1931

The alumni magazine of the Dartmouth Medical School recently carried an extensive obituary of Ollie Hayward which enumerated his achievements not only in his field, epidemiology, but in activities ranging from his research on and writing a biography of DMS founder Nathan Smith to his outstanding work in charting the waters of San Francisco Bay for the coast guard.

Also in that magazine appeared a photograph of classmates Ecker, Hunter, and Wollaeger attending a recent reunion in Hanover. All seemed in fine fettle.

Jim Lyall sent a New York Times clipping of the obituary of Bill Wilson. I had hoped to get to the game on November 17 at Princeton, and that Edna and Bill might also be there, as they were four years ago. Edna called to ask where in Hanover she should send documentation. I am glad to report that she sounded cheerful, and that both sons managed to arrive in Princeton late on the day of Bill's death, and were therefore of great help to her.

Jim reported no change in the routine of his household, as he still keeps busy with tennis, choral groups and civic affairs, and as Harriett is participating in her aerobic dancing group.

I just finished reading a biography of Herbert Hoover from which I learned that in the fall of 1927, as secretary of commerce in the Coolidge administration, he visited Vermont and New Hampshire to inspect the damage caused by the flooding of the Connecticut River. I well remember how one of the Hanover construction battalions manned by us freshmen dug mud out of buildings in WRJ, but I don't recall hearing at that time of Hoover's presence there. Any comments? That biography also brought to mind that Hoover was in Stanford's first class, entering in 1891, only 39 years before we played Stanford in Palo Alto!

Good news from Ed Brummer that the questionnaires were already returning to Hanover. Keep them coming, and don't forget our 60th, June 10-12.

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