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XIV
THE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
1914 Continued

about Junior Prom time. - The Patent Gazette still continues to contain reference to '14 men. A recent issue showed that Patent 1,752,360 had been issued to H. A. Affel for a means of "Reduction to Static Interference in Carrier Systems." To most of us this means a method of getting broken-down trucks out of the way of street cars. But to a telephone engineer, that's different. In quizzing J. W. Horton on this subject of patents, he admitted that he had been the author of fifty-five patents, either issued or pending. 

The Goodyear News Service sends in the following: "Welton A. Snow, former city manager at Miami, Fla., has been appointed assistant resident manager of the 37,000 acre cotton plantation of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company near Phoenix, Ariz., according to an announcement made here by officials of the company. Shortly after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he majored in mechanical engineering, Snow entered the employ of Goodyear at Akron. He worked in the engineering department of this company until 1916 when he left to enter the army, serving in the Mexican trouble and the World War. After the war, in which he served as a captain of field artillery, Snow returned to the Goodyear Company. He did special engineering work for the company in Brazil and later in California in connection with the opening of a Goodyear plant there. Snow left the company in 1921 to engage in engineering and contracting work at Miami, Fla., later becoming city manager." 

These notes are required by The Review Editors before the Reunion, so that we are unable to include the reporting of the activities of '14 at the gala event. This is also the last issue of The Review until fall, so farewell until then, and a pleasant summer. - Harold B. Richmond, Secretary, 30 Swan Road, Winchester, Mass. George K. Perley, Assistant Secretary, 21 Vista Way, Port Washington, N. Y.

1915
Who won the long distance prize, who was the best golfer, who was there - all these questions that by now you have answered satisfactorily by attendance at our big Fifteenth Reunion at the Corinthian Club at Marblehead, Mass. These notes are going in on May 26, a scant two weeks before the big event. In the October issue next fall, we shall have a full account of the Reunion and I hope that all you fellows will send me in your reactions and feelings from the time that you had there. Frank Scully has helped me no end in the preparations. In fact, he has done all the work. The men we have already seen are very enthusiastic about approaching Reunion.

Here follows a letter from H. W. Daniels from Yokohama, Japan, which speaks for itself, and any of you fellows who have not attended the Reunion should feel regretful not to have seen him. "Although in the official records my name has been listed under the Class of '16 ,I put in my four years with the Class of '15 in Course I. Such being the case, I feel I am more acquainted with the Class of '15. The point is I am returning to the United States in about two weeks time and hope to attend the Fifteenth Reunion this year. Unless there is some objection, I wish to be able to join in with '15 for the festivities. Having lived in the Orient ever since school days, this will be the first Reunion that I have been able to attend. I am looking forward to renewing old acquaintances, especially my old friends in Courses I and XI. I am returning from Japan to attend the Reunion and hope to see my old friends including Frank Scully, Marshall Dalton, and George Rooney." That letter was mailed on May 8 and received at my house in Boston May 22, a remarkably quick delivery from that distance.

Then from Hollywood, Calif., comes the following letter of May 15 from Kenneth D. Kahn, from which you can see that although the boys in the cost will not be with us, they have had a little reunion of their own to join us in spirit. "About a week ago, Stringfield X and I sent out a call by letter for a gathering of '15 men to be held at Stringfield's house on Tuesday, May 13, and although only about one-third of the total number of the '15 men here came, we had a nice time and I believe we all felt that it was worth while inasmuch as some of the fellows hasn't seen each other since graduation. It seems that none of those present are going to attend the Reunion, but I am sure hat you will have a big attendance because of the splendid publicity matter which has been going out from your office. You probably know that we all enjoy getting the announcements even if we do not all answer promptly. It's a shame that more of the men cannot take time to drop you a line once in a while. 

"Regarding our little Reunion here, I am appointed to give you the low down on what happened. We met and talked of things past, present, and future, and got better acquainted than we had been during these years since we left school. Later in the evening we had a buffet supper prepared by our wives, and it is probably unnecessary to say that our chemical friend Stringfield concocted the drinks. The party broke up at 1:45 A.M. Those present were Joseph A. Ball VIII, Francis H. Boynton VI, Harold R. Crowell IV, William Mellama IV, Walter B. Rivers IV, Raymond B Stringfield X, and Kenneth D Kahn X."

There is not much more I can say except the excitement and pleasure we are having in anticipation of the big party. Whether you have gone to the Reunion or not, we hope you like our publicity and should you ever need any Meduna Elixir, just let us know. The results it produces are wonderful. I recently spent a Sunday in Elizabeth, N.J., and saw Louis Zepfler V and his family of two little girls. From there we joined Kebe Toabe V and R.E. Hefler I. Later in the afternoon we drove over to Westfield and saw Bob Mitchell X and Mrs. Mitchell and their two daughters. This was an all-Technology Sunday afternoon for me and I enjoyed renewing these old friendships. 

From Professor Locke's good clipping bureau comes the following announcement: "Announcement is made of the marriage at St. Thomas's Church, New York, March 27, of Miss Helen Strombridge Jones, daughter of Mrs. William Price Jones, of Stamford, Conn., to Charles Booth Malone, son of Mrs. Charles B. Malone, of Savannah, Ga. The ceremony was performed by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Roelif H. Brooks, in the presence of members of the families. Miss Hones was unattended. Mr. Malone's best man was Roland Wight of Montclair, N.J. The bride is a graduate of the Catherine Aiken School of Stamford and attend Simmons College. Mr. Malone is a graduate of Technology." Malone was in Course VI. Our congratulations to you, Charlie and best wishes for success and happiness. 

In Detroit recently I saw Gabe and Mrs. Hilton to make the final arrangements for the importation and transportation of the Canadian refreshments which Gabe is so kindly brining East for the Reunion. We did this to assure you fellows the best the Class could produce with the hope that any complaints of headaches or tummy aches will be the result of quantity not quality. We invited Mrs. Hilton to the Reunion, but unfortunately Gabe was uncertain of the secrets of his past and would not consent to her presence. 

I hope you all had a good time at the Reunion and will have a pleasant and happy summer. Let me a hear a lot from you for the opening Review number in the fall. - Azel W. Mack, Secretary, 377 Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass.

1916
Business is picking up. I have been more than fortunate recently in getting word either directly or indirectly from quite a number of our classmates, so here goes. 

Possibly some of you have read about the "Visagraph". This is a machine designed to read aloud from a printed page. It will be a wonderful boon to the blind, enabling them to ready any book desired at will. The inventor of this wonderful device is none other than our classmate, Robert E. Naumburg, now living in Winchester, Mass. The essential feature of the machine is an exceedingly thin band of light, long enough to reach from top to bottom of a line of type. The band is moved along the line of type across the page. When it strikes the black part, there is no reflection; where it strikes tehe white surface of the page, however, it is reflected, and this reflection by means of light sensitive electric cells is transformed into current, which in turn produces sound. Bob has been working on this invention continuously for almost two years, and hopes soon to complete a perfected and practical model of his Visagraph for the general public. 

Jimmy Evans was kind enough to forward a recent newspaper clipping regarding Moose Jewett. Moose is now Vice-