1902

The men of the Class of 1902 have for many years expected their secretary to have at least one item in this section of each issue of the Magazine, even if he did nothing else. In the short ten years of his fine service, Julius Arthur Brown felt that the class letter was far more suitable for the changing conditions. A class letter, he felt, could be issued at almost any time .nth very little delay; it could be more intimate, as one expects in a family talk, and thus could carry items of little, if any, interest to others.

At the class reunion in 1967, the question received more attention than any other official item. When it came to a vote, there were three solutions offered: class letter only; Magazine only; or both. The decision: both. However strongly the secretary felt about the advantage of timely letters only, the men could not bear the thought of the Alumni Magazine with never a word from 1902.

The situation is much the same today, though the class letter feature is supplied by personal letters from the secretary. If he had doubts about the items in the Magazine, they were relieved by encouragement from the editors and later by definite proof that the reports from the classes of the earliest nineteen hundreds are really read by others.

1902 has now only eight survivors, but they still wish to be counted.

Secretary and Class Agent 6 Pasture Lane Darien, Conn. 06820