1905

A note from Leon Smith states that he and Frances had had pleasant visits with Dr. Harry Whitaker '07, and the Muchmores '04 in their new homes in the Plantation near Sanford, Fla. "Florida," says Leon, obviously with satisfaction, "is getting more Dartmouth every year."

Jim Mulally, another devotee of that pleasant state, takes his winter vacation at Fort Lauderdale. He writes that he and his wife play golf every morning and spend the afternoon on the beach. Sounds delightful, Jim.

In sharp contrast is word from Verney Russell who reports 12° below zero at his home in Wenatchee, Wash. He is still working, part time, in superintending the work on his new church building.

Shirley Cunningham has sent me a picture which has appeared in the Boston Herald. This shows, in a group, the officers of the New England Lawn Tennis Association, among whom is Norman Stevenson, secretary. Shirley was looking forward to a visit from Roger Brown and his wife. New Mexico competing with Florida, Shirley?

In a note to Gib Fall, Ike Maynard comments on the fact that while in former years he was given a good reason for visiting the vicinity of Hanover by the fact that his daughter went to summer camp in Thetford; now it is his granddaughters who give him the same excuse. Do I hear someone say tempus fugit?

Now foot-free in his retirement, Bob Clark writes of a trip to Mexico a year ago. He and his wife spent some three weeks in Hermosillo, State of Sonora, apparently a very up- and-coming community. The weather was wonderful, quite a pleasant change, he says, from what they had been undergoing in the San Francisco Bay region.

Another of our Florida sojourners is CarlPreis. He is raising oranges and grapefruit in Seffner, and while, he says, he had dreaded the inactivity of retirement, now, like so many of us, he finds the hours of the day hardly long enough to perform all his chores.

Ross Wilmot writes of enjoying the relief, in his retirement, from the last hectic years in the steel business. He feels that he got out just in time.

Dick Tolman was not very well last summer. At last accounts he was hoping that the warmth of Florida would be beneficial. He was to be at the Palm Apartments, Clear- water Beach.

Royal and Ida Parkinson enjoyed a pleasant visit with John and Edith Furfey at Christmas time. While John is badly crippled by arthritis, he is able to enjoy watching football games and other entertainment served up by television and is able to do a lot of reading.

A word about your scribe. I am still enjoying my classes in Greek at Bloomfield College and Seminary. I have had a special thrill in teaching a class o£ adults at our Montclair Adult School. in Greek. As I knew of no book on the market sufficiently condensed for my purpose, I prepared my own text. The enrolment the first semester was 20; six have persisted and now, after 12 lessons, are reading regular assignments in the Anabasis.

C. C. Hills writes that July 11, 12 and 13 are the dates very widely approved for our interim reunion next summer. More details later.

Who's Who in '05

GILBERT H. FALL

Gib Fall, our hard working class treasurer, chose to plant his roots deep and grow tall right where he stood. No rolling stone has he been.

The son of a confectionery manufacturer, he entered college from Somersworth, N. H., just off the edge of Maine. He gave his first attention to acquiring an education. He worked hard for it. As a classmate he was sociable, friendly, steady and thoughtful. Normally he was reasonably quiet, but, when he got into the college band, he could be heard far and near. He was retained in the band, nevertheless, for four years. In his senior year he was a member of the dramatic club.

The year after our graduation from Dartmouth, he taught science at Bellows Falls (Vt.) High School. This, of course, made him a Republican.

The next year Gib began teaching in Philadelphia private schools, a rewarding work to which he was to devote the next 40 years of his life. Of these years, 36 were at the wellknown Chestnut Hill Academy. Beginning as a teacher, he became Business Manager of the Academy and later Head of the Social Sciences Department. In 1930 he attained the Head Mastership and served the Academy in that position until his resignation in 1936. While in this position the University of Pennsylvania awarded him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. From 1936 to 1942 he remained at Chestnut Hill Academy as Head of the Social Sciences Department.

In 1936 his partner of 26 years, Ethel Bernier Fall, died.

In 1942 Gib joined the faculty of the William Penn Charter School in the same city, where for four years, just to demonstrate his versatility, he taught Latin.

In his six years of retirement he has kept busy with a variety of interests: private tutoring and substitute teaching in Philadelphia, his work as class secretary and treasurer, and, on Cape Cod, where he and Florence spend their summers, much gardening and fishing. He has also been active in Masonic Lodge work in Philadelphia.

We of 1905 all know Gib Fall for his energetic and friendly service to the class for five years, first as secretary and treasurer, now, as treasurer only, and we are grateful to him for his important part in keeping us united as a class. For a year he was without eyesight, which fortunately was partially restored; in spite of this handicap, he has carried on.

Now, in excellent health and with energy unabated, Gilbert has returned to his civic, class and other activities. Among these has been a term as vestryman of St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill.

In 1938 he married Florence H. Candor. With Gib's 39-year-old son, they migrate with the seasons to Cape Cod and back to Philadelphia, and are grateful for being able to keep actively useful even in retirement.

GILBERT H. FALL '05

Secretary, 358 N. Fullerton Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J. Treasurer, 8027 Seminole Ave., Philadelphia 18, Pa. Bequest Chairman, 287 Hillside St., Milton 86, Mass.