1900

I regret to report the death of Harry M.Jenkins. After a brief illness he passed away on March 19. A very beautiful but simple memorial service was held March 21 in the intimate Fuller Chapel of Second Church, West Newton, Mass. Arthur Roberts and his wife, Ruth, represented the class. Arthur was much impressed by the appropriateness, sincerity, and beauty of this memorial service. In a letter to me he said: "To be in a group of fine people honoring a man of character was a heartening experience."

We welcome the good news from Alice Rankin, widow of Walter Rankin. Son Kenneth, who has been confined in a Boston hospital under neurasthenic treatment since last November, was discharged March 21 and taken back to his home in Lisbon, N. H. His condition was markedly improved by the fine hospital care he received, and high hopes were held out, much against the fears of "the doctors when he was admitted to the hospital, for a complete recovery. It has been a hard winter for Alice and for Kenneth and his family. On April 3 Alice set out on a motor trip to Atlanta, Ga., accompanied by her daughter and son-in-law. She expected to be away from Brookline about three weeks and return alone by plane from Atlanta. The change of scene is a welcome respite from the care and worry of the past winter. Another bit of news from the Rankin family is the birth, way down in Texas, of another great-grandson. Thus Alice achieves the exalted position of being great-grandma to six stalwart scions of the Rankin Family.

Ben Prescott recently reported to me on his athletic forays which mainly center in Dartmouth football. Last fall he along with Art Wallace attended all the games played in Hanover, and, for good measure, the Harvard game. The activities of this duo-team of enthusiastic and loyal Dartmouth rooters is becoming somewhat restricted due to the fact that Ben has sold his car and given up driving and Art, who still drives, feels it"is not wise for him to drive long distances. Ben is a very familiar figure on Milford streets as he still goes regularly six days a week to his law office, attends probate court hearings, and occasionally looks in on superior court hearings when he is interested in either side of the case up for litigation. Well, this is quite some record for a man of Ben's years! He sure must have much of the granite of New Hampshire "in his muscles and his brains."

Marian Atwood, widow of "Chels" Atwood, impelled by a suggestion in my Christmas letter this year, wrote me about one of her numerous activities. For a number of years she has been head of the Commission on Missions for her church in West Roxbury, Mass. Very modestly she said she was in this position because she was the only member available, but very likely the real reason is her competency. Recently this commission acting for the church entertained at a church service and for dinner afterward ten foreign students from the Boston area. An opportunity was offered church members to sit down informally with these students and get some measure of acquaintance with their various backgrounds, cultures, and views on vital topics. For perhaps the first time some of the church members met face to face with a group of foreign students. In a small way it was a local application of the idea back of the Peace Corps and The Experiment in International Living. This rubbing elbows with people of other nationalities and getting acquainted with their life, their problems, and their aspirations is a long step forward from the days of evangelical colonialism. In the years to come such experiments multiplied many fold are bound to have a significant bearing on the establishment of peace in the world.

Secretary and Class Agent Box 714, Hanover, N. H.