1904

It's January 26 at this writing in this Spanish Colony with the temperature at 82 - Nice day. Watched the stock-market go down - nothing I can do about it. You will be reading these notes in March. Exams all over. How did you do? It's pretty near time to be setting out the sugar-buckets and seeing the first robin

"Quite a few of the boys are here in Florida. Carl and Marion Woods at the Gulf and Bays Club in Siesta Keys. Robbie andHope Robinson here in Vero Beach at the Royal Park Inn, where we hope before the season is over to see many 1908 men and their wives, led by L. G. Treadway, the Innkeeper. Perce and Blanch Hobbs are at Anna Maria: They have been married 57 years. Sent three sons to Dartmouth and a daughter to Smith. What a lovely family! The only thing against that guy — he is a Democrat. Rosie and Ellen Hinman at Clearwater. Leon and Geneva Webster at Lake Worth. The Edgerlys at Orlando. Dr. Vail,Bernie Boyle, Jack Sanderson are now natives along with the Secretary. Had a chat on the telephone with lack recently - gives his best regards to the gang. Matt Bullock is spending the winter in the West Indies. Home in May, recently sent a fine letter. Glad to hear from you, Matt.

Sally gave old man Johnson a birthday party on Jan. 14 to celebrate his 80th birthday. The Treadways '08 and the Packards '25 were among those present. Nice time with a full house. Absent — but with us m spirit were a host of good friends with their birthday greetings and so many fine letters from the wives of classmates. To all my sincere thanks. And too, especially to that faithful friend of all classmates - Squid Lampee, who never forgets to send to each of us his greetings.

Pen Mower has been quite ill for some time at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. His residence is 191 Clyde Street, Brookline, Mass. Please drop him a line. No change in the status of most of our ailing brethren. Keep in touch with them however. The best medicine in the world is to be remembered.

For your outside reading get from your library the book "The United States since 1865." Author, Foster Rhea Dulles. The history covers the span of our lives to date. An informative review of what has happened since we were boys: It may bring to mind the Presidential Campaign in 1900. There was a McKinley parade. We all turned out as Republicans and the next night came William Jennings Bryan and we all turned out as Democrats. From the college student outbreaks around the world today, politics are just as fickle now as then with the college boys. Interestingly enough, during this period of our college days, the election of McKinley carried with it an endorsement of imperialism. The Spanish War brought Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines under our control. There was the problem of the open door with China. We were competing with England, France, Germany, and Russia for the underdeveloped places of the world - and today we are competing with Russia, not for land, but for the minds of the people of the world.

Today - Jan. 26. Sally and the Secretary saw the rocket start for the moon - and tomorrow we may see Col. Glenn start his trip of three times around the earth. Times and objectives have changed a lot since we began shaving. As your Secretary stated in the fiftieth reunion report - the only things remaining unchanged today are - Nature, Human Nature and God.

Cheerio - write your Secretary.

Secretary, 1766 42nd Ave., Vero Beach, Fla.

Treasurer, Box 406, Morristown, N. J.

Bequest Chairman,