1900
Well, the 60th reunion is now a matter of history. It was indeed gratifying that so many living members of the Class could return to Hanover and participate in the activities of a busy weekend. Those present showed, as our class picture amply confirms, few of the vicissitudes of long years out of college. Most of those present were remarkably spry despite the weight of three score and twenty years. We did miss the six classmates and others of the 1900 clan who could not be on hand to enjoy one of our finest reunions.
Mrs. Olivia F. Allaway very kindly sent me the memorabilia book of her father, Olive Foster, and it was on display in the social room at North Fayer during the reunion. This book contained hundreds of blue prints which Olive took during his four college years. These were a vivid reminder of Hanover and Dartmouth personalities between 1896 and 1900. Mrs. Allaway has very generously made a gift of this book to the College, and it is now deposited, in Dartmouth Archives. In a letter to me Olivia said: "I do wish it might be possible for me to attend the 1900 reunion this month. My father's association with Dartmouth and the Class of 1900 meant a very great deal to him. Some of my earliest memories are of the stories he told me about his college days. During my own college days at Wellesley I especially enjoyed and appreciated knowing Clarence McDavitt. ... I have always regretted that my father died when I was too young to have more than childish memories, of him for he must have been a wonderful man." And so, Olivia, he is in the fond memory of his classmates.
Your secretary was pleased to receive from Mrs. Ina Wallace Norris, sister of Arthur Wallace, pictures of our group which she took at the reunion. It was most kind and thoughtful of Ina to make these pictures available for our class records. In her letter to me she reports that Arthur and his daughter, Priscilla, spent the weekend of July 4th with the relatives in Woodsville, N. H. I judge it was quite a glorious Fourth for them all.
Harold Holland tells me that he is grateful for continued health and, considering his years, reasonable activity. He still keeps up a steady interest in ornithology. We were glad to receive a telegram last June from Harold expressing best wishes for a successful reunion and regrets that he could not be present.
Mrs. Chels Atwood had a surprising and delightful encounter Memorial Day weekend. She was in Chelsea, Vt., her summer home, that weekend. On Sunday she attended service at the Congregational Church, and there met, after the service, a man and his wife who had recently moved to nearby Corinth. In the course of the conversation Dartmouth 1900 was mentioned. Whereupon the lady said: "Why, that was my father's class, he was Fred Hadlock." Fred's daughter Ruth, is the wife of Dr. S. F. Keating, a successful osteopathic physician, who has opened an office in Bradford, Vt. Ruth spoke most affectionately and appreciatively of her father, of his splendid success as a secondary school teacher and Principal at Mansfield, Mass., and of the recognition and acclaim he received on his retirement, at age 70, in 1944. He was much admired and trusted by his students as is attested by the many congratulatory and appreciative letters he received, at the time of his retirement, from former students now living in various parts of the world. Fred left a fine record of faithful, unselfish, constructive service. We rejoice that he was a member of the Class of 1900.
I am sorry to report that Amelia G. Fairfield, wife of Perry Fairfield, died on June 8 after a protracted and trying illness. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Dr. Marion Fairfield, in Nashua, N. H. A commital service was held in Hanover on Friday, June 10, and burial was in the family lot in the College Cemetery. I always think of Milly Griffith as the fun-loving, vivacious, lovely girl that she was in her school days at Kimball Union Academy.
Bill Howard has written me that at long last our Indian classmate, Archie Isaac, has been located in Seattle, Washington. It appears that Archie has come into a considerable legacy. Judge James W. Hodson '29, who at various times has had contact with Archie, has been appointed his guardian by the court. Isaac, the first Indian to enter Dartmouth since Dr. Charles A. Eastman '87, was in college with 1900 for but one year. After freshman year he drifted away into the vast spaces of the West, and the Class lost track of him completely. However, in 1948 Clarence McDavitt initiated an exhaustive search for him, and eventually located Archie in the vicinity of Seattle. In 1952 the Seattle Post-Intelligencier carried quite a story by Frank Lynch which summarized Isaac's career and his considered reflections on the value of a college education. The class has heard nothing directly from Archie, and over the years since graduation he has seemed a sort of mythical and legendary member of 1900. At this writing your secretary knows nothing more about him than, at age 84, he appears to be very much alive and apparently is a resident of Seattle.
George T -rig, who came from Santa Barbara to attend the reunion, feels the long trip East was most rewarding. On Monday, June 13, he and his daughter, Mrs. Gaffney, rented a car and started a leisurely trip back to his daughter's home in Omaha, Neb. They made a brief call on Mrs. Chan Sanborn at Tilton, and from there drove down to Milford, where they went to the cemetery to see the grave of his wife and to call on relatives. From Milford they drove to Wellesley, Mass., where for a few hours his daughter relived her college days. Then they proceeded to Great Neck. L. I., and spent two weeks in that area visiting relatives, friends, and, of course, seeing the sights of the Big City.
Secretary, 3 Pleasant St., Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, 20 Chapel St., Brookline 46, Mass.
