1910

Changes wrought by the passing of time - and men: Time was, not so long ago, when the traditional Boston Alumni dinner in mid-winter would bring together a goodly group of Tenners. But the years have taken Tenners out of the Boston area. Death has made a great reduction in the 1910 group, and Florida has taken a number of others as permanent residents. Art Lord is one of the latest to qualify at this point. Then there are those who are winter visitors during the period when the dinner is scheduled. Bones Jones and WaltNorton fit into this category. Then there are some who moved out of the New England area giving up easy access, like from Durham, N. H., for a home in central New York State (Ithaca) which make it difficult for Beezle Parker to get to a Boston dinner. This year Hal Sprague was our sole representative. He writes: "Not having attended the annual meeting of the Boston Alumni Club for a number of years I thought Id go so I went into the Harvard Club Thursday the 13 th and found I was the only 1910 member present. At the old timers' table there were the secretary of the Class of 1899, Kenneth Beal and his two sons, one 1909 man, two 1912 men and three others in the early 20's. Had a good time and not too much trouble in getting in town and out after the storm."

A letter from Herb Wolff indicates that he is in somewhat of a quandary. He usually attends the Class Officers Conference in Hanover early in May and has skipped our informal reunion in June. The question is: shall I go up in May or wait and take in the Bicentennial in combination with the class reunion? Our advice to him is to attend the combined events in June. We recognize that Herb has been faithful in his attention to his duties as Chairman of the Class Bequest Committee. He deserves a let-up in the tension of that job. Incidentally, he writes "1910 still continues to show interest in the Bequest Program and during the past year there have been some unexpected additions by way of bequests and also the creation of trusts. This has been very heartening to me."

Word from Steve Perry '13 tells us that we did not make note of his brother, Scott's, Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrated in March '68. It was a grand family gathering down in South America where Scott and Mecha have made their home for these fifty years. Later word via Hal Sprague informs that Scott is not in the best of health though better now than a little earlier. Unfortunately we are receiving this kind of information from several families of our men. From Evelyn Kidder we learn that Herrick is in a nursing home in very poor health. Similar word comes concerning Mike Elliott.

The sad news has accumulated in larger volume. We report the loss of four loyal Tenners. Ernest Studley, John Shambow,Chet Comey, and Maurice Blake represent our recent losses. All of these men were deeply interested in the Class and in the College, and kept well posted on events in Hanover. It is interesting to note that information about the passing of these Tenners was picked up and passed along by other members of the class except in the case of Ernest Studley. His daughter wrote of his passing in Portland, Ore., where he lived with her. In addition to the word from Philip Comey '17, Chet's brother, we had a newspaper clipping from HerbWoods. The news of John Shambow's death came by way of Guy Carpenter. Bert Kent passed along a clipping concerning Maurice Blake. This kind of cooperation is a big help and becomes even more valuable as the years pass.

Make your plans now for a good round-up of Tenners in Hanover in June so we can have a real reunion. Bear in mind that the number of these possibilities is dwindling fast, as time flies.

Secretary, 501 Cannon Pl Troy, N. Y. 12183

Class Agent, , Horizon House, Apt. 208, Clearwater, Fla. 33515