BOSTON ASSOCIATION

THE Association of the Alumni of Dartmouth College in Boston and vicinity is

the oldest of all the local associations. It was organized in 1864 and since that date has had an annual meeting followed by a dinner. In the earliest days these occasions were called "festivals" and were held at the Revere House. The continued growth of the club has necessitated a change of the place of meeting from time to time, to Young's Hotel, the Vendome, and now to the Brunswick.

The third Wednesday in January is the date of the annual gathering. The Association at this time entertains the President of the College, other trustees, members of the faculty, distinguished alumni from other sections of the country, and occasionally graduates from other colleges. A reception to the guests, the annual meeting and election of officers precedes the dinner. At the dinner some prominent member of the Association acts as toastmaster. A glee club of the younger members leads in the singing of the present day College songs, while the "Knights of the Round Table," so. called, arouse great enthusiasm by their spirited rendition of.songs of a vintage earlier than 1880.

The main object of the gathering is good-fellowship. This is certainly attained, and although the attendance is usually well on to three hundred, for the night all are members of one big family of Dartmouth boys. The effect of such a pleasant renewal of old ties once a year must not be lightly estimated. In binding one to another it binds us all closer to the old College. One feature of the gathering is the fine opportunity for young graduates to meet socially the older men in a way that is wholly impossible in the.hurry of business and professional life. The secretary attempts to keep a list of all the alumni in the vicinity, and to send each year a notice of the dinner, but whether such notice is received or not every Dartmouth man is assured of a warm welcome by his fellows on the third Wednesday of each January. The president of the Association for the ensuing year is Hon. John A. Aiken, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Secretary, Guy W. Cox '93, 73 Tremont St.,Boston