1905

Bob and Edna Falconer on April 26 reported their six-month check-up gives them both a clean bill of health. They hope to take a trip north in August and will spend a night in Hanover. Bob is making a gift to Dartmouth in his will and also will increase his yearly gift to the Alumni Fund. This is a very nice gesture from one of our most loyal classmates.

Your secretary had a nice telephone chat on April 30 with Lita Keady, widow of Walter Keady '34, our Tom's oldest son. She told me her son is now working for a broker in Manchester, N. H., and loves the work. He is happy that the stock market is more active. His wife teaches school and they live in Derry, N. H., so they can visit her frequently. Tom's other son lives in Melrose, Mass., teaches in Wilmington, and moonlights in the local bank Saturdays and after school. They have four smart daughters, all of whom have college educations.

A recent letter from Ethel Conley thanks the Class for many good things we have done for her. She was most appreciative for the information about CharlieGoodrich. "We were very fond of him and spent many happy hours with Charles and Ruth." Walter and Ethel have been consistent givers for over forty years.

Percy Ladd's daughter wrote recently: "I appreciate very much the contacts I have with the members of the class of '05. I saved the picture of the 55th reunion which was in the newsletter not too long ago. It was such a good picture of me and my father." She is a loyal supporter of Dartmouth. Percy left a substantial memo- rial gift from which we of '05 receive a nice income annually.

At the gathering of the class officers on April-May 1 veteran classes were represented by Chester Studwell '02, older brother of our Lester, he was the oldest man present. Your scribe was the second oldest Francis Childs represented 1906 while Crocker, Grebenstein, and Kenyon represented 1907. Jane and I had some pleasant times with the three '07 couples. The problems still include coeducation, and the trustees have postponed any decision on that until October.

A surprise incident at President Kemeny's Friday night talk was a speech and resolution by Richard Montgomery, secretary of 1935 from Chicago, violently criticizing the attempt to start coeducation this fall and asking for time for further study.

The report on the 1971 Alumni Fund shows we have passed the $1,000,000. If we all continue at the present rate we will meet the goal of $2,500,000.

A letter from Carroll A. Campbell enclosed a clipping from a local Connecticut newspaper showing Carroll in full regalia receiving a 50-year Knights Templar award. This is the highest honor of the order and we are very very proud that Carroll has won it. On June 5 he will celebrate his 87th birthday. Congratulations and Happy Birthday from all of us of 1905.

Secretary and Class Agent 5 Pine Ridge Rd. West Medford, Mass. 02155