1911
October 12 found the closing of the Mountain View House after one of the biggest seasons in its history despite a wet and cold summer. Mary was looking forward to joining Tom, who had returned earlier to take up his work as professor of hotel administration at Cornell. Mary assures us that they are looking forward to as many 1911'ers next June as can come. The hotel will open for guests during the week of June 16 and will be ready to welcome us probably the latter part of that week. A more definite announcement will be made in ample time. Meanwhile let's as many of us as possible be back in Whitefield for from one day to as many days in the week as we can arrange for.
The latest announcement of a classmate who has left us, is the death notice of LaurenceCoy in Clinton, Ohio, on September 1. It was my pleasure to visit him in Clinton briefly a few years ago when passing through the city and I found Laurence much interested in inquiring about the many classmates, especially the old Melrose gang with whom he was associated in high school.
Bud Schell gives as his latest address, c/o R. F. Schell, Chesterfield Street, Keeseville, N. Y.
Ernest Morrill has moved to Hubbard, Ore., where he has been installed as pastor of the Community Church. He lives at 935 Pacific Highway.
Another new address is for Ken Knapp who has moved to 190 Warner Street, Rochester 6, N. Y.
We were pleased at Whitefield in June to have a call from Ben Ayres' daughter, Virginia, her husband Herb Mattlage '39 and their two fine boys, Roger and Stephen.
Some classmates failed to read the July issue of the magazine and missed the announcement of the awarding of an honorary degree of Doctor of Science to William Weston. For such individuals the citation on the occasion is quoted herewith: "Graduated by Dartmouth as a member of the Class of 1911 and thereafter as a Ph.D. in botany from Harvard University, for thirty-five years you have played a leading role in American academic life as one of the truly great graduate teachers of botany. Your wide-ranging work as a scholar and consultant to governments and private organizations on the pathology of flora was occasionally complicated by such fauna, to use your words, as the 'howling monkeys, toucans, coatis, jaguars, etc.' in the jungles of Panama, not to mention handicaps of a related sort undoubtedly encountered by you in the undergrowth of Guam, the Philippines, Cuba and Washington, D. C. Throughout your career you have given expert service to your government in two wars, you have responded to numerous calls from sister institutions to fill distinguished lectureships, and as a scholar, indeed a starred man among scientists, you have permitted the layman to enjoy at least such a mellifluous title as the "Downy Mildew of Maize." And now on the forty-fifth anniversary of your first Dartmouth degree and in the year you become emeritus professor at Harvard, your College is honored to enroll you as Doctor of Science."
Fred Long, exercising his great interest in the College, continues in his activities to get good men into Dartmouth from Denver and states that the 1960 delegation from Colorado is the best of any coming to the East. Fred promises to make a trip East within the next year or two.
Although our class has not made as much use of the class news letter as some of the younger classes are doing, but have depended upon the wide circulation to all interested classmates of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to keep members informed, there will appear shortly another news letter telling principally of the progress of the bequest program and our part in the Alumni Fund.
Dorothy Steeves writes of their visiting with Burt and Ellen Burbeck in London and finding them both very fit. She said Burt had taken off a lot of weight according to the doctor's orders and looks all the better for it.
Dick Stevens has compiled rather a unique record in that he has been principal of one high school for forty years. In the very recent past he was largely influential in the establishment of a new high school in his own town of Grafton, Mass., which he is now enjoying occupying.
Word from Bob Keeler asks us to have his mail go to The Earle Hotel, Garfield Place, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Bones Tindall and Esther have now re- turned to their winter home in Winter Haven, Fla., and I expect we shall soon be receiving announcements of his winter offerings in the principal products of Florida, namely oranges and other citrus fruits.
Fred Harris continues his winning ways in the sailing world. Last August he took the New England lightning championship in races conducted on Spofford Lake. This qualified him to enter the international race in Buffalo.
Dan Porter entered the New Hampshire primaries in September as a candidate for representative to the state legislature from Lebanon. He succeeded in unseating one of the old standbys who had been a representative for many years and it is predicted he will be successful in the election in November.
Some members of the 1911 family at the informal reunion of the class at Whitefield, N. H., last June. L to r: Mary Dodge Silk, Esther Eaton, Sarge Eaton, Bee Burleigh, Bob Sanderson and Marguerite Eaton.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, 470 Atlantic Ave., Boston 10, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
