. Bell telephone magazine . onnecticut,Edward M. Foley, Jr., 56 Whos Who & Whats What, 67 A Medium of Suggestion ^ a Record of Progress Published for the supervisory forces of the Bell System by the Information Department ofAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Co., /p5 Broadway, New York 7, A^. S. Gifford, Pres.; Carroll O. Bickelhaupt, Sec; Donald R. Belcher, Treas. THE WHITE HOUSE WASH I NGTON February 20, 19U7 Dear Mrs. Grosvenort I am delighted to have a part inhonoring the menKJiy of yo\xr father on the onehundredth anniversary of his birth on Mfirchthird. Alexander Graham Bell is kn
. Bell telephone magazine . onnecticut,Edward M. Foley, Jr., 56 Whos Who & Whats What, 67 A Medium of Suggestion ^ a Record of Progress Published for the supervisory forces of the Bell System by the Information Department ofAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Co., /p5 Broadway, New York 7, A^. S. Gifford, Pres.; Carroll O. Bickelhaupt, Sec; Donald R. Belcher, Treas. THE WHITE HOUSE WASH I NGTON February 20, 19U7 Dear Mrs. Grosvenort I am delighted to have a part inhonoring the menKJiy of yo\xr father on the onehundredth anniversary of his birth on Mfirchthird. Alexander Graham Bell is known toall of us not only as one of the worlds out-standing inventojrs, but as a distinguishedcitizen who gave unstintingly of his heart andtalents to the cause of a better world. Thespirit of service to his fellow men motivatedhia entire life. This country is great because menlike your fatlier helped make it so, I shouldlike you to know how happy I ara, in his Ceuteraiialyear, to voice our nations tribute. Veiy sincere:. Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor,7fild Acres,Bethesda Hi,Maryland, // simi/ar letter was sent to Mr. Bells otherdaughter, Mrs. David Fairchild, in Miami The Teacher A tribute to Alexander Graham Bell A. M. SULLIVAN He loved the spoken beauty of the thing;He gave the word a wing And taught the word to flyTill human sound is heard Around the earth and sky. Ill The word and then the spark,The magnet and the this is what he found When he touched the distant earThat faith will find its markAnd ring out loud and clear. II He taught men better better than his dreamHe probed the airy scheme And gave the tongue of menA long triumphant reach Beyond the human ken. IV Swift as a magic arrowThe first few words were sentAnd the cry turned eloquent Through fifty feet of wire,And the words burned through itsmarrow With syllables of fire. He loved the human voiceAnd made the welkin ringWith the beauty of the thing And the meaning of the a host of
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