1904

Your secretary has been busy with the St. Louis Dartmouth Club which recently sponsored a visit from the Dartmouth Glee Club for the benefit of one of our scholarship funds. The event was very successful and the young men were fine ambassadors for the College. Locally the alumni have been interviewing and helping the more than forty applicants for the Class of 1971. Among these are two very good football players who we hope and pray will be accepted.

In the January issue of a magazine which is published in Portsmouth, N. H., there appeared an article called the "Home of the Month." This "Home of the Month" proves to be the residence of Louise Rollins in the town of Newport, N. H., and has long been considered one of most handsome man- sions in the state. The house was built in 1897 by Louise's father, Seth Mason Richards '09h, and notwithstanding the fact that many of the fine houses of the period were architectural monstrosities the Richards' home is still a delightful example of good taste and charm. Finding the house too large to maintain for her own occupancy, Louise recently decided to donate it to the town of Newport and it is now known as the Richards Free Library. Louise still maintains an eleven-room suite on the upper floors. Besides being a generous gift to the town, it is especially appropriate for an ancestor, Dexter Richards, had donated the first Free Library to the town in 1888. Many Dartmouth guests have enjoyed the warm hospitality which Sid and Louise provided. Regular visits on their jolly jaunts to the annual June roundups of the class in Hanover were the Charron, Lampee, Mower,Robinson, Sexton, and Woods couples. They were most fortunate in having enjoyed the standing invitation from Louise and Sid to make their home a regular stopover on the trips to Hanover.

When this reaches you, the Alumni Fund campaign will be in full swing. Our new Head Agent, Matt Bullock, is busy with the large amount of work which falls to the Head Agent at this time of the year. Don't fail to give him your support, as the numbers of our class decrease, each of us remaining needs to try a little harder to do more and more, so that we can make a good showing.

If you have lost your copy of the 1904 Aegis, here is a chance to obtain a new one. It seems that Baker Library has been storing extra copies of the Aegis which are leftovers. A supply for every class from 1902 through 1910 is available. The price is $2.00 each. If you have a flock of grandchildren or great-grandchildren, this is a wonderful opportunity to give each a copy, so that they will know what Grandpa looked like when he was a college boy. Checks should be made payable to Dartmouth College and orders sent to the Secretary's Office, 205 Crosby Hall, Hanover, N. H.

Secretary, W. H. Markham & Co. 506 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 63101

Class Agent, Cardozo and Tucker, 1 Center Plaza Boston, Mass. 02108