1900

The class of 1900 has suffered a grievous loss in the recent death of two classmates.

Clarence G. McDavitt, our beloved "Mac," passed away on Monday afternoon, September 23. No member of our class has contributed more to the progress of Dartmouth, or done more to establish a fine fellowship among the members of our class than he. We revere his memory, and rejoice in the good he has done.

Alvah Tennant Fowler, retired geological survey engineer, died at his home in Washington, D. C., on Tuesday, September 2. Alvah was a serene, quietly efficient man who made a splendid record in his chosen profession. Beginning with his College days he proved himself a loyal member of our class and of Dartmouth. We shall miss his genial, kindly ways.

The class will be glad to know that the Henry N. Teague bequest to Dartmouth College has been settled. The Treasurer of the College recently sent me the following item:

"The Henry N. Teague Estate has finally been wound up and the entire stock of the Mt. Washington properties delivered to the College. Mr. Meek, the Treasurer, informs us that the College has placed a tentative valuation of $290,000 on this stock. The stock is, of course, non-marketable and the final value can only be determined as the Mt. Washington properties are sold. Preliminary negotiations are in process with the State of New Hampshire for the sale of part of the summit and the cog railway."

"Cut" Tirrell reports a very pleasant and enjoyable birthday anniversary on September 15. A dinner party given in his honor on this very special occasion brought together "Cut's' son, wife, and two boys and a very close friend and his wife. The dinner evidently was a huge success and was spiced with much banter and lively conversation. To add to the " pleasures of the day his daughter and her two girls in London, England, talked with him by transatlantic telephone. So, in a way, the whole family enjoyed together this notable anniversary. "Cut" reports he is in splendid health, and raring to go.

Harry Sampson is still actively engaged in legal work with, I believe, special reference to the settlement of estates. For several years Harry has been the senior partner of the Boston law firm of Hutchins and Wheeler. During the summer he spent some weeks, as is his wont, at the Mountain View House in Whitefield, N. H. This hotel has an inviting and picturesque golf course. Perhaps Harry, as in his more youthful days, still enjoys sinking a long putt.

As reported earlier Mrs. Fred Hadlock is living in Spryfield, Nova Scotia, in order to be near her children. She writes that her son Wilfred, who owns the Thornhill Construction Company, has built her a very comfortable home, in Spryfield. Another son, Alan, is also employed by the Thornhill Construction Company. Robert is an insurance broker and Thomas is office manager of Canadian Ice Manufacturing Company. Her daughter, Marion is married and lives in St. John, N.B. All told she is happily surrounded by eleven grandchildren and .one great-grandchild. Her children are all-,doing well and are carrying on the tradition of sterling character so manifest during college days and after by our classmate, Cary Risley.

Robert Jackson has won some measure of fame not only as a political amateur and business promoter of the vast natural resources of Cuba, but also as .a postprandial speaker. Several months ago at;.the 151 st annual dinner of the New England Society in the City of New York Bob eulogized New England folk and their sturdy qualities. In part he said:

"New England needs no defense, but the typical New Englander sometimes requires explanation. This is primarily because he is so much of an individual. ... In some quarters there is an impression that the typical New Englander is also lacking in sentiment, that he is not only undemonstrative but that in his cold heart no ruddy emotion ever glows and that he is impervious to all those endearing weaknesses which are more or less indispensable to popularity. Such an impression is false. It is true that as a rule he holds his emotions under firm control. . . . But there is at least one emotion which will stir his heart to the very depths. That is his affection for the countryside where he was born and spent the days of his youth. There he first became aware of the physical world about him. There he lived the fairy tale of childhood. There he absorbed the traditions which have moulded his character and, in part at least, have shaped his destiny.

"However far he may., have wandered from these early scenes and whatever he may have achieved, though he sits in the seats of the mighty and be heaped with honors, he will never forget the environment of his youth. Its images return on the magic screen of memory, the Elysian green of its meadows in springtime, its apple orchards and cherry trees in blossom, the hillsides bannered with October's gold, the tranquil tenor of life in its little villages, each grouped about the austere beauty of the inevitable white church with its slender spire uplifted in the still morning air. He will never forget the youthful frenzies of the playing fields nor the enduring friendships formed when friendship was given freely and without pretense. Across the years all these still whisper their enchantments.

"It is undeniable that in wealth of natural resources New England is at some disadvantage in comparison with those regions which have been more favored in this regard, but New England's treasures are in its schools and colleges, its ideals and intangibles of character which prepare men and women for the conquest of themselves. Her sons and daughters are proud of that heritage, and like another wanderer of four thousand years ago they can speak of New. England as Ulysses might have spoken of his island home of Ithaca in the blue Aegean: A rugged, barren island, but her crops are men."

Secretary, 3 Pleasant St. Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, 34 Carruth St., Dorchester, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,