1922

At the business meeting of the class last June the necessary action was taken to activate a program embracing gifts to the Baker Library of books in memory of deceased classmates. Herb West has agreed to serve as chairman of a committee to initiate and carry on the project. He will be assisted by the class treasurer as an ex-officio member of the committee. The cost of the plan is to be financed by the class treasury out of general funds. Herb and Carroll have held their organizational meeting and the program is in effect. The books will not be just ordinary books but rather rare books particularly desired by the library staff. They will be selected with care and, when procured, each book will be marked suitably with the name of the particular departed classmate in whose memory it is given and an appropriate notice will be sent to a member of the immediate family of the classmate.

During Labor Day weekend, while on vacation with Nan and the youngsters at their summer place on Lake Sunapee, Carroll Dwight suffered from a heart condition that sent him to the hospital at New London, N. H. Undoubtedly he will be restricted as to his activities for several weeks after his return home from the hospital but it was that type of ailment from which a good recovery can be expected. It was reassuring to learn through CarlDavis, associated with Carroll in his store, that Carroll is making that good recovery. There is an excellent opportunity for you to help him along the convalescent road, for I'll bet it will help his peace o£ mind markedly if you pay your current dues promptly and with despatch.

Charlie Townsend has gone from Burlington to Montreal, where his connection is with The Herald Press, Ltd., as sales promotion consultant.

A chance meeting with Ed Laycock at lunch one recent noon served as an opportunity to learn that his whole business career has been with the Boston Globe. He is in his thirtieth year with that popular paper. Ed has had a variety of assignments during that time and presently is editor of the book page.

When mentioning Olie Olsen's illnes.s in the October column, I was not aware of its specific nature. I since have learned that he was taken seriously ill the middle of July with a virus infection in his liver, complicated by a state of physical exhaustion. It is good to be able to report that he is assured of complete recovery but dependent upon proper rest, treatment and relief from duties. The need for complete and extended rest plus a desire of long standing to return to the fields of teaching, research and consulting have persuaded Olie to submit his resignation as Dean of the Tuck School and to take a leave of absence for the current academic year. He expects to remain in Hanover during his leave and during the second half of the year, by which time he should be well up the recovery road, to do reading and research in preparation for returning to the staff a year from now in the fields of his choice. Dean since 1937, Olie went through a period, from 1942 on, when administrative duties were very demanding. Realizing that, I have hesitated to encroach upon his time. I won't feel that way now and, selfishly, I look upon the change as promising opportunity for good visits with Olie on future jaunts to Hanover.

Gay lord Anderson was caught recently by your scribe on his commuter train. He and Viola were spending a few days with her family in Newton after having brought daughter Gail to Troy for her senior year at Emma Willard School. To make it a postman's holiday, Andy was returning that day from a visit to Harvard Medical School. Troyer's son Kenneth completed his second year in medical school at Dartmouth in June and currently is continuing his studies at Harvard Medical. Troyer's daughter Nancy is in her senior year at Smith.

The August 28 issue of the New York Times carried a picture of Frank Horan and the news that he had been appointed its general counsel by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. Frank has stepped into a new post but one not entirely unfamiliar, for the tobacco company for many years has been represented by the law firm in which Frank was a partner until receiving the recent appointment. His new position is an important one and the fact that he was selected for it speaks volumes for Frank's standing in his profession. After returning with Betty and their children from a sojourn of six weeks in Ireland, Frank has started upon his new duties singing the praises of the Old Sod as the ideal place for tourists and of Chesterfields and Fatimas as the ideal cigarettes for smokers.

With sadness I report our loss of Win Ranney, who passed away on September 20. An obituary notice will appear in the necrology section of this or the succeeding issue of the MAGAZINE.

GRAY BATES '22, who was co-chairman of class re- union last June, poses with his wife Dorothy.

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