1899

A memorial to the late Justice Charles H.Donahue of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts was presented to the court in the full bench courtroom by representatives of the bar and the Commonwealth on Thursday, April 29. The following report of the event was in The Boston Herald, April 30:

"The late Justice Charles H. Donahue's knowledge of human nature was an asset of great value to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, Chief Justice Stanley E. Qua declared at memorial services in the Suffolk courthouse yesterday.

"This was 'not merely in the decision of cases but also in what may be called the field of public relations, where at times, and in limited ways, even a court of law must take public opinion into account,' the chief justice said in his eulogy of Justice Donahue."

In the 1900 Class column in the May issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, there was a report of a letter from John Ash. As he was a member of our Class most of the time in college, we have always felt that he really belongs to us. In any event, no Dartmouth group holds him in higher esteem. In a letter to Clarence McDavitt, in the event that you didn't see it, he called attention to the birth of another great grandson, Wayne Ruben Sullivan, maing his score seven children, fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren - total 24. In the same letter John told a fish story which is worth reading. Look it up on Page 41 in the May issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

The Secretary represented the Class at the annual meeting of the Alumni Officers at Hanover, April 30-May 1. The weather was ideal. Many long-time Dartmouth friends were met again, including Steve Chase, famed senior in our day, who was in town for a brief time on his way to his farm in Vermont. It was a delight to see his smile and find him looking so very well. Phil Winchester, our able and assiduous Class Agent was present during the weekend to attend a meeting of Class Agents. His Sadie was with him as usual. They went to Plymouth, May 2, to pay a visit to George Clark. If there are any who have not yet sent a subscription to the Alumni Fund, please do it now or before the end of this month, thus lending a helping hand in a worthy cause to our ever faithful Class Agent.

When you read this it will be very near, if not at the very time of our 55th, which promises to be a memorable event, on a par with so many '99 reunions of the past. If there are any who, for one reason or another, have not planned to attend but can now do it, they will be welcomed with open arms.

This will be the last Class news column by this incumbent, written without a break for the past ten years. All are preserved in a scrapbook in chronological order and appropriately documented. The Secretary is most grateful for the cooperation of many who have from time to time sent him news of themselves and kin and hope they will continue it with his successor.

Vale for now!

Secretary, New York Times, 229 W. 43rd St., New York 36, N. Y.

Class Agent, 659 Allen St., Syracuse 10, N. Y