CHICAGO ASSOCIATION

The Chicago Association for many years had a very simple program. It held one annual reunion with a banquet in December or January. The conditions which surround life in Chicago are such that the alumni have found it more difficult here than in Eastern cities to maintain regular club associations or to carry out fixed programs. The opportunities which the Boston and New York alumni have to meet frequently without sacrificing other social and business obligations, have often been a source of envy to those in the West.

During the past few years the Association has succeeded in holding meetings more frequently and in arousing more enthusiasm; and it has strong hopes for the future. During the past two or three years interest in College affairs has deepened and widened, owing first, to (the very large representation in College now from Chicago and vicinity, and, second, to the efforts made by alumni in this section, as in other sections of the country, to raise money for the re-building of Dartmouth Hall.

The purposes of the Association which are growing more prominent each year are:

(1) To give the alumni, and especially the young men who are beginning their business life in Chicago, an opportunity to become acquainted in ways that are helpful from both a social and a business standpoint.

(2) To do missionary work with high and other secondary schools in this section, for the purpose of giving information in regard to the College, and of attracting to it young men of promise. Major Redington, late trustee of the College, and Mr. Hilt n, the new trustee, as well as many other alumni, have given loyally of their time and strength to this purpose.

(3) To make the Association helpful to the younger alumni, especially those who come to the city as strangers. The necessity for work of this kind is becoming more evident each year, and, while something has been done informally by individual members during past years, an effort will be made to organize this branch of the work in a way to make it more productive in the future.

The Association is now planning for an informal gathering, with dinner, about the first of November, to which all newcomers to the city will be welcomed. Several propositions are to be presented at this meeting for consideration of the Association. The annual reunion and banquet is planned for Friday, February 2, 1906. It is hoped that announcement may be made in the December number of the full program for that meeting.

Officers of the Association for this year are: Henry H. Hilton '90, President.

Dr James P. Houston '84, Vice-President. C. W. French '79, " " Joseph A. Ford'95, ) Louis H. Blanchard '97, William H. Pratt '74, Executive Committee Karl H. Goodwin '86, Secretary and Treasurer. William H. Gardiner '76. Statistical Secretary.

Secretary, Karl H. Goodwin '86, 378 WabashAve.