1912

The robins came back to Capistrano this year right on time as of yore but as this is being written the last week in March the cold and snow we have had recently has kept them away, at least from central Connecticut. The month has. been a hectic one for 1912. Coming on the heels of the loss of our Class Agent Sam Hobbs, and of our President Connie Snow, we have lost our faithful reunioners Hal Baker, FrancisFrench, George Geiser, and two weeks following his resignation as class agent, Henry B. Stevens. Our Vice President Joe Doe is acting as class agent until a successor is found. The one bright spot is the acceptance of Jim Oneal as bequest chairman, succeeding Dutch Waterbury, our new president. Henry's last letter was a hopeful one with no complaints and no intimation of the end.

We received a cheerful letter from JoeBoylan's widow May. She regrets being unable to attend recent reunions because of lack of transportation. Her prescription for good health is plenty of walking. Also a very appreciative letter came from Francis French's daughter for our letter of sympathy on the loss of both parents and for the memorial book in her father's memory. Grace Burnham says she gets to Hanover occasionally for some of the various programs. Elizabeth Park has been spending some time in the upstairs apartment of a 1775 colonial home in Kingston, N.H. From her window she looks out upon the pasture of an equitation school to see the horses grubbing for the first blades of grass. Leona Richmond is back home in lowa after "a marvelous adventure to visit the South Pacific Islands. Great in Tahiti and Fiji."

President Waterbury calls our attention to the fact that Dartmouth led all colleges and universities in the U.S. last year in the per centage of alumni contributing. That reminds us that the 1976 Alumni Fund campaign is on and though we are only 35 in number the College is expecting to hear from each one of us; in fact it needs all we can give.

Some of us may remember President Tucker'-s daughter Elizabeth. Widow of the late Prof. Frank Cushwa of Phillips Exeter Academy, she died on February 14, 1976 at Silver Spring, Md. Word has reached us of the death of Husky Farnham's widow Dora on March 16, 1976 in Enfield, N.H., at the age of 88.

Have you sent in your reservation for the Post-50-Year Reunion, June 14-16? If not, please do it, as 1912 needs you there. Write David Orr, Crosby Hall, Hanover, N.H. 03755. It isn't too late.

Secretary, 15 Gloucester Lane West Hartford, Conn. 06107

Acting Class Agent, 10131 Counselman Road Potomac, Md. 20854