1900

It is definitely late, but still of interest to note that Lem Hodgkins' daughter Ruth (Mrs. Edward R. Hodgkins) and her husband (Ted, U. S. Naval Academy '32), who is vice president of a group of insurance companies with headquarters in Worcester, Mass., spent the Christmas holidays at Phoenix, Ariz., with Ted's mother, widow of Willis Hodgkins '99 and daughter of Edward R. Ruggles 1859, Professor of German at Dartmouth in our era. Then they went on for a brief visit with Lem's sister and husband in Los Angeles.

On the return trip they stopped at San Antonio, Texas, where they were with Ruth's sister Virginia (Mrs. Fernald R. White) and her family. There are two White children - Pamela (Pam) now going on 17 years of age, and James (Bim) now 15. For the summer season, Ruth and Virginia have homes at Kennebunk Beach, Maine, of which Lem was a summer resident many years, beginning before his college days.

Your secretary has been guilty of an injustice. Along in mid-January he received a most attractive Christmas card from HaroldHastings, showing his home in a snow setting and extending the season's greetings and casually mentioning a broken leg. Having been away for three weeks, I found a fair accumulation of bills and Christmas cards so I acknowledged Harold's card and filed, entirely ignoring its news value. Now to square matters, based on a recent check, he slipped on the ice with the result that he cracked a thigh bone (incomplete intertrochanteric fracture) reduced by open operation with insertion of bone screws. Spent three weeks in hospital and a good many more at home on crutches but is now operating under his own power. Letters of commiseration will be a bit late but undoubtedly welcome.

In last month's issue we reported on BenPrescott. Last word I had was that he was still in Nashua Hospital making progress but slowly, as is usual in this type of fracture.

There has recently been published an interesting compilation entitled "Gifts and Bequests to Dartmouth College in the Amount of $5,000 or More." The names of 226 alumni (of which 104 were living) are listed. Of the 201 non-alumni, more than half are women. It is gratifying to note that of the classes with the largest representation of alumni donors, the Class of 1900 leads with ten, followed by three classes with seven each, three classes with six each and eight classes with five each. This gifts and bequest compilation does not include gifts to the College through the Alumni Fund, suitable recognition of major contributions to which may be published later. Although the annual 1900 gift to the Alumni Fund is made via the Class Fund, an individual record is maintained of the amounts designated or allocated for the Alumni Fund, and individual credit is given. Such amounts are not, however, given publicity from year to year by the Alumni Fund or by the Class Fund. It will be recalled that 1900 did not participate within Alumni Fund activity (established in 1915) until 1932, prior to which our Class Fund accumulation ($63,000) was given to the College for the construction and equipment of the Outing Club House. It is pleasing to report that the total of 1900 gifts and bequests to Dartmouth is close to $300,000 (short of that by about $10,000) which will doubtless be reached.

Secretary, Chatsworth Gardens Larchmont, N. Y.

Class Agent, 218 Mill St., Newtonville 60, Mass.