treasurer, 426 Tremont Building, Boston 8, Mass.