1908

45th Reunion—At Hanover—June 13-15

Doc White passed away very suddenly at Albuquerque, N. M., on Saturday, December 8. He had been a semi-invalid for many years and had been living in Albuquerque for a long time. Doc came to college from Danvers where he was born October 28, 1885. He received his degree in Forestry at Yale in 1910. He was in the Forestry Service all, or most all, of his life. In the early twenties he was stationed in Missoula, Mont. Later he was in the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., for many years. On August 20, 1913, he was married to Florence E. Tadgell at Salem, Mass. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. In spite of his prolonged illness, Doc kept up his interest in the College and class. He enjoyed the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and always regretted that he lived too far away to attend the reunions and to keep in touch with the men in his class. The sympathy of everyone in the class goes to his widow and to the members of his family.

One of our traveling reporters belatedly advises that Howard Cowee and Jack Corcoran attended the Harvard-Dartmouth game together and that Art Lewis was also among those present.

The Web Evans' spent several days with the Tappans at South Chatham on the Cape in August. Our reporter noted that Web has perhaps added a little to his waist line but appeared to be in shape to run the 440 or 880 if called upon to do so.

Eben Winslow Fiske, M.D.—Wink to usgave the doctors some work in the summer as reported exclusively in this column sometime ago. Wink's disability was a little more protracted than desired but our reports are that he is well on the way to being his former energetic self. Our reporter learned that the doctor plans to be in Chicago for a meeting late in January. We hope that this invasion of the Middle West will permit a visit by him in Rockford.

We now believe in resurrections. HowardWilliams, who came on from Cleveland to be with us at Hanover for two years, and who later graduated at Western Reserve, turned up at Hotel Belmont on Cape Cod during August. Art Lewis learned of this and invited as many men in the class as he could muster to come over and see Howard one afternoon. Our reporter advises that the handsome Howard appeared to be in splendid shape. He is with the Glidden Cos. in Cleveland.

The Cowee family spent the summer on the Cape at Bass River as usual, Howard going down for long week-ends where he endeavors to keep his girlish figure by taking a daily swim and an occasional sail, and by puttering around his two acres.

Those of us living within striking distance of Chicago are looking forward to the Hanover Holiday to be held on Saturday, January 26, at which Francis Gramlich and AllenFoley of the faculty and President John Dickey are to be speakers.

The appearance of Harold Rugg on the campus at Ohio State University last summer touched off a controversy which had wide reverberations. Two Columbus newspapers attacked the University for permitting a person of his alleged socialistic views to speak on the campus. In September the trustees passed a rule that invitations to outside speakers to speak on the campus should be "screened" by the President. This rule was almost unanimously opposed by the faculty and aroused the opposition of numerous other groups and individuals. Our Sunday New York Times of about two weeks ago reported that the screening rule has been modified upon the insistence of the University faculty. The "gag rule" as it has been called, went into effect last September. About three weeks ago the trustees unanimously approved a revised program of "screening" visitors who might be at the university. The new regulations were based to a considerable extent on the faculty suggestions worked out through joint trustee-faculty conferences. Members of the faculty call the new rule a victory although they are not entirely satisfied with some of the restrictions that remain.

There must have been another payment due on the Theta Delt mortgage as Mort Hull was a guest at the Hanover Inn on December 15.

Jack Everett was a guest at the Inn on November 28.

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