1904

Since the death of our beloved secretary, Dave Austin, and until a new permanent secretary is elected at our reunion in June, a few notes concerning the members of the class will be contributed by anonymous classmates. The most important item to bring to the attention of the class is of course our 50th reunion in June. Sid Rollins and Ned Bartlett, co-chairmen of the reunion committee, have been working on this event for over a year, and it is hoped that every member of the class who is able to travel to Hanover will be there. It will be our biggest event since graduation. A large attendance already has been indicated from replies in the hands of the reunion committee.

One thing that pleases this writer is that in addition to the many business tycoons in the class who will be present, many of us non-entities will be there also. The most delightful characteristic of our class has been that worldly achievement has not been the measure of esteem. We have derived as much pleasure at our reunions from renewing our intimacy with others who have not been corporation presidents, and who have been faithfully carrying on the work of the world in all manner of capacities, as we have from rubbing shoulders with those whose names have more often appeared in print. It's a pleasurable experience for all. If you have not done so already, write Sid Rollins in Newport, N. H., and tell him you will be there.

The flyingest member of the class continues to be Jig Leverone. He has accumulated many honors on his journeys around the country. He is said to have flown some three and a half million miles since he took to airplanes. Many of his former honors and positions have been reported previously in these columns. The latest, gleaned from a long account from a Chicago paper, is that he has just been made chairman of the board of Frontier Air Lines, the nation's largest feeder airline, with headquarters in Denver. Jig's headquarters are still in Chicago, but he will, of course, fly to Denver for all important meetings and conferences.

Recently Jig has also been appointed aeronautical advisor to Gov. William Stratton. In addition to all this, he is of course mainly occupied with his chief job as president of Nationwide Food Service Inc., of Chicago. A newspaper clipping also appraises us of the fact that Jig has recently been elected board chairman of "Chicago," a new monthly consumer magazine which features the midwestern city where Mrs. O'Leary's cow once kicked over a lantern.

And speaking of kicking, gentlemen of 1904, please keep away from buckets. The tendency to kick them has become altogether too strong of late. We have lost four choice members of our class in the last four months. We cannot go on at this rate. Our latest loss was BobFiske, a very lovable member of the class, who passed away in California on April 13. A longer notice of this appears in the In Memoriam columns.

Beck Johnson has been working day and night on the 50-year Class History of 1904. It has been a tremendous job and only one with Beck's stamina and devotion could have done it in the short time he has had since he agreed to undertake the task. Much, if not all, of the copy is now in the hands of the printers, and the complete report may be ready at the time of our reunion.

Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.

Class Agent, 9 Foxcroft Rd., Winchester, Mass