1896's 60th

THE Class of 1896 celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of graduation June 8 to 10.

Four out of eleven living alumni were able and happy to return for this reunion. Several alumni are not well enough or are too far away to attend. Present were Stephen Chase,Louis S. Cox and daughter Dorothy, ThomasC. Ham, Harry D. Lakeman and wife Margaret, and their friend and neighbor, Mrs. Clark.

The Inn had reserved five rooms for us so we were comfortably housed.

On account of the rain and cold our group did not attend the major functions.

On Saturday afternoon our group attended a tea at the beautiful home of Mary Fletcher. The Laycock family — Katherine and Robert McKennan '25 and Nan and Richard Olmsted '32 were also guests.

The class pictures of the whole group and of the four alumni were taken in Mary's living room.

Our oldest class member is Rev. George E. ,Lake who was 90 on June 13. We sent him a letter of congratulations and best wishes.

We were all saddened by the recent death of our classmate, Byron E. EldrecL, who had been a regular attendant at 1896 reunions. He had been ill for the past three years and died May 26 at a nursing home.

After two years with our class Byron left college to begin his remarkable work in inventions and industrial developments. His work was so outstanding that in 1903 the College awarded him the B.S. degree and in 1916 the degree of Doctor of Science.

Byron gave the College the bust of another distinguished member of our class - CravenLaycock. It is a well-established tradition that rubbing the nose of the Laycock bust brings good luck in examinations.

Dr. Eldred devoted a half century to scientific research in the fields of physics, electricity, chemistry and metallurgy. He was awarded about a dozen diplomas and citations for his outstanding achievements. He prized most the Doctor of Science from Dartmouth.

A very full account of his remarkable career was published in the '96 column of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE in February and March, 1952. A synopsis appears in the In Memoriam column. Byron was one of the great scientists of his age.

A tea riven for the reuning Class of 1896 by Miss Mary Fletcher at her Hanover home included (1 to r): Seated, Stephen Chase, Harry D. Lakeman, Louis S. Cox and Thomas C. Ham, all '96ers. Standing, Prof. Robert McKennan '25, Miss Fletcher, Mrs. Lakeman, Miss Dorothy Cox, Mrs. Nan Laycock Olmsted ('32) and Mrs. Katherine Laycock McKennan.

CLASS SECRETARY