1902

Of the 135 boys who assembled on the Hanover Plain in the fall of 1898 to register in front of Chuck Emerson in the little white house on the north side of the campus and to listen to Dr. Tucker or to Johnny K. in the chapel, there are according to the class secretary's list, still 33 octogenarians living. Most of us today stick closely to the places of our retirement, but a few, like MosePerkins, still carry on actively with their useful careers in places that require thousands of miles of annual travel. It was therefore a special pleasure to those of us in the East who were fortunate enough to see him this summer to welcome Henniker Sanborn, as he left his home in California to visit his birthplace here in New Hampshire. But our champion traveler is without any doubt, Duckle Drake, and I am sure that he will want me to share his latest letter, not only with the Class, but with the many Dartmouth men who know him. He writes as follows from Athens, Greece, under the date of Sept. 16, 1965.

"... Am leaving here today on a twoand Skiathos in the Aegean Sea. Then to Salonika for 8 days, where I will travel around in N.E. Greece and S.E. Yugoslavia. After that, I go to the Isles of Thasos and Samothrace (home of the "Winged Victory" statue, now in the Louvre in Paris). Then to Asia Minor, stopping at Troy and Pergamum. Will look for Helen at Troy, though she is probably quite "mellow" by now, after 3200 years. Then I'll spend a day at the Isle of Lesbos with "Sappho." I think I ought to be safe on that island!! After all that, I'll go back here for 3 days before going to BadenBaden for a month. Today here in Athens I saw Cooper and Conrad, our astronauts, who received a cordial reception. My best, Yours, Duckie."

Thanks, Duckie. At least this time, it is not to the South Sea islands, as before, nor around the world, as so often in the past.

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

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

Bequest Chairman,