1900

To keep the record complete, although the event is in the somewhat remote past, the June Round-Up of the class, held at the Follansbee Inn, North Sutton, N. H., on the week end of June 22-24, should be mentioned. This is, in order, the thirtieth of these round-ups and the thirteenth (or fourteenth, if the 45th reunion is to be included) to be held in this place. As might be expected from the advance of years, the attendance was not so large as it sometimes has been, but, none the less, 18 of the 60 surviving members of our group were able to be present, as follows: Bigelow, Butterfield, Christy, Dunlap, Hadlock, Hayden, Jenkins, Jennings, Prescott,Putnam, Richardson, Sampson, Sears, Trull,Tuttle, Virgin, Wallace, Woodman. As has not been usual at these week ends, Saturday was a day of continuous rain. Nevertheless that proved to be no real detriment to the enjoyment of the occasion, and in general, with excellent food and abundant good fellowship, the gathering in many respects was up to our standard.

In one respect, however, we were greatly disappointed. Of the four regular officers of the class, constant in their attendance at these meetings, but one, the secretary, was able to be present. Clarence McDavitt, the trustee of the class fund, was prevented by his health from being with us, as was also true of the 50th reunion of last year. He finds that association with groups of some size is not good for him. Despite this, no one is more active in class affairs. His management of the class fund is as effective as ever. In the campaign of 1951, in addition to taking care of all expenses, it was able to make a contribution to the Alumni Fund of $3625, an amount which, upon the established basis of reckoning, gave to 1900, among the 65 classes listed, the second place in participation index (264 points) and the third place in percentage of objective (208%).

For the first time in all the gatherings of the class during our alumni life, WalterRankin, who has been our president during all that period of 51 years, was not able to be with us. The planning of the gathering, as such planning has always been, was carried out by him but shortly before the date he suffered a coronary attack which prevented his attendance. He has had an uncomfortable summer, much of which was passed in the hospital where at the date of writing (September 3), he still is, although he hopes to return to his home later in the month.

Charles Proctor, our vice-president, was also absent owing to a trip to California to visit his son.

Herbert Trull has recently retired from his association of 45 years with the wholesale grocery business, the last 17 of which have been with the Webster Thomas Company, and is now taking it easy. His grandson Carter Hoyt Jr. was one of the graduates of the College in the class of 1951. Thus Herbie becomes the second member of our class to be thus represented by a graduate in the third generation. His granddaughter Barbara Hoyt was married in June to Mr. Arthur R. Baker Jr., a graduate of Amherst. The couple is now living in Princeton, N. J.

Arthur Newton, who retired some months ago as President of the Glidden-Buick Company of New York, is the author of an article in the July number of the General Motors publication, News and Views, entitled "The Old Oaken Dashboard." It contains interesting reminiscences of the early years in the retail sales of automobiles, a business at that time in its infancy, but in which Arthur had been active at the time of his retirement for 52 years. He says that he is feeling fine since his retirement, is having a good time in his garden and in keeping up with his 16-year-old daughter. He expects to do considerable travelling with his family in the future.

Edith, widow of the late Neil J. Gibbons, died at her home in East Hempstead, Long Island, on May 1, 1951, after a long illness. She is survived by a daughter Edith as well as by two children by a previous marriage.

John and Mrs. Warden returned from Florida to Hanover early in the summer and have been busy with the disposal of the family real estate and other property in this town. That task is now nearly complete and they expect to start on their return to Florida by the middle of September, where they intend to make their future home with their son at Ormond Beach. John's powers of locomotion are not large, but otherwise his health seems much as it has been in recent years.

BEST CLASS SECRETARY: Prof. Leon Burr Richardson '00 receives that distinction for 1951 and congratulations from Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College, at the annual May dinner of Dartmouth alumni officers in Hanover.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer; 212 Mill St., Newtonville 60, Mass.