1921

This is and will be the campaign slogan for all politicians running for office far into the future: "Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with." Artemas Ward

The Director of Research and Stewardship, David T. Eckels, has written to Ray Mallary, giving him an up-to-the-minute report of 1921 class members. We have 71 graduates, plus 35 non-graduates, and six who were adopted. Also, we are proud of our 114 widows.

Nearly all of the above receive copies of the Alumni Magazine, which eats into the meager treasury that Ray guards with an eagle eye, and about which he writes that we still have a tiny balance left over. Therefore, when you receive your notice to pay class dues, please don't hesitate to send a check and some news which your secretary can use to keep writing an interesting column for the entire academic year.

A letter from Robert Burroughs reminded me of the outdoor picnics that Bob and Martha spread for our classmates each summer. Now, instead of we of 1921, Bob is using his great farm of 500 acres, mostly woodland, including a nine-acre pond, to entertain the members of the Manchester Boys' and Girls' Club which has been a tradition for more than 20 years. This year they expected about 300 youngsters for a happy day of fun with a lunch provided by a good caterer.

The remainder of this long, warm letter will be published in our "Smoker," and it will tell of the part that the beavers play at that "Golden" pond.

Many thanks, Bob, for taking the time to write such an interesting tale for your classmates to enjoy.

During the presidential campaign, we heard all speakers and so-called orators exhort us to vote for the party that will maintain our "liberty" as we know it from the Bill of Rights. Some newspapers wrote hysterical editorials about our loss of liberty and heaped blame on the Supreme Court.

Let's stay cool and remember that people over many decades also have thought of liberty, and your secretary can assure you that it is not yet lost. May I quote from Cervantes: "Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind."

Since most of the world has lost its "liberty," (said a recent Boston newspaper) "doesn't it follow that Heaven has disappeared."

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