1908

Crosby Hoar, in a letter for the 60-year book wrote: "Margaret and I continue to live in Arlington which has been our home for most of the last thirty years. With us is our daughter Nancy. We sometimes think longingly of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes but they belong to the past. Fortunately we have good health. Last March I had a stroke from which I am almost but not completely recovered."

Mrs. Percy Gleason on August 28, reported that she and Percy had been in the hospital, she with a three weeks' stay for a broken hip, and Percy for ten days for an emergency operation for a strangulating hernia. They were both making good progress toward recovery and were back at their Cape Cod cottage at North Eastham.

Jack Lewis, Art's son, wrote on September 29, to Parker Soule '31 at the Alumni Fund Office. "Dad had another stroke about two weeks ago and is very weak at the moment. I don't think he is in any immediate danger but things could turn for the worse if he should happen to pick up a mild pneumonia or even a flu bug."

Mrs. James Norton reported that they spent a quiet day on their 53rd anniversary with their children at their home; the only one missing being their son who lives in Chicago. "Jim's health is better than in the spring and he leads a very comfortable life."

She also wrote that Helen Merrill, Dick's widow, had disposed of her house in South Pasadena and gone to live with her daughter, Mrs. William Schoonmaker, at 2778 Sailer Avenue, Ventura, Calif.

John Thompson reports: "We are appreciating more and more the comforts of living on one floor and other 'fringe benefits' deriving from our new home. Lucille seems to be making some progress in her fight with emphysema."

Art Wyman wrote in August: "My days are a matter of routine now the medical experiences have faded into the background and the trips to Boston aren't interesting. As a concession to 'our' years I stay at home and find that rather pleasant after all."

The Biblical span of life is usually quoted as three score and ten; but that is only half the case. Psalms 90, verse 10, R. S. V., states: "The years of our life are three score and ten, or even by reason of strength, four score." The class of 1908 is a good example of the full quotation. Out of the 257 listed in 1904 when we were freshmen in college; 67 or more than one fourth of the class are living as of October 31, of whom 56 were 80 years old or older, and eleven were more than 79 years old.

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