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The sympathy of the Class goes to the families of Conrad Shumway and John Swigart Jr., whose obituaries will be found in the In Memoriam section of this issue. Our belated holiday greetings to all of you and our thanks for the cards received. Among them, the Harold Browns extol the virtues of life in Florida but did manage to break away long enough to get north of the Mason-Dixon Line for the Brown Game and are planning on coming up for our Reunion. The Paul Smiths are at their winter refuge in Clearwater, and so it goes while here in New England we are basking in spring-like weather and wondering when the skiing will commence! Saw a picture in the paper today of a sign put up in the Carroll Read Shop at North Conway, N. H., which read: "Walk do not run to the nearest exit in case of snow!"

Buckley reports that wife, Polly, is recuperating from a siege in the hospital and should be in fine fettle for Reunion. The Austins and Aborns were among those present at the Charles River Dartmouth Club in December, when Dean Mac Donald gave one of his inimitable narratives of the trials and tribulations of a dean. He also cleared some of the misinformation about the three-semester plan and the required Saturday classes. Bino Knight apparently has recovered from his hospitalization as his picture was in the paper as the noonday preacher at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Boston on December 18. And while speaking of our clergy, we have received a dispatch from White Plains stating that the Reverend Doctor Arthur S. Wheelock, minister at the Church in the Highlands, has announced his retirement on July 31, 1958, after 27 years' service. He hopes to live on Cape Cod. Approaching the other end of the spectrum, John Peppard writes a characteristic note to Treasurer Batch commenting on the various aspects of life on a Maine island, the utter stupidity of taking "short" lobsters, especially as a warden lives nearby, and the delight in having ten nice, healthy grandchildren, four of whom are on the same spot of land.

The Boston Herald of December 28, 1957. carries a picture of Paul Perkins in his official regalia as deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. From their Christmas card one would suspect that the Herb Austins inhabited a thatched cottage on heir trip to Hawaii, but it is doubtful, as the cottage did not look sufficiently long for Herb" to lie out straight nor high enough for him to stand erect. The hula girls were attractive anyway!

Secretary, 40 Byron Rd., Weston 93, Mass.

Treasurer, 165 Marlboro St., Wollaston 70, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,