1905
We have lost our good friend and wellliked classmate, Stillman Batchellor, who died January 22. Mrs. Batchellor is still at their ranch in Healdsburg, Calif., address Route 1, Box V-74. A note from any of the class to her might be helpful. Sympathy from us all is offered to her and to Stillman's sister Bertha (Mrs. R. W. Sulloway of West Franklin, N. H.). We hope to have more information later.
Even "Rufus" Day has become becalmed. Having been President of Cornell University, Chancellor of the same, and Chairman of the New York State Arbitration Commission, which has just settled the Bell Aircraft strike and wage dispute at Buffalo for less than the company offered before the strike, all in one year, he has certainly earned the right to a rest. He retired on January 31 amid a cloud of commendation. Cornell's trustees are building a home for him and Mrs. Day in Ithaca, where they can look out over the tempestuous sea of life today. For the benefit of outsiders, his real name in polite circles is Dr. Edmund E. Day, our class's Rufus Choate scholar. His service is so great and his distinctions are so many that his story must be told at another time.
Sixteen of our Class and four '06 men met in New York at dinner at the Dartmouth Club on January 20, under the benevolent eye of Tub Besse. Much of the discussion turned on the Tucker Memorial idea. The sentiment which seemed to prevail in the group was to the general effect that the spiritual values which President Tucker emphasized 50 years ago are immensely appreciated even today by his former students. It was apparent that the group in general would like to see more and more cultivation of those spiritual values in the College today. No ways for doing this were formulated. Subordinating any President's name to another found little approval for memorial purposes. It was a most friendly and enjoyable gathering. Those present, other than Tub, were Class Agent Fletcher Hatch, whose Alumni Fund task now begins; Class Treasurer Gilbert Fall; Class Secretary-Elect George Putnam; Walter Emery, Ed Gilbert,Dr. Allan Graves, C. C. Hills, Henry Hobart,Bill Knibbs, Dr. Loder, Walter Nourse and Lester Studwell. Almost as many Boston men of the Class attend the New York dinner as attend the Boston dinner!
We are sorry to report that our genial and well-liked George Proctor II suffered a coronary embolism and loss of speech in late summer, and is now at his home in Marblehead, Mass. Visitors are exhausting to him, but cheerful letters might make the hours pass more pleasantly for him. The Class will be pulling for his recovery.
Ex-Captain Bass of New York Harbor tugboats is understood to be wandering about the country. He has been in Boston and New Orleans.
The winter exodus to Florida is almost a Class event this year, although we have no winter in New England either. Elsie andMarion Grover, the Charlie Goodriches, Ruthand Fred Chase, the Chester Moores, Rogerand Frances Brown, the Dick Tolmans, the Jake Atwoods are or were all in St. Petersburg or nearby Clearwater. The Goodriches are at 470 Poinsetta Avenue, Clearwater. Charlie says some of the attractions there are oranges and grapefruit by the bushel at $2 and $1.25, respectively, swimming, driving and that "it's always fair weather."
Gib Fall says you have been paying class dues, which include the MAGAZINE'S subscription, very well this year, and wishes to thank you. All but 22 have attended to this. Now that Harry Peyser is Head Judge of the Portsmouth (N. H.) Court, one wonders why we haven't been calling him "Judge' for the past 16 years, since he has been Associate Judge all that time.
To turn westward, Ross Wilmot, retired by his steel company, is building a bungalow overlooking a lovely valley in the little town of Bethlehem. He has six acres near his son, Robert—also a Dartmouth man—where he and Mrs. Wilmot will enjoy flower and vegetable gardening and being grandparents. The town is among the Pennsylvania Dutch near Pittsburgh, not in Palestine.
Back to New England, since silence reigns among western classmates, Walter Lillard's new address is 76 Red Gate Lane, Cohasset, Mass. If you have any civic, church, or social clubs which want an enlightening and instructive lecture on the displaced persons problem, they would do well to call on Walter to give the intensely interesting talk he gave to our 5-class dinner after his return turn from Austria. This is now his occupation. Walter's daughter, Virginia, lost her 9-year-old daughter, Anne Collins, just before Christmas. Our sympathy to all the Lillards.
Bourne Wood is not in the best of trim, yet does sell advertising specialties (not autos), is Secretary of the local Kiwanis Club, and has been for several years. This is his chief interest. He is a past president and a past District Lieutenant-Governor for the club.
Midge Reid's recovery from serious infection is slow—slower than could be wished.
Tom and Mrs. Ready are stopping with their son in Nashua while Tom recovers from an oral operation. As soon as he can speak English, Tom will be looking for work. Perhaps you can help.
Finally, Fletcher Hatch is working hard for the Class. He wants us to make a better showing in the Alumni Fund than our Class has been accustomed to. Let's get ready now for his call, then act quickly and cheerfully.
1905 Fund, Contributors 97 Gifts (Participation Index 86). Total gifts: $3,617.72 (80% of objective). FLETCHER A. HATCH, Class Agent.
Anonymous Adams, James S. Agry, George C. Atwood, Howard D. Balph, Rowland P. Barney, Winfield S. Barton, Clarence LeR. Bedell, Irving W.1 Bell, John H. Besse, Stanley Biggs, Vernon A. Billman, Howard D. Blatner, William D. Borden, Charles S. Brintnall, Henry S. Brooks, Charles A.
Brown, Frederick H. Brown, Roger W. Campbell, Carroll A. Chamberlain, William E.2 Chase, Frederick Chisholm, Everett A. Clark, Robert S. Clough, William P. Conley, Walter A. Cornish, Solon W. Cunningham, Shirley B. Daniels, Frederick L. Day, Edmund E. Dillon, Walter S. Donnelly, James C. Elliott, Herford N.
Emery^^ater P. Estes, Charles E. Falconer, Robert C. Fall, Gilbert H. Getchell, Carl F. Gilbert, Edgar Gilbert, Oscar B. Goodrich, Charles F. Graves, Allen B. Grover, L. Clayton Harding, Robert H. Haskell, Harold M. Hatch, Fletcher A. Hazen, Edwin H. Hersam, George A. Hills, Clarence C. Hodgman, Charles D. Knibbs, John W., Jr. Ladd, P. Chandler Laing, John A. Lill, Harry A. Lillard, W. Huston Loder, Halsey B. McCabe, Francis J. MacMillan, A. L., Jr. May, Walter M. Maynard, Alexander R. Messer, H. Richard Moore, Chester N. Mulally, James H. Musgrove, Eugene R. Newick, Ira A. Norton, Henry K. Nourse, Walter L. Parkinson, Royal Peyser, Harry W. Preis, Carl G.
Preston, Harry B. Proctor, George N. Putnam, George W. Reeve, Ralph W. Reid, George S. Richardson, Edward C. Ricker, George R.3 Rogers, Walter M. Root, Raymond R. Russell, Verney W. Sibley, Edward N. Silha, Emil A. Small, Walter B. Small, Walter G. Smith, Allen C. Smith, Harry T. Smith, Leon B. Stevenson, Norman Studwell, Lester W. Sylvester, Charles B. Thrall, Henry D. Tuck, John Vaughan, James A.4 Wallis, Louis T. Ward, Harold E. Weston, Frederick S. White, Ernest M. Wilkins, Samuel H. Wilmot, Ross H. Wiswall, Thomas A. MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM:1 Mrs. Bedell.2 Mrs. Chamberlain.3 Income from George R.Kicker Fund.4 Mrs. Vaughan.
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