1897

Three interesting letters from classmateshave been received by the Secretary, and excerpts from them follow.

From Frank H. Noyes in Boston:

"I have just read John Sloan Dickey's leading article, 'Conscience and the Undergraduate' in the Atlantic for April. . . .

"In view of some critical remarks which have been voiced by men of our by-gone days, I am the more appreciative of what he said of the value of 'disciplined doubt' as 'one of the mind's tools ... at least until the last apprenticeship has been served in these workshops of the mind,' as to which he quoted our own President Tucker: 'The doubting mind always seemed to me part of the believing mind,' which Dickey followed by his own profound comments: 'The understanding of such paradox is the fruit of full maturity, rarely, if ever, within reach of any undergraduate.... The tool of doubt is simply indispensable to the fashioning of the kind of critical mind that does the daily intellectual work of the world.' And I would add, indispensable to the attainment of moral wisdom and not inconsistent with the ultimate achievement of a sustaining faith.

"From such conversation as I have had with those who now observe the college undergraduate (I have some, but little personal knowledge) I agree with Dickey's conclusions, 'Within the reality of his experience he is ready, willing and able to come to grips with issues of conscience which in other days were largely left to his elders.' And, 'An undergraduate generation capable of coming to terms with itself and its elders on the issues of man's brotherhood is surely capable in the course of a lifetime of coming to terms with the universe as children of God.' "

From Hamilton Gibson in Orlando, Fla.:

"Two classmates have been in Florida this winter: Hiram Tuttle at Bellaire, and Kelly with wife, touring the state. I wanted to drive over to see Hiram, but with two sieges of flu have not budged away from Orlando all winter. But Tuttle and Kelly got together at the Dartmouth gathering at St. Petersburg where Sid Hayward '26 made the talk and showed Dartmouth pictures. Later Kelly and his charming wife came to see us here, and we spent part of a day visiting together over a lunch at the Ben White Trotting Club restaurant, then speeding him on the way to St. Augustine and points north. Kel is the same solid substantial citizen, still practicing medicine and loyal to Dartmouth. He made some claims about the age of classmates while here, so after he left, I looked up the records of '97 and found that one was born in 1871; two in '72; eight in '74; eleven in '75; three in '76; and one born in '77."

From Roy J. Ward, of Worcester, Mass.: "During our college course, I worked summers at the Faragut House at Rye Beach along with Henry Schwarm, Selden Smith, Charles Tracy, Phil Patey and Arthur O'Malley's brother, Henry O'Maliey, later to be U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries under Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce in Coolidge's Cabinet.

"Part of the money earned those summers was deposited in the Dartmouth Savings Bank and in due time it amounted to some $500. Thinking that if I remained here tor many more years, my earning capacity would be nil and it might be hard for me to keep up my usual contribution to the Alumni Fund, at the suggestion of the Worcester County Trust Co., I sent the Trustees of Dartmouth College my check for $750 and my Dartmouth Savings Bank book made over to them as of December 31, 1954. The amount is so small that I am not proud of it, but having six grandchildren, I feel a little responsible about their education and hesitate to make commitments which might embarrass them. "If you think that the publication of the note which you suggest would set others of our class thinking, 1 am willing to accept the idea."

The Secretary was sorry to receive word of the death of Mrs. Benjamin T. Marshall, widow of our classmate, the second president of Connecticut College lor Women. She died in Bethlehem, Pa., on February 26, at the age of 81, while visiting her older .son, Andrew Marshall '22.

THIS FINE FAMILY belonging to Tom Ham '96 is identified in his class notes column.

Secretary and Bequest Chairman 114 State St., Bridgeport 3, Conn.

Class Agent, 862 Park Square Building Boston 16, Mass.