1915

Academic visitors to Hanover have included the Reverend Dr. Boynton Merrill, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Columbus, who came back to conduct a Union Service in Rollins Chapel.

The sad news comes of the death of Myra E. Chase in Springfield Hospital during January. She survived our beloved uss by only a year and a half. There are three children, Elizabeth, Barbara (now Mrs. Phillip Squire) and Russ Jr. '50. Raymond T. King and PerryA. Stevens were pallbearers at the funeral.

The engagement of Marvin Frederick's son Peter '51 and Miss Nancy Dann of Saranac, N. Y., has been announced. Young Frederick has begun his climb up the ladder with General Electric in Schenectady.

After 18 years at the same address, JohnnyPendleton has moved to 1731 N. Street N. W., Washington, D. C. Appropriately, the new home is just a stone's throw west of the statue of Daniel Webster, another noted alumnus of whom you may have heard.

Hearty congratulations to Turk Turner who has just been elected a director of the State Bank of Albany.

The shocking news of Pat Gear's death (see In Memoriam section of this issue) came to most of us as a bolt out of the blue. Ray King,Paul Rothery, Art Sheldon and Paul Fining attended the Requiem High Mass on January 23. The high regard in which Pat was held by his friends and neighbors is exemplified by the following editorial appearing in the Holyoke (Mass.) Press:

AN UNUSUAL MAN OF MEDICINE

"Sunday's dark clouds matched the feelings of many Holyokers when they got word that Dr. Patrick E. Gear had died. He was one of our most popular citizens, for who could not like and respect this genial man and pillar of our medical fraternity? His was that kind of personality that is especially hard to see pass away, because we can not think of joie de vivre and death together.

"Dr. Gear was one of our fine surgeons, expert in urology, at various times head of the medical staffs of each of our hospitals, urologist at both. He was assiduous in attendance at medical and surgical meetings all over the country, and often served as delegate from the Massachusetts Medical Society to the American Medical Association conventions. We cannot afford to lose, particularly in the productive middle years, so able a member of our community.

"But Dr. Pat Gear would doctor everyone but himself. For him the enjoyment of life matched the cultivation of professional skill. He loved golf, and like his father was one of the leaders of the Holyoke Country Club. Golf was for him both recreation and enjoyment of friendship. He loved detective stories. He was a jolly bon vivant. He had a gracious and entertaining way about him that won friends wherever he went. There is a deep loyalty in all those friendships of doctors, nurses, patients, golfers, whoever had the good fortune to share in his life.

"How rare, after all, is this kind of man, who can fulfill the earnest and demanding work of the surgeon, and yet be debonair. He fought the shadows for others, but would not look to see them coming toward himself."

Bob Bigelow has taken a brief winter vacation in the Berkshires.

Another candidate for the '15er covering the most territory per annum is Carl Swenson, whose duties as President of Foley Bros, have taken him to the upper Amazon, to Baghdad and to Chile.

Mr. if Mrs. Raymond T. King announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Russell to Harry Roland Read of Towson, Md.

With New York appropriately in the throes of Hanover-like winter, 22 members of the Class responded to the call of Regional Vice President Russ Livermore for food and fellowship at the Dartmouth Club on the night of January 30. Russ' invitation listed as a special added attraction the fact that Johnny Johnson would be present en route from Cape Cod to a three-month Mediterranean cruise which sailed from New York on February 1. We were more than pleasantly surprised by having Jack Ferguson from Tulsa and John Loomis from Cheyenne with us because of the fortunate coincidence of business trips to this part of the country. John was accompanied by his son Ensign Fred Loomis '48. Jack Mason from Millville, N. J., and Pete Pray from Philadelphia made their long and tedious round trips for the exclusive purpose of being present.

The Jerseyites present were Phil Murdock,Kel Rose, Charley Griffith, Roy Lafferty,Sammy Sanborn and Dr. Gus Braun. This was Gus' first class event since his illness of approximately a year ago and he looks fine. He is now driving 55 miles from his home to his office two days a week but he is anything but idle on the remaining days as he has taken up painting in oils and has purchased a Hammond organ for his home with which he makes the welkin ring. He occasionally pulls a fish or two out of the lake on which he resides. The attendance from suburban Connecticut consisted of Carl Gish, Red Folan and Ralph Brown. You should have seen the gleam in Ralph's eyes when he described his current pet project which is the conversion of a 19th Century stable to his baronial mansion. The living room which is the old carriage shed will measure 60' x 30' when completed.

The Westchester crowd consisted of BobFredericks, John Healy and Arthur Nichols.Fred Child would have been present but for the fact that he was convalescing from an attack of flu which had him confined to his home for the previous week. The delegation from the canyons of Manhattan and adjacent boroughs consisted of Charlie Comiskey,Speed Granger, Russ Livermore, MarvinFrederick and Dick Clarke. Dick has recently swapped the suburban satisfactions of Scarborough for the congested conveniences of the City. His new address is Manhattan House, 200 East 66th Street, New York, N. Y.

One of the very pleasant aspects of the party was the following telegram from ChanFoster:

"Boston Brethren Martin, Meader, Simpson,Clough, Richardson, Barker, St. Clair send greetings to New York Brethren and BonVoyage to Johnny Johnson

Chan Harwood has found release from the rigors of the frigid north by a quick visit to his mother in Florida.

George Ehinger has set what we believe is a Class record by having four sons who attended Dartmouth. At any rate this will have to stand as a record until I receive proper correction from some more distinguished Classmate.

Secretary, 24 Midland Ave., White Plains, N. Y. Treasurer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass. Bequest Chairman, 422 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y.