1905

The hearts of the men of 1905 have been stirred with nostalgic pride by the recognition which our loyal Tom Keady has received recently. This acclaim is to be found in the second part of Harold Braman's '21 very interesting history of Dartmouth songs. If any of you missed this, be sure to look it up on page 37 of the February ALUMNI MAGAZINE. It concerns Tom's immortal "When The Boys Go Marching By," to which so many of us have poured forth on occasion, 10, these more than 50 years. Incidentally, we are proud, too, to have known that genial man of song, Harry Wellman '07, also cited in this article.

Fletcher and Alva Hatch have plans, as this is written, to sail on the Fra Berlinga for Costa Rica. They are both looking forward eagerly to this trip, as they return to that part of the world where "Sliver" worked so successfully for the United Fruit Company. Their son "Bud" is now manager of the Costa Rica division with headquarters in Golfita on the West Coast, a division which, as Sliver says modestly, he had quite a hand in starting, back in 1943. They have not previously revisited this area since Sliver's retirement in '48. They are to fly back via Miami. We wish you a happy trip, Alva and Sliver.

In no part of the world does the flame of Dartmouth enthusiasm and good fellowship blaze any brighter than in Florida at this time of year. Roger Brown keeps me informed of various gatherings in the vicinity of Anna Maria. In January there was a meeting of the active Sarasota Dartmouth Club at which some 45 men and women met. February 20, too, there was a pleasant Dartmouth '05 dinner at the Clearwater Beach Hotel. Present: the Bells, Browns,Goodriches, Tolmans, and Fred Chase, also Hobbs '04 with his wife.

Your secretary, not exactly surprisingly, has joined the ranks of the awesome octogenarians. He was treated to a four-day period of celebration, with two delicious, gala dinners, the first, given by Mildred, on the actual birthday, for family and old friends; the second, given by the three Putnam children two days later, as some of these from New Hampshire could not conveniently arrive on the sixth. It was heart-warming to receive so many good wishes and tokens of affection. A special pleasure was the fact that son Bill '30 could and did free himself from the demands of his busy practice to spend most of four days with his aging father. (Frankly and thankfully this "aging" person does not feel at all aged.)

Mildred deserved especial credit because she was suffering from the knee that has caused her discomfort for a long time, and recently extreme pain. Happily she had a successful operation February 19. The surgeon assures her of complete recovery, once this incision heals.

"Bea" MacMillan has reluctantly found it advisable to leave her home in Concord, N.H., to be near her son's family in Connecticut. Her present address is 391 Reef Road, Fairfield.

I close with a poem of Gene Musgrove's, appropriate to our age and the season.

Thoughts for Easter

I miss the faces I used to meet In many places In home and street.

All lovely things Are loath to stay, And souls have wings And fly away.

I have no fear, I have no care, God led them here, God leads them there.

God leads me too, And I am sure If I am true I shall endure;

And some great time Again we'll meet In love sublime And life complete,

And far from tomb And tears below Praise God from whom All blessings flow.

Secretary, 358 North Fullerton Ave. Upper Montclair, N.J.

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