1905

As this is being written on January 6, we in Florida are having beautiful, warm days with temperatures from 70 to 80 degrees. Ocala registered the highest mercury in the country with 85 degrees.

Our many Christmas cards were a good representation of the nation: they came from throughout the continental U.S.A. and Alaska and Hawaii: Ernest White in Portland, Me.; Fred Chase, Dunedin, Fla.; C. C. Hills, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Harry Lill, Los Angeles; Ida Parkinson, Walla Walla, Wash.; the Tugmans (Jean, daughter of Carroll Campbell) in Hawaii; and Esta Billman, Sitka, Alaska. We heard also from our oldest man, Harry Lill, and our youngest, Bill Blatner, and received notes and cards from almost everyone in any way interested in 1905.

Jane and I had a very good trip to Florida on December 18, traveling non-stop to Tampa, and taking the limousine to Anna Maria at about 3 in the afternoon. Our car arrived safe and sound on the following Saturday. We both were able to renew our driving licenses for four years, so all we need now is enough gasoline to visit friends nearby.

In the January column we missed listing JohnBell. He should have been listed, making our total 13, and we are very sorry to have slipped up on this.

Ernest White reports that his grandson has been accepted at Dartmouth and will enter in the Class of 1978.

The Alumni Fund is off to an early start with over $1,000, so if we all keep up to our last year's quota, we will finish in the top three.

An early birthday card from Bob and EdnaFalconer says that, due to the gasoline shortage, their plans for a trip to Florida are not yet completed. We hope to see them soon, however.

Our Alumni Council and Board of Trustees will be meeting January 10-12 in Hanover. Dr. Ralph Hunter '31 and Thomas Braden '40 retire this June. Many decisions must be made, arising from the problems of inflation, lack of gasoline, unemployment, and the money squeeze as it affects Dartmouth and our economy. We hope the decisions will be fully covered elsewhere in this Magazine. The Class must begin to think of what we will do with our reserve fund which will be close to $3,500.

We of 1905 are a rugged lot - no change in health conditions in the last two months.

C. C. Hills plans to be with me on January 9 at the monthly meeting in Sarasota of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. C.C. is 92 years old and I will be having a small 91st birthday celebration on January 10. We both joined the fraternity in 1901 so we represent 146 years of membership, a record it will be hard to beat, I think. The fraternity gave us a cake with two candles.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Alumni College. We are the oldest living graduate and hope to attend again in August.

Secretary and Treasurer Box 57 Anna Maria, Fla. 33501