1933

Many moons ago, SaraLeonard wrote to us recalling what she called a "memorable moment" when a group of us were relaxing and making music at the Leonard chateau up at Union Village on the Sunday after a reunion. Coming upon her card recently brought the magnificent Leonard house to mind, as well as the generous hospitality of the hosts, both of which contributed to creating the atmosphere which Sara described. She and Nat have since moved to less spacious quarters on the Lyme Road but continue their interest in the thinning Green Line of 1933.

Word has come from Kingston, Mass., that the new library there has been decorated with a 24-foot-long "alphabet mural" created over a two-and-a-half-year period by local artist Gobin Stair. The mural depicts the history of written Western language in vignettes, symbols, and spirals of letters. Having supervised the publication of the Pentagon Papers at Boston's Beacon Press in 1971, Gobin retired from publishing in 1973 to devote full time to painting. Some of his pictures were displayed at our last reunion. We continually hear from the widows of deceased classmates who express gratitude for our custom of donating a book to Baker Library in memory of their husbands. Adelaide Hunley wrote us a short time ago: "The library was one of Jack's favorite places to spend time when he was in college," she said.

Our records show that 400 books ranging from Chateaux of the Loire to The Papers ofWoodrow Wilson and from The Blackivell Guideto Wall Street to Two NATO Allies at the Threshold of War (by Parker T. Hart), have been donated to the library since the program began in May 1934. This activity has been a generous gesture by the class and a remarkably productive asset for the library.

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