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THE FRANCES SHIMER QUARTERLY class has kept a class letter in circulation since 1902. She would like to have information concerning all the old girls. Mrs. Higginson now has two children. Mrs. Etta Wood Gove, '81, niece of Mrs. Shimer, whose daughter, Frances, spent three years in the Academy, now resides in Richland, Mo. She has expressed much interest in the forthcoming quarterly. Her daughter, Frances, was recently occupying a good position in an office in St. Louis. Mrs. Rena Eckern Melgaard, '00, of Thief River Falls, Minn., sends us interesting information concerning old pupils and gives the addresses of some members of her class of whom the Academy had lost track. Mrs. Melgaard is the wife of a banker and the happy mother of two fine children. Mrs. Lillian Hamblin Garst, '81, with her husband, both of whom are musicians of prominence in Chicago at the present time, are to give a recital in the auditorium of the Academy on April 14. Their visit is expected with much pleasure, especially on the part of old friends and students of the school. Mr. and Mrs. George Day Eddy, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, announce the marriage of their daughter, Hazel, to Mr. John Butler Utley on the evening of Saturday, the sixth of February. Hazel was attended by her sister Harriett, a bride of last June. Both will be remembered by many friends at the Academy. It is an interesting fact that three of the four members of the first graduating class in 1862 are still living, and their names and addresses are as follows: Mrs. Mary Alison Jenks, 1619 P. St., Sacramento, Cal. ; Mrs. Anna Mary Bigger Howard, Jefferson, Ia., and Miss Sophia Town, 1225 Van Buren St., Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Elva Calkins Briggs, '81, resides in St. Paul and has expressed a desire that an effort should be made to have a Mt. Carroll Association in the Twin Cities. A list of twenty-five or more old students of the Seminary and Academy residing within reach of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been sent to her, and it is hoped that something may come of this effort. Mrs. Winona Branch Sawyer, Lincoln, Neb., one of the executors of the estate of Mrs. Shimer, who graduated in '71, and doubtless has in her possession complete files of all "Oreads" published in Seminary times, writes hoping that the proposed quarterly may