1916
Barbara Stowell and a sister left San Francisco in early April for a five week jaunt to Greece and the Greek Islands, Venice, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, and Hamburg. Then to Friendship for a quiet summer. Nice.
By the time this reaches you, Hiram and LauraMcLellan will have been home in Texas a month from their globe-girdling odyssey on the Gripsholm, the same ship on which they sailed to the North Cape in 1971. Hiram has generously remembered us with shore-stop cards from Dakar to Hong Kong and with two long letters of impressions. See Balmacaan letter. Typically, one tour option took them by plane from Bombay to see the marble castle by the lake at Udaipur, thence to Delhi, old and New. The next morning they were routed out in the dark to fly to Agra to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise "Beautiful," said Hiram, "but it would have looked as pretty later in the day.") and flew back to Bombay and the ship the same evening. Thoughtful, sturdy folks, our peripatetic McLellans.
Not hearing from Leslie Leavitt makes it seem likely that he and Margaret have gone to Rhodesia for a two weeks visit in April with Dan and Lois who gave up the parish ministry after 20 years of service to teach, both of them, at Mt. Silinda Mission Institute while Dan also works with local churches of the African United Church of Christ. If so, the Leavitts may end up with a two-day trip to Victoria Falls and the Wankie Animal Reserve, and visit with the Peters (daughter) in London on their way home.
Dan Coakley's widow writes with appreciation of the Alumni Magazines and Newsletters she has been getting and reading since last summer. Welcome aboard, Ida!
Erwin Gifford recalls with appreciation the major English courses he took at Hanover under Professors Freddie Emery on Shakespeare and with Francis Childs on "British Poets of the 19th Century)." At 88 Professor Childs amazes me," writes Giff. "I went to visit him one Commencement Saturday ten or 15 years ago and we had a delightful talk. I sat in the car waiting for him to return from the luncheon, and when he neared the car I said "Dr. Livingstone, I presume," and he quickly replied, "No, and you're not Stanley either." He was interested, I remember, in what I had to say about Richard Burton's "Hamlet" which was then running in New York."
Ruth McKenzie in Akron enjoyed a three weeks visit in January from young Bill, who is now managing director of Goodyear Jamaica. We hope you will emulate her example by bringing or sending on loan to Parker Hayden your best 2x2 slides of past reunions for a 1916 "Old Picture Show" at Hanover June 11 — 13. Remember that these dates will also enable you to reune with friends from all other classes past their 50th. Have you sent in your application for space?
Our class count (Alumni Preference Basis), at peak 413, was as follows on March 15: Active grads 87, non-grads 24, total 111; inactive eight, lost four; total living 123. We are glad also to have on our mailing list 100 widows and 10 other relatives.
We regret to report that William Reginald(Reg) Gough passed away at New York on March 6. His son and family in Dallas have our sympathy.
Our sympathy also goes out to Wallace Kittredge who lost his wife Estelle in February from long illness. Dick Ellis and Parkhurst thoughtfully had '16s 16 red roses sent to Wallace and Dickand Vi Ellis went out to Milford and had a half-hour with Wallace at the funeral home during visiting hours. Jack was moved by all this, as a fine letter from him attests.
Reminders: Tell Hanover and Parker Hayden if you're comin to Reunion. Bring with your or send to Parker on loan selected 2 x 2 slides of former reunions as above. And if you haven't read John Stearns' review of "The Thread of Ariadne" in the December Magazine, p. 12, do so. You will be glad that you did.
Secretary, 3 Downing Rd. Hanover, N.H. 03755
Class Agent, 50 Rugby Road Manhasset, L.I., N.Y. 11030
