Charlotte Chase just donated some lovely old books to the BFA library. They belonged to Charles H. Bunker (D-249), his brother, George Washington Bunker 1836-66, his wife, Anna Mathes and his son, Fred E. Bunker. They include hymn books, Bible quotations and comments, and algebra books. In one Charles wrote his name several times evidently practicing his signature. In another Fred drew some pictures as well as did some math problems. In Fred's book which is dated 1886, New Market High School (New Hampshire), there is a math problem written out. "A crew which can pull 12 miles per hour down the stream, finds that it takes twice as long to come up the river as to go down. At what rate does the stream flow?" Ok all you math whizzes, I expect an answer to the problem. I took two years of algebra and a year of geometry in high school (about 100 years ago) and got A's but never could figure out these kinds of problems. I only got them right in multiple guess tests. Help me out here. Please click on reply all so we can all share your reply. Thanks. I will have the books at the reunion in March. Bette