1894

From what may be reckoned as '94's thirty fourth annual round-up, there were present at the University Club in Boston, October 27, these seven men, enough to make a hockey team: Knowlton, Lewis, Lyon, Marden, C. C.Merrill, Parker and B. A. Smalley. Several of the '94 family have not been heeding the Scriptural injunction, "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall," and for that specific reason the attendance was kept from equalling last year, when, it may be remembered, it was a toss-up between our being the "Nine Old Men" of the United States Supreme Court or a husky baseball nine. Decker Field might not have found it possible in any event to come from Lincoln, Neb., but his disobedience of the aforesaid Scripture while treading a pavement in Detroit last summer confined him to his room for ten weeks and obliged him to sleep only in a "large upholstered chair."

Kent Knowlton won the Green Derby (to borrow from Alumni Fund nomenclature) for coming the longest distance and altog ether shared highest honors with B. Smalley, whose Both birthday, October 29, was too temptingly near not to be celebrated. In behalf not only of the group there assembled but, it may be assumed, of the entire class now living, Bud Lyon presented him with a signed scroll which contained these words:

Your record of service in behalf of the Class and _ College is impressive. We recall that you originated the idea of a Class Cup and were one of the group which carried it through to realization. You were chairman of the committee which secured the attendance of 70 members of the Class out of a possible 84 at our 20th reunion resulting in our all-but-winning the cup for that year. You were a member of the group which did a great deal of work and raised a sum in excess of $25.000 for presentation to the College at our 25 th reunion; our Class being the first to make such a gift, and which has now been adopted as a regul ar class contribution. You were chairman of the committee which raised a notable sum from the Class for the new gymnasium in which 81 sub- scriptions were received. You have been one of the so-called "Boston Group" which has served as a spiritual and otherwise advisor and assistant to the Class Secretary, and have also done many things for the Secretary, for which he has been personally grateful. You have been ever-ready through the years to give your talents and ability for the benefit of the Class and College whenever called upon.

Every member of the Class has been a friend to you, and your loyalty to your Classmates and College, with achievements in their behalf, has made you a pre-eminent member of the Class of '94.

We wish you prolonged activity and all possib le satisfactions as a member of the "80 Club."

Incidentally, it may be said that the otherliving members of '94's "80 Club" are: Loveoy, Gibbon, Cassin, J. H. Bartlett, Ames,A. W. Stone, E. M. Stone, Lewis, Balch,Grover,—11 in all, over one third of our 27members living. Other October birthdays are:Gibbon, Cassin, E. M. Stone and Welton.

We had two visitors. Our former hostess for substantially all the years from 1913 to 1939, Mrs. Matt B. Jones, reminded us lay her presence of the amplest and most gracious hospitality which she and Matt extended to us all that time and which did so much to keep the class together.

Representing the College, George H. Colton '35, who has the laboring over the Alumni Fund, answered our questions frankly and adequately about the institution whose senior class now far outnumbers the entire Coll ege of our day.

As usual letters from absentees were read, and, again as usual, extracts from these letters will largely fill this column for several months.

1894 Fund, Contributors

30 Gifts (Participation Index 97). Total gifts: $1,089.50 (133% of objective).

Adams, Arthur A.1 Ames, William M. Bartlett, John H. Burnap, Robert L.2 Burnap, Robert L.3 Burroughs, Sherman E.4 Bushee, Frederick A. Colby, Ira G. Crocker, Allen C.5 Field, Frank D. Grover, Edwin O. Hall, Dwight Hodsdon, Edgar C.6 Hoskins, Carl S.7 Hurd, Henry N.8 Jenks, Paul R. Jones, Matt B.9 Knowlton, Kent Lewis, Aubrey C. Love joy, Herman S. Lyon, Albert M. Mann, John L. Marden, Philip S. Martyn, Frederick S. McGroty, James W. Merrill, Charles C. Norris, Alfred E.10

Parker, G. Woodbury Ruggles, Edward F.11 Smalley, Bertrand A. Spooner, Edwin V. Stone, Arthur W. Townsend, James A}2 Wallis, William J.33 MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM: 1 Mrs. Adams.2 Airs. Grace W. Hoskins,friend.3 Nephew, Thomas K.Burnap '46.4 Son, Robert P. Burroughs '21. 5 William M. Ames '94.6 Son, Merrill Hodsdon'28.7 Mrs. Hoskins.8 Mrs. Hurd.9 Mrs. Jones.10 Classmate.11 Mrs. Ruggles.12 Mrs. Townsend.13 Robert I. Lyon '07.

CLASS AGENT G. WOODBURY PARKER '94

Class Agent.

Secretary, 74 Kirkland St., Cambridge 38, Mass.

Treasurer, 60 Maple St., Somersworth, N. H