1907

This is not an exclusive Phil and Theora Chase report, but they and their extended trip in '59 will occupy the larger part of the available space in this issue.

Their trip was based on an engineering meeting at the International Electro-technical Commission, held in Madrid early in July. Phil has been a member of the U.S. Committee of I.E.C. for many years. They started two months in advance of the meeting and stayed on for a month afterward.

During a twelve-day stopover in Spain, en route to Naples, they enjoyed an auto trip in scenic Andalusia and part of Portugal. They visited also Seville, Cordoba, Granada, and Lisbon, and then went to Sicily, and revisited Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan and the Italian Lakes.

Their next visit was to Salzburg and Vienna, the latter surprisingly well rebuilt and impressive. Munich, also, impressed them with its recovery from war damage, and the enormous beer-consuming ability of its inhabitants. Then they headed South and West through the Bavarian Alps and on to Genoa where they joined a friend who drove them 1200 miles to Madrid. Their route took them along the Italian and the French Rivieras and northward through Avignon, Carcassone to Biarritz, and then to Madrid.

Phil's work at the Madrid meeting permitted him to take several interesting trips with Theora. One evening at a bull training ranch they were amused by the antics of the young bulls and the young men being trained for the bull ring. Believe it or not, Phil says, one of the fighting animals was a cow.

From Madrid they went to Lausanne by plane, and made it their headquarters for trips to many points in Switzerland. Next they traveled by auto into Germany, through the Black Forest region, to Heidelberg, and down the Rhine, visiting Cologne and Amsterdam. Then by air to London, and a trip to Canterbury to see a newly-developed electric automobile. Finally on August 5, Phil and Theora sailed for home on the "S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam," on which they found "Reg" Colley '09 and his wife.

"Sea voyages happily almost pond-smooth, schedule purposely flexible and not hurried, generally good weather, excellent accommodations secured often on short notice, language barriers overcome by friendly people and sometimes by amusing methods. All resulted in a happy, memorable trip for us."

"Bruno" Kimball writes from his Ogden, Utah, home that the last year has been a hectic one in his family. His wife had been ill during the last half of 1958. In January of '59 Bruno and his son Bill took Mrs. Kimball to a California hospital. She improved in health in April and was about ready to go home when her illness returned and, in addition, she suffered a broken wrist. Late in October, she returned home and is now making good progress. "Bruno" has had a recent visit with Earle Fowler who brought him up-to-date on '07 affairs.

A friend of '07 and a former French Professor at Dartmouth, Prof. George B. Weston, died recently at the age of 85 at his son's home in Franconia, N. H. He taught French to many of us before he returned to teach at his alma mater, Harvard University. Your secretary renewed his acquaintance with Professor Weston as a consequence of a very friendly letter from him congratulating '07 on its 50th Reunion. Later visits with Prof. Weston developed the fact that he had always remembered "his first class '07 with affection." Though severely crippled, he continued to teach in the New Preparatory School in Cambridge, Mass., and he rarely missed a summer in his beloved France.

Your secretary is happy to announce that "Greb" will take over the secretarial duties for the months of March, April, and May. He will welcome news items of interest to '07 men.

Secretary, 8 West Hill Place Boston 14, Mass.

T reasurer, 25 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y.