1902

This morning came a brief note from BenRiley in which he tells me that his wife has passed on, from an attack of arterio-thrombosis, not unlike the recent illness of the president. Ben faces the situation with his usual courage. He writes "There is nothing which I can say, except that I have lost a lovely wife and pal, and I have never seen one to match her."

I have already mailed a letter to Ben expressing our grief and sympathy at his loss.

I had a letter from Miss Charlotte Ford, Alumni Recorder (now Mrs. Morrison), in which she tells me of the death of Bill Hall and asks for an obituary. I had already sent in the record of his death and that of BertMunroe. I hope they have been received ere this. If so, they should appear in this number of the MAGAZINE.

Did I remember to tell you that in November, I had a letter from Arba Irvin in which he tells me that he had had lunch with RoyHatch and found him so well that he was amazed when shortly he learned of Roy's death? Roy's daughter took a picture of Arba, his wife and Roy himself, a copy of which he sent me for the class archives. In closing Arba expresses the hope that we shall all get together in 1957. I say "Amen" to that.

I think you would all envy me if you could see this lovely day. The citrus trees are blooming, the violets and the petunias are in full bloom and the larkspur is growing tall and preparing for blossoms.

One day this week I was over in the city library when in walked Professor Ryder of the Dartmouth German department with his wife, a charming lady. He is a Cornell man. He said that our college library is among the best in the country. He is away on a year's leave and is doing work at the University of North Carolina, except for a few weeks down here.

Robert Goodell, son of our Bob, has been here for a week visiting his mother. It was good to see him. He has just entered government service and expects to be assigned shortly to a station abroad. You may remember that Robert taught for some years at Williams and during the past half year he has been at Washington and Lee. Robert has never married. It begins to look at if he never would.

Letty, Bob's widow, has been coming here for several winters, and staying at the River View Hotel. We greatly enjoy having her. The hotel is only about five minutes from our house. Estelle and I have been wading many times in the ocean, but the water is still pretty cold for bathing. We hope shortly to get over to see Mr. and Mrs. Frank Halliday (1901) in Winter Park.

Secretary, 210 Lolumbus Coronado Station, New Smvina Leack, Fla.

Class Agent, 130 Woodbridge Pl., Leonia, N. J.