1902

Two items from a recent Class Newsletter should be recorded here for the wider publicity they will receive. They are the deaths on Dec. 24, 1964, of the widow of W. C. Hill, the long-time secretary of our Class, and on May 4, 1965, of the widow of H. C. Adams. A letter from A. H. Fitzgerald reminds us that he and Herb Adams were roommates for all the four years of college. That must be almost a record for our class. Not many can boast of so long an intimacy.

Doc Thompson, our Class President and constant source of information, writes of an interesting meeting in Hanover with R. C.Clark, at which time he was able to extract from the usually very reticent Bob information of which even the class secretary was unaware. To quote from Phil, it seems that Bob Clark "from 1923 to 1934 was Commissioner of Banking and Insurance for the State of Vermont. Later he was president of the Bellows Falls Trust Company, and is still on the Board. That Bob keeps his hand in financial affairs is shown by the fact that he is the treasurer and one of the four trustees of the Brattleboro Retreat, an institution of 700 beds. He is also treasurer and clerk of the Kurn Hattin Homes for the care of underprivileged children, situated in Saxtons River, Vt. He has held that position for many years. When asked about the, name, 'Kurn Hattin,' he said it came from the name of a mountain in Palestine. . .

If I may interpose a word, while we all applaud Bob's public spiritedness, his reason for the name, "Kurn Hattin," is not entirely satisfying. It is probably a rough transliteration of the Arabic name for the twin peaks along the road leading down from Nazareth via Cana to Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. This was the scene of the famous battle in which Saladin and his Saracens decisively defeated the Crusaders in 1187 A.D. If this is the mountain meant, it seems a little incongruous that it should have been selected as the name for this very worthwhile institution that Bob is interested in.

Mention of Bob Clark reminds me that his wife, Jessie acted as the most efficient recorder at our 60th Reunion in Woodstock, Vt. Word from Duckie Drake raises the question of plans for our 65th in June, 1967. What about it? Are you all feeling as chipper as he? He is off this fall, visiting two archeological sites in Crete that he missed on previous trips.

My attention has been called to an error in our class notes in the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Guy Abbott did play on that first Dartmouth basketball team in 1899, but he did not become captain until the next year. Harry Mackinnon was captain our freshman year. The name of Bill Craig should have been included in the list, and also Frank Archibald, who was assistant manager. Credit is still due to Mac for being the sole survivor. Basketball was pretty strenuous even in our day!

Secretary, 29 Messer St., Laconia, N. H.

Treasurer, 7 Burt St., Bellows Falls, Vt.

Bequest Chairman,