REUNION AND BANQUET OF THE NORTHWEST ALUMNI ASSOCIATON.

The twenty-second annual reunion and banquet of; the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Northwest was held at the Hotel Ryan, St. Paul, Minn., on Friday evening, December 29, 1905. This date, a month or more earlier than usual, was chosen that alumni attending the meeting of the Minnesota Educational Association, which took place in St. Paul during the preceding three days, might conveniently be present.

There was an informal reception in the hotel parlors from 6.30 to 7.15, followed by a short business meeting; and the dinner was served at 7.30. In the absence of the president, the Hon. George E. Perley '78, of Moorhead, Minn., who was prevented from coming by temporary illness, Vice President John H. Niles of Anoka, Minn., presided. Twenty-nine members of the association were present, a somewhat larger number than at the last preceding reunion. The guests were: Governor John A. Johnson and Chief Justice Charles M. Start, of Minnesota, and the Hon. Charles A. Prouty '75,of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C.

Governor Johnson spoke briefly of the work and influence of Dartmouth men in Minnesota, and noted the great attractions and rapid development of this state.

Chief Justice Start, whose early home was in northern Vermont;, coming to Minnesota in 1868, spoke of the growth of Dartmouth College, its wide representation by its alumni in New England and throughout the Union, and referred to the famous defence of the College by Daniel Webster at' the most trying period of its history.

Judge Allen P. Weld '59, of River Palls, Wis., who has been present at nearly every meeting of this association since its organization in 1880, gave a short address on "The Civic Responsibility of the Educated."

Mr. Prouty related very entertainingly some of his reminiscences of Dartmouth in the years 1871 to '75, and afterward, under the theme "Modern Problems," which had been assigned to him, discussed various questions associated with the work of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He doubted the efficiency of legislation to correct adequately the evils of corporate monopoly and greed, although large beneficial results are attainable under the patriotic administration of such a president as Theodore Roosevelt. The most important and radical remedy is to be found in the inculcation of more sound views of life in the youth of the country. Old-fashioned honesty, and the duty to others expressed by the Golden Rule, should be given supremacy in all personal and public relations; and we hopefully expect, said Mr. Prouty, that the colleges and alumni associations will take the lead for bringing the better times which these principles must inaugurate.

This Association of the Northwest now numbers 107 members, of whom 21 reside in St. Paul, 28 in Minneapolis, 29 in other parts of Minnesota, 4 in western Wisconsin, 14 in North Dakota, and 11 in South Dakota.

The officers elected for this year are Joseph F. Moore '83, of Minneapolis, president; Clarence B. Little '81, of Bismarck N. D., Dr. Horace Newhart '95, of Minne-apolis, and George Hoke '03, of St. Paul, vice presidents ; Warren Upbam '71 of St. Paul, secretary; Albert A. Abbott '71 of Minneapolis, treasurer; Edward P. Sanborn '76, of St. Paul, Charles L. Sawyer '88, of Minneapolis, and Albert P. Warren '74, of St. Paul, executive committee.

St. Paul and Minneapolis are alternately the places of meeting of the association, so that the next reunion will be in Minneapolis, at such date, probably in January or February, 1907, as may be found most practicable for President Tucker in a tour to visit this and other western Dartmouth alumni associations.

Secretary, Warren Upham, State Capitol, ,St. Paul, Minn.