REUNION AND DINNER OF THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION.

The forty-first annual reunion and dinner of the Association of Dartmouth Alumni in Boston and Vicinity was held at the American House, Friday evening, January 19, 1906. At the business meeting the officers elected for the ensuing year were: Samuel H. Hudson '85. president; Elisha B. May-nard '67, Arthur L. Spring '80, Webster Thayer '80, Edwin N. Pearson '81, vice presidents; George W. Estabrook '61, and Ralph S. Bartlett '89, executive committee; Guy W. Cox '93, secretary; Benjamin Tenney '93, treasurer; and Malcolm D. Barrows '91, chorister.

The guests were President Tucker, Dean Charles P. Emerson '68, Professor Charles H. Hitchcock '68, Professor John K. Lord '68, Professor Frank A. Sherman '70, Professor T. W. D. Worthen '72, Hon. Edward N. Pearsons '81, Frank S. Streeter '74, Judge Stephen M. Crosby '49, and George H. Adams '73. The oldest living graduate of the College, the Rev. J. M. Rockwood '37, was also present, together with Judge David Cross '41, Everett Boynton '45, and George A. Gordon '46.

Two hundred and thirty alumni were present. Goodfellowship reigned supreme, and the general opinion of those present was that the occasion was one of the most enjoyable in the history of the association. The Hon. John A. Aiken '74, chief justice of the superior court, proved to be an admirable presiding officer and kept the speakers well in hand. The graduate of longest standing present was Joseph M. Rockwood '37. He received an ovation as he retired from the banquet hall just before the speaking began. Telegrams were exchanged between the association and the alumni of Connecticut, who were dining at Hartford.

Football was naturally a favorite subject in the after-dinner speeches, Chief Justice Aiken raising a great shout when he mentioned the football issue. Saneness and conservatism characterized all the utterances on this subject, President Tucker expressing the opinion of the assembly when he said : "Football at the College is safe in the hands of Professor Edwin J. Bartlett and E. K. Hall. They will modify it, and, by modifying, maintain that very noble game." The remarks of Stephen M. Crosby '49, on the subject, too, were applauded: "There has been no touch of obloquy, no criticism, no abuse of the Dartmouth eleven. Dartmouth will never be disgraced so long as its students remember the old College motto: 'Men of Dartmouth, let not the old traditions fail.' "

President Tucker opened his address by announcing that on February 17, two years since the burning of Dartmouth Hall, the new structure would be occupied. Speaking of the development of the College, he said:

"The movement of the College, its growth, its enlargement, and its perpetuity, today depend on the responsible direction and the responsible interest of the alumni. The support given it must be an appreciative support. The time has come when the support must be the support of the entire alumni. No longer can you pluck at the coat of a rich man and ask him to deliver. Next to this, the future of the College depends on the initiative of the faculty in educational matters. A college to entrench itself for the future must make itself a national institution. The College is going on in its inherent, movement. Let no man be afraid of movement. The thing to be afraid of is stagnation. Any man who commits himself to a great movement will reach a conclusion, and any. college which puts itself into a movement will reach a conclusion. Do not bound the future of the College by any horizon which you may or can cast.''

Justice Aiken during the evening read a little burlesque on the football situation. The game must be more open, more conservative, and more sedate, he said. Undergraduates must have nothing to do with it, and the selections will all be made by men by men of probity. He named 'this all-American team as representing the College, for all time: r, g., Justice Maynard; r.t., Prof. Lord; r.e., Webster Thayer; l.g., T. W. Proctor; l.t., ex-Cong. Powers; l.e., F. S. Streeter; r.h.b., L.G. Farmer; l.h.b., I. W. Drew; f.b., I. F. Paul; q.b., David Cross '41; captain and center rush, Gen. Bartlett.

The team was unanimously approved and the captain-elect called upon for a speech.

"With that eleven," Gen. Bartlett said, "we want no changes in the rules. We object to any change that will prevent scrapping.''

Speaking of his recent campaign experiences, Gen. Bartlett said he did not see how he was licked, for he was told he had the unflinching support of the Dartmouth men, the railroad men, and the policemen, and he was puzzled how the scattered vote of his opponents ever defeated him.

Secretary, Guy W. Cox, Esq., Tremont Building, Boston,