1904
1904 visitors in Hanover during November and December were Kitty and Carl Woods,Squid Lampee, Bill Slayton, Pen Mower, and Jig Leverone.
Our Hinmans, Rosy and Ellen, are at 611 Bay Avenue, Clearwater, Florida. They left North Stratford on November 3, spending about two weeks on the road. His comment in late November: "It is warmer than New Hampshire was at any time this summer." Guess they plan to stay quite a spell. We'll enjoy their hot weather yarns at our campus reunion in June.
The Ipswich (Mass) Chronicle of Nov. 8 states that Matt Bullock spoke informally at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merson to a group of friends on world conditions in the light of the Baha'i World Faith. Matt has spent much time in Haiti doing pioneer work for the Baha'i Faith. He discussed the letters that Baha'u'll-ah, the founder of the Baha'i World Faith, sent to the Kings and Rulers of the world explaining to them his station and urging them to serve their people justly in order that peace might be established in the world. He stressed the point that unless a man seeks the spiritual values in life so that his motives will be to practice justice and understanding towards his fellow man, which is what all the prophets of the revealed religions have taught and which the Baha'i Faith reemphasizes man will destroy himself. Matt considers the study of the Baha'i Faith the most important thing in the world today. Believing this, he is giving the rest of his life to spreading the teachings of Baha'u'll-ah wherever he may be called upon to go. He expects to spend some months in Central America.
Torn Streeter is again serving as First Vice President of the American Antiquarian Society by re-election at its 139 th annual meeting.
The Austins announced the engagement of their daughter Deborah to Richard Groth Bosorth of Germantown, Pa., on November 27. Deborah attended St. Mary's-in-the-Mountains and Beaver Country Day School, was graduated from Smith College, and received her Master's degree from Radcliffe. She is a graduate student and Instructor in English at Bryn Mawr College. Dick was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, received his Ph.D. from Princeton and is now a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.
Bill Cunningham's Boston Herald column on Dec. 8 contained this interesting item:
"Harold Ross, Editor of The New Yorker died in a Boston Hospital Thursday, and just maybe my Mrs. and I shared his last really gay evening. That was one night in September when we were all dinner guests at the Marblehead home of his physician and friend, Dr. Sara Jordan. They'd collaborated on a cook book for people troubled with ulcers. The dinner came from the book, and it was utterly wonderful. The practically fabulous editor said that night he'd like to see the Red Sox play, and I got him a couple of tickets. The obituaries stressed the fact that it was hard to get him to talk about himself, and that although the stories about him made him a legend, it was hard to tell which were true and which apocryphal. Maybe this was a special occasion, but he certainly talked about himself-that beautiful evening in the home of Dr. Jordan and. her distinguished husband PenfieldMower. It seemed to be sports, his early rough and tumble days as a reporter, and, especially, his literary experiences with Jack Dempsey that got him started, and from there, there was practically no stopping him. He told the stories delightfully and seemed to enjoy them as much as we all did, and that was tremendously. He was obviously, however, a very tense and nervous man. My Mme, and I considered ourselves to have sat in the presence of genius—two kinds, counting Sara."
This bit of "Cunningham" came from seven interested classmates.
Jim Brotherhood, who first began to spatter Brooklynese lingo in Hanover in 1900, is normal for that period as shown by a newsy sales letter written Dec. 18: "Hoping to see Ned Bartlett in Michigan this spring—Regards to Sara and Pen—enclosing an item from the current Grand Rapids Herald containing the grim story of Drape Phelps—'Snooting is now added to attacks of coronary heart diseases for the fate of Medicos'—Wish I had taken up Hotel Business." Appreciation for Beck's enthusiasm in class affairs and Squid's excellent fund work. Then with the turn of the page comes this: "I wish I lived closer to Canaan, for I could furnish you with the finest eggs from my flock of English Rhode Island Reds. I have no pigs, so cannot send you your favorite fruit."
Monday, Dec. 24, 5 a.m. bulletin from H. B. Johnson, chairman Red Cross Disaster Committee for Berkshire County, Pittsfield: "We had a bad fire here this evening at 11:00 twelve families burned out completely—nice Christmas for them. Have been on duty all night in the disaster to house, feed and care for the families and 70 firemen. Have just placed the work till 9 a.m. on my assistants and the old man begins another busy office day at 9:30. Just finishing my last two cigarettes; so tired I guess I couldn't puff another." Bulletin No. 2, Jan. 5: "My Red Cross families (12) are all housed, clothed, fed and back to a pre-disaster status. One may learn many lessons in such public service and one in this emergency is that the finest people in the world are the poor folks who without question as to who or how many opened heart, home and purse to the unfortunate and stayed with them till the families were provided for. You get a great lift in your thinking and faith in the human race despite all the news of war, dishonesty in high places, etc."
This wonder worker celebrated his arrival at the three-score-and-ten mark on January 14. What a practical object lesson tor the beginning of 195 a. All 1904 salutes you, Beck,
Maybe you have been struck, as we have, by the parallel lives of two 1904 doctors, ArmenS. Mangurian and O. Draper Phelps, who were in medical school together and who died within a day of each other, Phelps at the hands of a crazed patient. We hope to write something about that unusual parallel in next month's column.
JUNE AND DECEMBER: Frank S. Perham '03, who last summer enjoyed this patio of his house in Bethesda, Md., reported that eight inches of snow had fallen there when he sent this picture to friends as a Christmas greeting.
Secretary, Canaan Street, Canaan, N. H. Treasurer, Morristown, N. J. Bequest Chairman, Hooker Electrochemical Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
