1887

The December issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE was devoted principally to Class Agents and the results of Alumni contributions. Any college that can set an example of balancing its budget due to worthy contributions of its graduates deserves our congratulations.

That December issue brought to my mind the pleasing "thank-you" letters that I have received from our Class Agent, the Chairman of the Fund Committee and from the College Agent who records our gifts. They all deserve "thanks" from me—but alas!

Some years ago I was notified by a "thankyou" letter that I had been a continuous contributor to the Fund for 25 years. I had no remembrance of such regular contributions but the letter pleased me and was an incentive for me to continue giving as in the past.

William J. Merrill. I had a nice chat with "Jigger" and his wife at Christmas time. The morning after the November election, Mrs. Merrill went to the outdoor steps to get the paper that gave the election news. She was shocked so that in turning around she slipped and fell to the ground breaking her wrist in five places. That really laid her up so that "Jigger" had to bring into practice his medical skill and show what he knew about the art of good housekeeping. At this beginning of 1951 the plaster cast is off and both of them are as cheerful as ever—the oldest married couple of the Class of '87.

Herbert E. Gage has resorted to a hearingaid so as to be right up to date in appearance and conversation. He says it is no joke to learn how to get accustomed to disturbances that are caused by a hearing-aid during the first weeks or months of its use, but finally it is a real aid.

Carl H. Corwin. A holiday letter from Mrs. Corwin and Carl states that "Carl is suffering from painful palsy, and is very feeble—But he is happy and rejoicing in the Lord."

Carl's son Orland is a missionary in South America. In April he, with his wife and three children, came back home on a furlough. For two months of the summer Orland and Margaret were enrolled in the Summer School of Linguistics at Norman, Okla., leaving the children with relatives. They are spending December and January at Carl's home in Tampa, Fla. They plan to return to Colombia, South America in early February, there to resume their difficult missionary work' amid persecutions from uncivilized tribes.

Stanley E. Johnson. Stanley and Mrs. (Minnie) Johnson's present address is the same as last year, 31 Ridge Croft Road, Bronxville, N. Y. I judge that Stanley continues about the same—hard of hearing, unsteady of hand, but active in mind.

Secretary and Treasurer, 37 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass