1900

Congratulations to Walter and AliceRankin who have recently joined that selective, special, charmed circle of great-grandparents, hitherto very much preempted by Jenkins, Wallace, et al. On September 9, the glad news came that in Minneapolis a child, whether girl or boy I do not know at this writing, was born to granddaughter Cynthia, Mrs. Alan Sharp. Only a few weeks earlier the Rankins had returned from Whitefield, N. H., where they had liberally imbibed of the vigorous mountain air. Mildly stimulated by this experience, they are now quite pepped-up by the good news from Minneapolis, and they are eagerly looking forward to greeting this new member of the family.

George Tong, making some kindly comments about rhyme and meter in connection with your secretary's birthday greeting,. divulged the fact that he had been reading a 1000-page book on English Literature, a textbook used in school by his grandchildren, which contains a good many selections of modern poetry. Significantly he added: "A lot of the poetry in this textbook was over my head." Now just possibly this lets me out. In his letter George said that his 17-year-old grandson has spent the past summer in a lumber camp in Idaho and has been in charge of one of the forest-fire lookouts. The young man has thus served the interest of the big grizzly bear with the flat-topped hat.

Don Tuttle's wife Helen, reports that for the past eleven years she has acted as hostess at the Woman's Club Home in Concord, N. H. The deaths last year of Morton '97 and Len have left her son Morton '43, and her ten-year-old grandson Donald, as the only survivors bearing the Tuttle name. We hope that Donald may be a prospective candidate for Dartmouth.

During the summer Alvah Fowler's wife Martha, took a long look-forward-to and extensive guided tour of Europe. Her itinerary included visits to Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, where she visited the Brussels Fair, England, Scotland, and Ireland. A brief card from London reports a perfect trip in spite of much rain. She evidences youthful enthusiasm and physical vigor in undertaking such a tour.

A note from Ned Bigelow locates Ned and Helen at the Mountain View House in Whitefield for a stay of three weeks. What a time to have seen from this vantage point the New England color parade in all its glory and resplendence!

Dorothy Ashton, Arthur Hayden's daughter, writes me that Arthur's granddaughter was married in June '57 to Richard Bentley Jr., who is employed by the Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore, Md. Arthur's grandson is in St. Paul's, a school for boys in Maryland, and expects to graduate from that school in 1961. Dorothy and her husband live at 3915 Kenwick Rd. in Baltimore.

At times class news gets held over for a considerable period of time. This applies specifically to a letter received last May from Oliver Foster's daughter, Olivia Alleway. She sent me a most interesting and detailed letter about the Alleway family. After two and a half years with the student Y movement at the University of Kansas, they moved to Colorado where Bill completed his work for a doctor's degree in education at the University of Denver. On the completion of this work, the Alleways then toyed with the idea of an assignment in Vietnam but, when this fell through, the family found itself headed back to California. Bill retains an active interest in international relations though his present assignment as Director of Wilbur Hall, a men's dormitory project at Stanford University. Since the family eats in the dining room and their apartment has maid service, Olivia finds ample time to audit courses at the university, catch up on reading, and do volunteer work for the planned international center at Stanford. Their two-year-old son takes gleefully to dormitory life and participates in his own special way in the various alluring activities of the campus.

Arthur Roberts tells me the weirdest tales about wild animal antics in his bailiwick at Conway Center, N. H. An irrepressible red squirrel has taken forcible possession of a much used metal mail box, and has established herself therein on the ground that possession is nine points of the law. Sort of squatter sovereignty, shall we say. Further more a moose, whether bull or otherwise I know not, has been observed eating the peonies in a neighboring garden. I suggest to Arthur that the trespassing moose, though not the most intelligent of animals, be asked to browse in that current best seller: "Please Don't Eat the Daisies."

Principals at the dedication of Hopkins Hall and Cotting Field at Cardigan Mountain School, October 3, were (l to r) Headmaster Roland W. Bur bank '33, Charles E. Cotting of Boston, Mrs. Cotting, President Emeritus Ernest Martin Hopkins '01, and Harold P. Hinman '10, president of the corporation.

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

Treasurer, 34 Car ruth St., Dorchester, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,