1907

Arthur and Mrs. Leavitt are making their home in Fairfax, Va. He retired a year ago and reports that his first year of retirement passed quietly, including occasional trips in Virginia and New England. Their thirteenth and fourteenth grandchildren were born during 1955, one in Teheran and one in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Their Navy family, as Arthur describes them, consisting of five granddaughters and their parents, returned home last summer after a two years' tour in Italy, and are now stationed in Washington. It could be that Arthur's second retirement year may not be as quiet as the first.

Your secretary received a Christmas letter from "Bit" Hoyt from his Berkeley, Calif., home. Since it was really his Christmas greeting to all his classmates, and to Dartmouth, quotations from it seem to be entirely appropriate. Bit writes:

"Harriette said, 'Your Dartmouth came today. I'll look at T.V.'— just as she always does. And so, from -8 in the evening until 4:30 in the .morning my eyes were on the '07 names. They are Christmas cards, each with its. own particular sentiment. But in my mind, or shall I say heart, I saw individuals, groups, actions. Delta Alpha, class rushes, bonfires, deep cold, fall colors, campus punting, skating above Wilder Dam, snowshoeing to Moose Mountain, peerades to Montreal, Harvard, - . storms, then mountains unveiling from the##### Dartmouth Hall, William Jewett Tucker, always calm, always so right, Harry Wellman and Pat Hathaway at College Hall, the Commons, Vale of Tempe, Gabe Campbell shaking his head at Sunday morning back door deliveries to Tri-Kap, the Senior Fence, carving eternal memories in Senior Canes, firmer, longer handshakes that substituted for goodbye."

Jack Stilphen's passing on January 8 was a shock to his family and friends. Bill Smart,Bishop Niles, Dick Lane and occasionally other classmates, had lunched with Jack from time to time, and he appeared to be in good spirits and reasonably good health, though he required the support of a cane. Before Christmas, he said that he would not be able to join the group for a time and indicated that he was not well. During recent years, his devotion to Dartmouth was .strongly renewed and his Dartmouth associations meant much to him.

A generous check has been received from Miss Beatrice Schwarz as a gift in memory of her brother, Hugo. It is, of course, deeply appreciated.

An enthusiastic card from Doc Foley indicates that he is enjoying a winter vacation in Nassau.

The death of Dick Hunt in Needham, Mass., on January 9 has been reported by his son, W. Rogers Hunt. Dick was employed by the Boston Edison Company for many years and had been admissions counselor at Mt. Ida Junior College for the past few years. Interested in music, he was a member of Boston Musicians Association, Local 9, and the saxophone was his hobby.

Secretary, 140 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.

Treasurer, 25 Broad St., New York 4, N.Y.

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