1905
Jane and Chet Lawrence were located for the winter in Woodstock, Vt. Both were working at last account, Jane in the office of the Vermont Standard, a job much to her liking, and Chet with the Vermont Savings Bank. They have found the people in that beautiful town very friendly.
Henry' Brintnell retired several years ago and is now enjoying a life of leisure in Los Angeles. In a letter of some weeks ago he states that he avoids heavy work, but had been quite well, finding ways of keeping busy about his house and yard.
A card from Hilda White states she and Cy were spending three weeks at Laguna Beach. Calif. They appear to have been having a grand time, visiting a night club in New Orleans, a rodeo in Houston, and partaking of other gay life en route!
I have only recently learned that RalphKnight lost his wife last fall. She had been an invalid. We extend to you our deep, if belated, sympathy, Ralph. As his daughter has since married, Ralph is now alone, but his son lives not far away.
Roger and Frances Brown are spending a couple of months in Florida, where, doubtless, they will run across several of our class. Another of our Florida enthusiasts is Lou Wallis. While he finds everything about Miami, the climate, the city, the Bowers, charming, still he regards St. Croix, Virgin Islands, which he visited last fall, even more delightful. Lou. by the way, is still a tennis addict.
John Brockway writes that he and Mary are enjoying a quiet, comfortable winter in Montpelier. The Big Change Over, declares RossWilmot, has even affected his mailing address. He is now to be addressed, R.F.D. No. 1, Center Valley, Pa. He was rejoicing in the open winter since, he says, his skiing days are over. Ed Sibley, according to my latest information, was feeling very well and working every day, but prefers a quiet life rather than too much activity. That's where you're wise, Sib!
As president of the Royall House Association. Sam Wilkins finds himself pretty well preoccupied. He has promised to write up for our benefit the glories of Royall House in Medford, Mass., one of the finest examples of colonial architecture. Lester Studwell keeps well and hopes to attend our reunion next summer.
Congratulations to Andy MacMillan. He is the first New Hampshire doctor to receive the honor of being elected president of the New England Ophthalmological Society. We are happy in Andy's well-deserved recognition.
According to that lively little sheet, the Dartmouth Club (N. Y.) News, Tub Besse is "Top Dog" in a tight-knit circle of cribbage enthusiasts.
News has just reached me of the death of John Mulqueeney. This comes as a particular shock to me, for X had only recently received a note written by John, and passed along to me by Gib Fall, in which John wrote, "I have recovered from my bout with the virus bug and I am again in full stride, to the annoyance, I am sure, of some of my political enemies." John had been City Hall reporter for the Fitchburg Sentinal. The class of 1905 extends heartfelt sympathy to his wife Bertha and daughter Janet.
The class is reminded once more that July 10, 11, 12 are the dates for next summer's reunion - the place, Hanover Inn.
Who's Who in '05CHESTER N. MOORE
Probably Chester Newell Moore's father decided that he would rather have for work on his Worcester. Mass., farm a young man who was at least of a size to pitch a forkful of hay. So he encouraged Chester to explore in other directions. He did. He was valedictorian of the class at graduation. But his fellow freshmen endowed him with a title which lasted the four years of College and still persists among 'OS classmates. This title was "Paene," which being interpreted from the Latin, means "almost." (It might be explained that this was the appellation bestowed regularly in those ancient days on men about to enter college.)
Paene set about the serious business of acquiring an education and never deviated from his purpose. Early he proved to be a Rufus Choate scholar, then of Phi Beta Kappa rank, and finally top scholar of the class. Modest, quiet in voice and manner, and with no trace of showmanship, it would take a professor to recognize the power contained in this little package of a student. At graduation he had won the Parker Fellowship for two years of further study.
He started at M.I.T. but was overtaken with illness. He worked several months in the General Electric Research Laboratory at Schenectady, then departed for Leipzig University in Germany, where he devoted an enjoyable year to further study of chemistry.
Returning to the Research Laboratory at Schenectady, still able to speak English, he undertook during the next 40 years a great variety of research projects in a team of distinguished scientists and in a marvelously wellequipped laboratory. At first the problems were chemical, then chemical and electrical, then electrical, then biological-electrical, then electronic. In the x-ray and cathode-ray sections he worked on x-ray tubes of greater power for the medical profession for cancer treatment. He designed x-ray tubes and apparatus for war use. He developed and pat- ented a new type of flower by treating lily bulbs with x-rays. As a result, in 1936, Mr. Moore's picture and that of this non-pollenbearing Regal lily both appeared in the NewYork Times. His earlier patents were all con- nected with different phases of the develop- ment of the now familiar "Calrod" heating unit of the electric range and different details connected with x-ray tubes and apparatus. His published articles have also dealt with the subject of x-ray tubes and apparatus and the application of x-ray and cathode-ray radiation to plant and animal tissue.
In 1909 Mr. Moore married Alice L. Green of Westboro, Mass., during her senior year at Mt. Holyoke College. Their daughter Gertrude, a graduate of the University of Rochester, was engaged as a graduate nurse in New York City and vicinity before her marriage. Their son Philip graduated from Union College in his home city, and is now a high school science teacher.
The Moores have resided all of their married lives in Schenectady with vacations in California, Florida, and many summers at a camp colony on Lake Champlain. In 1942 they built a log cabin on a small Adirondack lake, and since then spend most of their summers there with their children and grandchildren.
Having retired in 1947 after a distinguished career as a research engineer, the Moores have been spending the winter seasons in St. Petersburg, Fla., the rest of the time at their old home in Schenectady and their summer camp in the Adirondacks.
For recreation Mr. Moore grows flowers, especially roses, and some small fruits and vegetables. For over 25 years he has been an active member of the Boy Scouts, was a member of the Schenectady Hiking Club until he could no longer engage in the strenuous activities of long hikes and mountain climbing. He then transferred his interests to a less strenuous hobby - that of bird study.
Although super-modest, and not inclined to talk much, Paene Moore's interests are wide, his curiosity is persistent, and he packs an extraordinary amount of knowledge of mysteries of which the rest of us know nothing.
CHESTER N. MOORE 'O5
1900 1901 1902 1903 EIGHT-CLASS DINNER Friday/ May 1 6:30 P.M. at Schrafft's 16 West Street Boston 1904 1905 1906 1907
Secretary,GEORGE W PUTNAM 358 North Fullerton Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J.
Class Agent, 11 Lakewood Rd., Natick, Mass.
