1898

There is little to be added to Henry Crowley's very readable and complete account of our reunion. But possibly one feature could stand emphasizing for the benefit of those who were not there and that is to point out our fortunate position in the seating arrangements. The academic procession included the seniors and the fifty-year and older classes. Ninety-Eight was preceeded in the line of march by ten or a dozen men of '88 and '93 and so was seated almost under the platform erected at the entrance to Baker Library where Commencement exercises were held. This meant that candidates for degrees, including President Eisenhower, were within easy seeing and hearing distance. As we marched down the campus between the double file of cap-and-gowned seniors one of them was heard to say, "Hope we'll be back for our Fifty-Fifth." Medal for the urge to attend should perhaps be pinned on Bill Williams. Bill, though not quite up to full-attendance condition, flew to Hanover the day before the start of festivities, had a good look around town at the familiar and well-loved scenes, and then flew back home carrying with him a good background for attendance in spirit.

Several years ago Pete Adams was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London and last June attended a meeting of the Society in order to sign their Charter Book. No one can become a full-fledged member until he signs the Book. After the meeting, with a party of five, he toured England and Scotland in leisurely fashion and then visited Norway and Denmark. An account of his interesting trip will appear in a later issue. He returned on July 15, and so, to his great regret, missed the reunion. Pete is also a member of Institut de France.

Another class member with a conflicting date was Fred Lord who at reunion time was in lowa attending a family reunion at his wife's old home.

Jack Spring's grandson is a member of this year's entering class. Letters coming in on class matters uniformly include a word or two showing the strong affection which all Ninety-Eighters had for Jack. Present at the funeral services in Nashua were Joe Bartlett, BuckyChandler, Harry Clark, Denis Crowley and Ev Snow, constituting a fifth of the living graduates.

The secretary and his sister found their surroundings in Hanover so agreeable that they stayed on for a week after Commencement and enjoyed the Hanover Holiday lectures on the Far North. Especially entertaining and informative were two lectures by Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson who has spent ten winters and thirteen summers in the Arctic and has few equals as an authority on this increasingly important area and in ability to talk about it. Our class can perhaps claim a sort of a connection by reason of the fact that Joe Bartlett's grandson, Sam, who entered Dartmouth this fall, was a member of the hardy crew of the Blue Dolphin on her last trip to the waters off Labrador and Greenland.

Secretary and Treasurer Sullivan Harbor, Maine Bequest Chairman,