1889
Our classmate Ozora Stearns Davis, in order to enter Dartmouth in the fall of 1885, received from Mr. N. A. Frost, well-known jeweler in Hanover of our time, in the form of a loan, the financial assistance that opened the way for him to prepare himself while in College for his later distinguished career as clergyman, author and for many years president of the Chicago Theological Seminary. Mr. Frost not only performed an act of charity toward one who needed help, but he wisely made an investment not so much in an individual merely as in a faith that through the individual he had decided to help through college greater good might be produced for many. We observe with satisfaction that the chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee in his initial announcement in this year's campaign drew upon this story of our classmate's financial assistance and related its circumstances which hark back to 30 years before the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation was organized. His resourcefulness in delving deep to unearth an episode thought to be known scarcely by anybody other than some of the few surviving members of the Class of 1889 is amazing. It merits the acknowledged appreciation of these few survivors, who, it is safe to state, heartily endorse the chairman's effective use of the story as an incentive and stimulant for even larger contributions this year than in the past to enable the Dartmouth Alumni Fund help meet increased costs in all phases of life, loss of income from elimination of auxiliary help formerly available through the G.X. Bill, and a substantial increase in the number of scholarship applicants with which the College this year is faced. May the resurrection of this episode for this year's campaign bring forth a generous post-mortem dividend on Mr. Frost's wisely considered investment.
Contributions by Classes in the 1949 Alumni Fund Campaign, a detailed account of which was published in the March issue of this MAGAZINE, show that the Class of 1889, under the leadership of Hardy S. Ferguson, was credited with 228% of Objective, ranking second among Classes, and given a Participation Index of 150, fourth highest in the list.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Ellis writes that the publication in our Class Notes for February of a large part of the first letter her husband wrote home after entering Dartmouth brought to her several letters from family relatives and friends expressing their amusement and interest in reading it. It seems that "Jabe" had cousins who married Dartmouth men, some of whom happened to read the item.
"Doc" Warden, our Class President, has given advance notice that he is keeping in mind being in Hanover in June. Under date of March 1, he wrote: "I shall surely endeavor to be present at our 1950 Commencement reunion."
George Bard keeps in close touch with your secretary. Most of his time is spent in Louisville, Ky., his address there being 108 South Fourth Street. His plans are all set for joining the '89 group in Hanover in June at Commencement time, for which ample accommodations are held in reserve at the Hanover Inn for all who may attend.
Clyde D. Garrett, Esq. has sent your secretary from the effects of Henry Blair, with whom he long was an office associate, an accumulation of his college photographs, and other material connected with his life at Dartmouth. Those who join our rendezvous in June will have an opportunity to see them at that time before they are delivered to the College for its archives.
Secretary and Treasurer, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass. Class Agent, 12 Clinton Ave., Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
