1886
News of class-mates is scarce. Their lives are now quiet and uneventful. But news from their children and grandchildren drifts in, and always indicates that they are imbued with the same spirit that characterized their fathers and grandfathers.
A recent letter from Mrs. Priscilla Stetson Alger is worth quoting. She writes, "The Stetson children were brought up on stories of Dartmouth along with their nursery rhymes. We shall always remember watching father and "Sampy" over their Sunday night suppers of crackers and milk, living over again those years in Hanover. It is nice to have up-to-date news from the rest of the class. When our daughter takes part in her Class Day exercises next June it will be in the Walter Sampson auditorium of our high school. There is a large picture of him there, and every boy and girl is made to feel acquainted with him. When our son Stanley Alger Jr. graduated from Dartmouth last June, we stopped at the Inn to see if any '86 men were there. We are very much pleased that Stanley Jr. has the same love and loyalty to Dartmouth which the older classes enjoyed. I believe that he talked with Nat Merrill '49, Marjorie Chase's grandson, at the Dartmouth dinner in Boston a few weeks ago. They had known each other while in college."
Now the news from "Hank" Merrill '13, father of the above mentioned grandson of Arthur Chase, through his daughter Marjorie, relates that he is leaving his post with the American Airways as meteorologist in Peru, after 10 years service. He will engage in scientiac farming in Greensboro, Vt. He brings a wife, whom the secretary has known from childhood, and three small children. Chase's son Robert (Dartmouth '17) writes, "We are still very much of a Dartmouth family." Robert and Marjorie used to come to our reunions with "Tuffy" Chase and the secretary well remembers them.
Dr. Deering Smith '17, whose father HenryO. (Spud) Smith, and grandfather were also graduates of the Medical school as well as the college, has long been active in medical circles, just as "Spud" was. Last summer he was made secretary-treasurer of the New Hampshire Medical Society, as his father was before him.
A booklet issued to the stockholders of the S. D. Warren Paper Company contains a view of their Research Laboratory where 39 people are engaged in the study of the materials and processes that are used, or might be used, in the manufacture of Warren's Standard Papers. There is also a view of the library, in which seated at the table is Dr. Frederick H. Frost, who directs all the research of this department and is on the board of directors. Fred is the son of our classmate, Edwin B.Frost. Fred's wife has served on the city council of Portland, Me., for several years. Fred's daughter Holly will leave her job on Life magazine in July and go back to Portland, where her husband, Dr. John Sunnenland, has been invited to join the staff of the Maine General Hospital.
The annual drive for support of the Alumni Fund is under way. Newton will soon send out customary letters calling on all members o£ the '86 Family to keep our Class in the van as it has done for so many years. The vast proportion of memorial gifts has not only made this possible, but has shown the remarkable class spirit that is maintained by our children through their Memorial gifts. Newton suggests that this spirit be continued by the sending of part of the money usually spent on flowers every spring for the cemetery to the Alumni Fund as a more permanent memorial. Think it over. Mrs. Newton has made a place for herself in the society of Winter Park by her participation in the social and intellectual life of that community.
Secretary and Treasurer, Greensboro, Vt. Class Agent, 456 East New England Ave., Winter Park, Fla.
