1912

For a bunch of oldsters we can still smile in spite of mishaps. President Snow paid a visit to the hospital in Concord, N.H., for some plumbing repairs. Jim Steen survived a ruptured appendix recently and at last report he was doing well. Dutch Waterbury had a fall in the spring injuring his leg but by now has given up his cane and is able to enjoy the summer at Egg Harbor. Elwyn Taber made a trip to the hospital for tests because of weight loss and returned home with instructions to eat more and exercise more - nothing serious.

1912 finished the Alumni Fund Campaign with a record of 28 contributors and gifts from 31 widows and others in memory of departed classmates. A tour de force at the last moment by Elizabeth Park pulled us out of the cellar. Treasurer Clark is serving notice that the October 1974 issue of the Alumni Magazine will be the last one sent to '12ers who do not pay their class dues. Don't let this happen to you.

Henry Stevens was tendered a birthday party in Exeter, N.H., on July 13 by a group of classmates and friends. Henry reports caring for a 60-foot square garden, continuing to write but having to give up night driving. Harry Barnett sent a long letter in July full of hopefulness in spite of four operations for a bladder malignancy and a cataract operation on his one good eye, the other one having been out of commission since an injury in 1915. Bishop Brown in South Africa sent the secretary a fine colored snapshot of himself showing that he is "able to sit up and take nourishment." He also continues the handsome "South African Panorama." Sam andMarian Hobbs flew to Seattle in July to visit their son in his new home on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound. They have sold their home in Arcadia and at last report were looking for a place to live near San Diego, not far from their daughter in La Mesa. Sanford Petts writes from "Music Meadows," Kennebunk, Maine, that when November arrives they will return to occupy Barry Goldwater's apartment which they sublease at Balboa Bay at Newport Beach, Calif.

Katy Baker sends a cheerful letter recalling all the happy friendships in 1912 and all this in spite of the restricted life due to Hal's invalidism. Margaret Middlebrook reports a narrow escape when a recent nightly storm blew down two large trees on her place, the branch of one going through the bathroom window near where she was sleeping.

Now for the scholastics scores. Bill Kneisel picked up an MBA degree at Harvard, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, meaning that he graduated in the top 40 of 800 classmates. Bill had previously earned a Loeb, Rhoades Fellowship, He is presently with Morgan Stanley in New York. John Ruder has entered the Dartmouth Medical School. After undergraduation, John worked in the medical department of the Head Start Program. That experience convinced him that he wanted a career in medicine. So he returned to Dartmouth for one year of pre-med courses and now is pursuing the DMS three-year MD program.

Jim Heath has been awarded a Norton Clapp Fellowship at Harvard B School. Jim was a first lieutenant in the Navy for three years before enrolling at Harvard.

The well is running dry and it's only September. Perhaps we shall hear from young Jon Swenson again this year.

Secretary, 15 Gloucester Lane West Hartford, Conn. 06107

Treasurer, 4 Bank Building Middleboro, Mass. 90346