1900

For some weeks last spring Elizabeth Gaffney, daughter of George Tong, was on tour of the Orient. She first flew to Hawaii and spent a few days in the languid and luxurious atmosphere of that enchanted isle. Then she flew on to Japan to visit her daughter who is a graduate in chemistry at a Japanese university. At Sendar, where her daughter now lives, she saw the world-famous cherry trees in full bloom, sat on the floor sipping tea, and participated in other typical Japanese customs. She speaks of the great activity in the country, especially among the student population. Trams, stations, and busses crowded with eager, smiling people. She visited temples, shrines, and the beautiful gardens of Kyoto, Tokyo, and other places. In Tokyo she saw a performance at the Kubuki Theater. At Kanakura she stood in awe before the famous Buddha, and at Eurashima she witnessed a very colorful parade celebrating the 14th Port Festival. A pleasant episode of her travels was again meeting along the way Navy personnel and old friends. One of the most interesting parts of her stay in the Orient was a side-trip to Korea. She sailed on a small, very crowded ship through the scenic Inland Sea. On this ship and else-where smiles and bows were the standard and only means of communication. She found Korea a genial but unbelievably poor country of peasants. She had a look at small villages, traveled on incredibly slow trains, visited an orphanage and in Seoul experienced an almost American way of life. On her return from Korea she took an American freighter out of Yokohama, and thoroughly enjoyed the leisurely, comfortable, and luxurious voyage across the Pacific to San Francisco.

News has been received of the death in early October of Martha L. Fowler, widow of J. Minot Fowler. She was an estimable lady of intelligence and wide interests. She represented the best in New England wornanhood. Her husband passed away in 1931, and now for many years she had been living with her son, Dartmouth '37, at 57 Stratford Street, West Roxbury, Mass.

Marian Atwood, widow of Chels Atwood, has been busy during the summer and fall commuting between West Roxbury, Mass., and Chelsea, Vt. She has made seven trips and thanks to the superhighway has without speeding - which is anathema to her clear sense of law and authority - the distance has been covered in three and a half hours. 1900 takes its collective cap off to such vim and vigor. In mid-October when all the north country was aflame with the brilliant coloring of nature's perennial miracle, Marian made her last trip up Highway 93 in order to batten down the hatches of her Chelsea property against the rigors of a New England winter.

The Goodhues have gone rural. For two weeks in June and again in September they vacationed at Skye Farm. It is a 125-acre farm situated at almost the top of a tremendous hill some two miles from Henniker village in southern New Hampshire. The name Henniker is manifestly of British origin. It seems a little strange that it should become attached to a small, rural village in the heart of New England. Around 1750, so the story goes, the citizenry of West New-bury, as it was then called, were weary of being a caudal-appendage (diminutive tail) of Newbury, its near neighbor to the north. In solemn conclave the worthy citizens could not come up with an appropriate name. At long las: one of the elderly members of the group spoke up and said: "Why not call it Henniker after my boyhood friend in England?" At the time Peter Henniker was a successful tradesman in London. Thus it was that this small village, nestled in the valley through which flows the Contoocook River, received its British name.

Notice has just been received of the passing of Harold M. Holland on August 2, 1966. Apparently he had not been in good health for a considerable time. For many weeks during the winter and spring he was a patient at the Galesburg Hospital. During the summer he suffered a shock and was readmitted to the hospital where he passed away. Harold was interested in all sports and was himself an excellent tennis player. Locally he was titleholder of a number of tennis championships. He was also much interested in ornithology, and had made a considerable s'udy of birds in Illinois and California. Harold was an able and effective citizen as well as a successful business man. Another genial member has dropped from our thinning ranks We regret his passing, but we hold in cherished memory a strong-hearted man whose loyalty and devotion to Dartmouth and 1900 were constant and enduring.

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