IOWA ASSOCIATION

The Dartmouth Alumni Association of lowa was organized in Des Moines in the winter of 1903 with a membership of forty-three. The lowa men had previously been included in the neighboring organizations in Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and Omaha, but very few had really been active members of these associations. Only a small number of the Dartmouth men in lowa went to the College from this state. Most of the men came here after gradution and were so scattered that they seldom met other Dartmouth men, and many of them have never returned to Hanover since they left it at graduation. Under these circumstances they lost touch with the College and their interest in its affairs languished. This Association was formed to bring the Dartmouth men together and to arouse the traditional Dartmouth spirit in order that the interests of the College might be' promoted in this Trans-Mississippi region. Through the influence of members of the Association two additional lowa men went to Dartmouth this fall and several other good men are planning to go next year. It is expected that in the near future twelve or fifteen lowa men will be at Hanover each year.

During the meeting of the National Council of the Congregational Churches in Des Moines in October. 1904, the lowa Association gave a luncheon at the Grant Club which was attended by about twenty delegates. In April, 1905, the first annual reunion was held at the Chamberlain Hotel in Des Moines. The second reunion and banquet will probably be held at the same place in February or March.

During the past year the Association has lost two members, Benjamin P. George '84, of Ottumwa, who moved to St. Paul, and Galen A. Graves '54, of Ackley, who died during the summer as the result of accidental injuries. Two new members have been received, Major G. D. DeShon '83, U. S. A., who is the surgeon at Fort Des Moines, and Dr. Frederic P. Lord '98, who is a member of the Medical Faculty of the University of lowa, at lowa City.

The officers of the Association are-. President, F. W. Hodgdon '94, Pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church; vice president, J. G. Gardner '83, of the Anchor Fire Insurance Co.; and secretary, E. D. Burbank'91, of Ginn & Co.

Secretary, Eugene D. Burbank '91, Box 66,Des Moines