DINNER OF THE CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION.

The Dartmouth Alumni Association of Connecticut held its fifth annual dinner at the Hartford Club the evening of January 19, with Principal John R. Perkins of the State Normal School at Danbury as toastmaster. The gathering was not of the sort which suggests the interior of a congregate dining hall in some large institution, where 400 or 500 graduates meet, each one wondering who his neighbor is, but was a sort of a comfortable family reunion, where every man knew every other one and felt free to speak without an introduction. About thirty graduates were present, being twenty-eight more than attended the first meeting five years ago. Preceding the dinner a "business meeting was held at which a proposition from the Western Massachusetts Dartmouth Alumni Association for the merging of the two was discussed and action indefinitely postponed. Officers were elected as follows:

President, Daniel E. Bradley, Berlin; vice, presidents, J. R. Perkins, Danbury; Rev. Dr. Ozora S. Da.vis, New Britain; secretary and treasurer, Albion B. Wilson, Hartford; executive committee, Charles F. Chase, New Britain; Ned C. Wardwell, Hartford; Edward M. Stone, Hartford, C. E. Paddock, New Britain; A. H. Greenwood, Hartford.

The speakers of the evening, aside from the informal responses, were: Craven Lay-cock '96, The College; Prof. Robert Fletcher, Dartmouth in Engineering; Clar-ence E. Paddock '00, The Younger Alumni; Azel W. Hazen '63, Some Former Dartmouth Professors; Ozora S. Davis '89, College Culture.

Professor Laycock spoke for the College, in the absence of President Tucker, who could not attend because of the Boston dinner on the same night. He outlined the growth of the College, and went into some detail with regard to the progress of the past year or two, and concerning the outlook for the future.

Professor Robert Fletcher, Director of the Thayer School' of Civil Engineering spoke for "Dartmouth in Engineering," saying that he had seen many changes in his time, as he went to Dartmouth in the early 70's, when the treasurer wrote his acknowledgement of money received with a quill pen, disdaining the use of printed forms.

Clarence E. Paddock of New Britain spoke for "The Younger Alumni," though he said that it was unnecessary as the lives of the younger men spoke for themselves and that a Dartmouth man, if given half a chance, would make good.

Rev. Dr. A. W. Hazen of Middletown spoke of "Some Former Dartmouth Professors," Professors Aiken, Packard, and Put-nam being the trio. They were at the College, he said, when he entered in 1859.

Rev. Dr. O. S. Davis of New Britain spoke on "College Culture" and said that he had reached the age when he began to be surprised to see how many things he had forgotten. The contents of certain text hooks looked strange to him now, hut he had not forgotten the professors and teachers. Their enthusiasm made an impression on him that lasted. He thought a teacher ought not to he afraid to show some enthusiasm in his work and before his pupils. The element of personal enthusiasm which the teacher should impart to the student was of far greater importance than new buildings or modern equipment. The contact with men of the sort Dartmouth had had for professors was worth more to the student than the knowledge he acquired from the text books. The former days were not better than these, said Dr. Davis, and the future days at Dartmouth, he felt, are going to be even better than the present.

Henry R. Monteith of the Connecticut Agricultural College gave reminiscences of his life in College in the '6os. He said that he was an agnostic in the matter of athletics, but for all that he was glad the College had made a good showing in football and other sports. F. B. Munn of Win-sted spoke briefly for his section of the state and told of the work of the Litchfield County University Club. The newly elected president, Daniel E. Bradley, was the last to contribute reminiscences, and the dinner closed, at Rev. Dr. Davis's suggestion, with the College yell. During the evening a telegram of greeting was sent to the Boston alumni.

Secretary, A. B. Wilson, 36 Mahl Ave.,Hartford, Connecticut.