1898
In response to the request of Jack Spring in his Alumni Appeal letter for news letters from the members of the class we have received several and some were included in the notes for last month. Here are some more. Bill Mitchell wrote:
■•Charley Can spent a month with me in early winter and I hoped he would like the climate enough to stay on until spring. He was called to Texas by the death of a daughter. We had a good visit recalling old days, but I doubt if he remembers that 'all mentality has its corporeal relations, Gabe Campbell; and he had completely forgotten Stubby Wells. I had not seen a '98 man since I said goodbye to Leggett several years ago."
Jack Gilman said: "We are all getting on in years and have all taken on some of the ills that come" with age. I was made aware of this this year when the doctor told me I had better drop my proposed quail hunting trip to Georgia. I took his advice and I guess it worked out for the best as my hunting friend who went down last month found the weather very hot and hard on men and dogs. I did some hunting here however with limited success as the birds were scarce and very clever. I have a large yard to look after here so that gives me needed .exercise.
"You ask about the family. I have one son employed by the Advisory Committee of Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va., and one son in the army.
"Have had no snow so far (Feb. 12). Mrs. Gilman is a good gardener and has lots of powers and has already been out and cleaned up her plot. "Please remember me to everyone.
Giving news of Doc Nolan's condition Anna said: "George is about the same in health as he has been for the past three years but he is that much older and on the wrorig side of 70. It makes improvement that much more difficult except for a miracle and I am afraid we are not down on the list for miracles.
From far-off California Pete Adams tells us, "New Hampshire has been making headlines all over the country and has done a remarkably fine job. I think either Eisenhower or Taft would make a good President, but there is little doubt Eisenhower would have the better chance or being elected, and that is the important question.
"The only news I have to offer relates to the family. Our older son Edmund and his wife have moved from New Jersey to California, and are living in Pasadena. He is with an investment firm in Los Angeles and carries most of the figures or the New York Stock Exchange in his head. Our younger son John is just finishing graduate study in architecture at Stanford and is to be married very soon. It is a great comfort as one gets old to have the remainder of the family within a moderate radius."
With such a head for figures it is quite evident that Edmund is a chip off the old block.
On March 20 your secretary attended the annual luncheon of the St. Petersburg Alumni Club. There were about 125 alumni and wives present and a large part consisted of visitors from the North. Bill Cunningham was the speaker. Your secretary was the only representative of '98 and was grouped with a number of the three succeeding classes consisting of Walter Rankin '00, Walter Kendall '99, Ernest Eddy '01, Horace Christie '00, "Cap" Bigelow '00 and Jim Brown '07. It was a Tri Kap group with the exception of Walter Rankin and Eddy. Christie Bigelow and your secretary had roomed in the Tri Kap house during '98's senior year. It was a real reunion.
Have you sent along your contribution for the Alumni Fund to Jack Spring? Your secretary plans to return North on May 1 and after that date his address will be 14 Sayward Street, Dorchester 25, Mass.
Secretary and Treasurer, 14 Say ward St., Dorchester 25, Mass. Class Agent, 86 Main St., Nashua, N. H.
