1913

It's not headline news by any means but it might be of slight interest to know that the town of Reading, Mass., has two class secretaries residing there. The new secretary of 1911, long a resident, and the secretary of 1913. Between the two of us we'll try to put Reading on the map.

A letter came from Bob Conant telling of their nice sojourn in sunny Florida. He also enclosed a letter from George Stile's daughter advising of his death March 12 from complications arising from a bout with the flu. George had been in the Libbey Convalescent Center for 16 months. George was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. A letter of sympathy was sent to his daughter Mrs. Caroline S. Livengood of Richmond, Va. His obituary will appear in this Magazine in the May or June issue.

The Conants' vacation at Ormond Beach has been very satisfactory - good weather, plenty of sunshine and activity, and reading, cribbage. Their health has been good. Bob attended a Dartmouth Alumni gathering in March and heard an interesting talk by Prof. Gaylord of the Dartmouth English Department. The Conants expect to start the trek home via car April 15.

Johnnie Remsen wrote thanking us for the Christmas card. They did not send any this year but the money saved during Advent was sent to the Hunger Appeal. A laudable thing to do. Johnnie is very encouraged with the memorial gift campaign and the early response has been very good. It is interesting to know that some of the work that he did at Rockaway Point is now in the Gateway National Park (entrance to N.Y. harbor).

A card arrived from our world travellers, Ruth (Gay) King and Thorne King. They left N.Y. in January of this year and return April 21. They found that Africa's Victoria Falls is truly spectacular. They enjoyed their stay at Mala Mala Game Preserve; then went on to India (New Delphi, Darjeeling, Madras,) then, Colombo, Ceylon, and to Bangkok after a stop at Singapore. One March 16 they were in Kwangehew, China, working their way towards home.

Bernice Mason had a wonderful trip to Honolulu and San Francisco.

An item that may be of interest. You think it is tough to get into college these days. Try to get into a college of Veterinary Medicine. There are only a few in the entire U.S. For instance, the Michigan State University of Veterinary Medicine had 115 spaces for their freshman class. 745 students applied for admission. Only 115 were accepted and only five students were not residents of that state. lowa State U. took only seven non-residents. A number of magnacum laude graduates of the U. of Vermont were rejected by all 19 veterinary colleges last year. There is a critical need for veterinarians in New England and elsewhere. Something can and should be done to meet this need.

Secretary, 56 Hillcrest Rd. Reading, Mass. 01867

Class Agent, 13 Marion Ave. Albany, N.Y. 12203