1900

Harold Holland has long had a deep and enthusiastic interest in bird study. He speaks of his hobby as a most fascinating adventure. In a letter to me he says: "To large extent my field work, chiefly for my own satisfaction, has been in connection with nesting or breeding habits, to me the most interesting, possibly the most important, part of bird study. This has often taken me far from home, to other states, and on numerous occasions to southern California. Nowadays, of course, activities have become considerably limited. It has always been fun and I've learned a lot about birds."

Bill Edwards continues his farming activities out in Wyoming. In the horse and buggy era, Wyoming was a part of the wild and woolly west. Today though not so wild it is, I believe, still a little bit woolly. Bill writes of the farming as being on a father-and-son basis in which son does all the work and dad does the heavy looking on. Bill has two thoroughly congenial hobbies: radio and five lively and lovable grandchildren.

A letter from John D. Warden, '48 brings your secretary up to date on our own Johnnie Warden and his wife. It is most gratifying to know that they are in as comfortable circumstances as could be expected, and that they have excellent care. The letter says in part:

"Dad is much the same as usual. His general health is good, though he is bed-ridden from arthritis. He eats well, sleeps well, and maintains his usual good spirits. Fortunately his arthritis is not the painful variety. Mother is in good health and spirits too. I think they are both doing very well for their age. Both are living at Shore Manor, a convalescent home, in Daytona Beach, which is about 5 miles from our home. I drop in to see them every day on my way to or from the Daytona Beach Airport where I work. They have an excellent place to stay as this home is much above the average. Food is tastefully prepared, and the nursing care superior. The world's most famous beach is just one block away, and Mother gets out on it for a walk every day the weather permits."

The report from John Mathes is not as good as we would wish. For a number of years he and his wife have had to reconcile themselves to leading a quiet life. In 1953 it seemed necessary for John to give up business entirely, and since then he has devoted himself to reading and, when the weather is pleasant, to drives in the country with his wife. It takes a good bit of self-discipline and courage too for one who has lived as active a life as John to relinquish business and settle down to a very relaxed existence. This year one of the great disappointments was their inability, because of physical limitations, to go to Florida for the winter, as has been their custom for a number of years. John reports that his two boys are happy, and both are doing an excellent job in business. As a special note, he says: "We enjoy seeing old friends and are pleased to have them stop in to see us." If any member of the class is in the vicinity of Perwinkle Farm, Dover, N. H., do drop in and say hello to John and his wife.

The subject of great-grandchildren is about as incomprehensible to your secretary as was the abstract and illusive demonstrations of "Babe" McKee's physics in sophomore year. By some hook or crook or wild fantasy your secretary passed that course, but he is certain he would not rate a passing grade if he were today interrogated on the subject of great-grandchildren. Report has it that a lively competition is going forward among our classmates as to which one can announce the largest number. Who is "top dog" at the moment for the life of me I cannot say. Very recently John Ash, Harry Jenkins, and Jim Woodman have announced the arrival of brand new great-grandchildren, but your secretary has not yet heard from Arthur Wallace who, rumor has it, is one of the leading contenders in this Ivy League birth rate.

Again it is ray sad duty to report the death of another classmate. LeRoy Robinson Sawyer passed away March 14, 1957, at the Greenlawn Convalescent Home in Rockville, Conn. Most of Roy's life, since graduation at Dartmouth, was spent in the Philippines and in the Caribbean area. Here he performed varied and helpful services in the field of education and in business. The class is indeed saddened by this loss in our rapidly thinning numbers. An obituary appears on another page of this issue of the MAGAZINE.

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

Class Agent, 34 Carruth St., Dorchester, Mass.