1904

Frank M. Curtis Jr. '35 has mailed to your secretary a clipping from the Boston Herald of October 22, which reports on the return of a plaster model for a statue of Daniel Webster to Dartmouth College after a 65-year absence. The article continues "The Massachusetts Department of Disabled American Veterans said the model will be restored to the Hanover, N. H., College at a memorial service Saturday, October 25, at Webster's grave in Marshfield, Mass. Robert C. Hagopian, senior vice-commander of DAY, said the model was stolen from Dartmouth by an unidentified alumnus in the early years of the century. In the interval, he said, it has been kept at the Daniel Webster Inn in Sandwich, Mass. The model of Webster, which has been used in the casting of bronze statues of the senator, was presented to the College as a gift of the Class of 1904." Can anyone shed light on the unidentified alumnus?

Personal items concerning 1904 since our reunion in June have been very few and have concerned chiefly the health of various classmates. We mourn the loss of ArthurBolster, a loyal and loved member of our Class, to which he preferred to be transferred although he first registered with the Class of 1903. We were delighted that his health enabled him to attend the reunion, with a son and daughter-in-law as escorts. Soon after his return home, he suffered a fall and passed away a few days later.

The most active member of the 1904 family from whom we have heard has been Marion Woods, who is planning to spend the winter in Florida. She is serving admirably as the Coordinating Secretary of the Class and we will let you know through these columns what her address will be as soon as she selects it.

Ida Charron is, at the moment, still in Salt Lake City but is soon to change her address to the Wellesley Inn, Wellesley, Mass. This will not be permanent. We will also advise you of a new permanent address to record a little later.

By far the most important item of the month and indeed one of the most important items we have ever had concerning 1904 affairs of interest to the class is news of the conclusion of the auction sales of Tom Streeter's great collection of Americana. The New York Times of October 23 contained such an excellent statement concerning the collection and its sales in seven sessions over the last three years that we will take the liberty of quoting it verbatim here, as it would be futile to try to improve on this.

"The last of a great library of Americana was auctioned yesterday, bringing $3,104,982 for a collection assembled during a lifetime by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, a banker who lived for many years in Morristown, N. J.

"Mr. Streeter amassed an archive that experts cite as among the ten best of Americana private collections, and the greatest to be auctioned since the sale of the George Brinley-library from 1879 to 1893.

"Since 1966, seven sales of the Streeter collection have been held at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, 980 Madison Avenue. In the seventh, held yesterday and Tuesday, rare-book dealers and collectors paid $143,655 for the remaining items in a collection of 4,421 printed works documenting the American scene from earliest times.

'Among the works sold was the first separate account of New Jersey, printed in London in 1676 from letters sent by Quaker settlers. It was purchased for $11,000 for Rutgers University by John Fleming, New York rare-book dealer.

"One of seven recorded copies, the book was purchased in 1961 for the Streeter collection by Mr. Fleming for $4,200 in a London auction."

From the proceeds of the sale, Tom has made numerous bequests to college and historical libraries, including the Dartmouth College Library.

Secretary, 217 Chestnut Ave. Webster Groves, Mo. 63119

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