1900
It is always a happy event when some distinction comes to a member of the class. Chapman and Grimes, 176 Newbury St., Boston, have recently published: "A Generation of Illustrators and Etchers" by Loring H. Dodd. This book is a compilation of descriptive and anecdotal articles which Loring has written during the past twenty years for Worcester newspapers. A commentator of this book writes: "It contains appealing and intensely personal sketches of the better known of the countless illustrators and etchers who have flowered in the last 75 years. Replete with scholarly analysis and the keen insight of the practical art critic, the individual articles have a warmth and appeal because of the personal touch, - the reminiscences of the author as well as the anecdotes and gossip reported so tellingly." I believe this is the third book which Loring has written in the last few years. Congratulations, Loring. Out of your long and enthusiastic devotion to the arts, may you continue to have the inspiration to write more books in your vivid and charming literary style to delight the aesthetic sense of your readers.
Bill Howard has had an unfortunate argument with Mother Earth, and has lost. On December 5 Bill had the misfortune to fall and break his hip. He was first confined for three weeks to the Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Then on December 30 he was transferred to Restful Manor, a nursing home, at 3600 Empire Way, South, Seattle, Wash. Mr. James Hodson '29 and his wife are most kindly keeping a watchful eye on Bill. In the words of Robert Frost "Good fences make good neighbors." I do not pretend to know just what kind of fences Bill has built, but he surely has good neighbors. In his letter to me Mr. Hodson said that although Bill is quite feeble physically he is thoroughly alert mentally and in good spirits. One day not long ago he found Bill sitting up in a chair, smoking his pipe, and watching TV. The doctors believe that it will be some months before he can bear any weight on the injured leg. I know that Bill would be glad to hear from any member of the class who feels inclined to write him at the address given above.
We are sorry to learn that Martha Fowler, widow of Alvah T. Fowler, has been hospitalized. For several weeks in December and early January she was battling with a heart ailment in a Washington hospital. We hope by this time she is thoroughly rejuvenated and is back in her recently acquired home in the Westchester. Your secretary understands that Martha and Marion Atwood have made some sort of agreement, compact, understanding, covenant, or wager in regard to attendance at the reunion of - in June 1965. Just what is afoot your secretary, at this writing, is very much in the dark.. Suffice it to say, that the two ladies in question give every evidence of continuing interest in and loyalty to 1900, and also a lively and wholesome expectation in regard to our reunion coming up four years hence.
Over many years one of the regular "In Memoriam" contributors to our Class Fund is Mary Hildreth, sister of George Hildreth. She spends the winter at the Detroit Hotel in St. Petersburg, Fla., and her summer in one of the lovely old houses along the main street of Haverhill, N. H. Mary was only four years old when George graduated from Dartmouth. In speaking of this period she says: "His college years did not mean much to me, though I have a vague memory of attending some function at the college." However, living during the summer months, only thirty miles from Hanover she sees the changes taking place on the campus and she maintains a lively interest in the welfare of the college. Here, indeed, is a notable example of the fine loyalty Dartmouth engenders among people living in neighboring communities. Dartmouth, too, seems to be building some good fences.
Quite some doings up Spryfield way! Mina, widow of Carey Risley, writes from Nova Scotia, where she is now living near her children, of the activities of children and grandchildren. In fact the letter came within a hairbreadth of not being completed on account of the numerous interruptions revolving about Christmas festivities. Mina says that two of her grandchildren are enrolled as students at Dalhousie University. One is taking a science course and the other is planning on taking courses in theology. Mina and her son Alan flew to St. John, N.B., to spend the Christmas season with the family of her daughter which includes two great grandchildren. She speaks with deep conviction and faith of how glad Carey must be that all his children are so well established and participating so ably in useful work. Certainly in these challenging and somewhat troubled times it is reassuring to hear about a normal well-ordered and well-adjusted family.
Mary Orcutt, widow of Harold Orcutt, at an appropriate time removes herself from the cold and snow of Washington, D. C. — and that was no idle dream on Inauguration Day — to Hollywood, Fla. There she spends the winter months. Come spring and when Old Sol breathes a hot breath on southern Florida, she says that "This bird flies north with the other birds." Mary is another of the very faithful contributors to the 1900 Class Fund.
It is always a pleasure to hear from the Ashton family. Dorothy Ashton is the daughter of Arthur Hayden. She, her husband, and the two children often accompanied Arthur to the 1900 round-ups at Kezer Lake in North Sutton, N. H. Dorothy says she has many most pleasant memories of those bright and happy June days. The two children who used to play on these occasions about the grounds of the hotel at the lake are now grown up. The daughter is married, has an 18'month-old daughter, and is a candidate for a B.S. degree in mathematics at McCoy College, a branch of Johns Hopkins University. The son is completing his senior year at St. Pauls School in Baltimore. He expects to enter college in the fall and take courses leading to either a degree in science or in engineering. We are indeed glad to have for our files pictures of the two children and of Arthur's great-grandchild. Judging from these pictures Arthur should be very proud of the younger generation of Haydens.
Secretary, 3 Pleasant St., Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer 20 Chapel St., Brookline 46, Mass.
