ST. LOUIS ASSOCIATION

alumni of St. Louis made the visit of President and Mrs. Tucker the occasion of. a dinner at the Planter's Hotel, Friday evening, February 1.

The dinner was preceded by a social half which gave everyone a chance to get acquainted. A very pleasing feature of the evening was the presence of the ladies. Mrs. Tucker honored the occasion, and several wives, mothers and sweethearts were there, all of whom helped to make it much more enjoyable.

...There were seventeen Dartmouth men from St. Louis or vicinity present, besides Doctor Tucker, and Judge W. H. Sanborn of St. Paul, who was in the city and came in after the dinner, a larger number than we had supposed were in the city. A number of recent graduates have come in during the last few years and it is hoped that still others will follow.

Doctor Funkhauser '71, the vice president of the association, presided and acted as toastmaster. During the dinner the younger men livened things up with College songs and yells. The dinner itself was an excellent one and the table was beautifully decorated.

Doctor Tucker told many things we had wished to know of the effect which the large increase in numbers was having on the life and spirit of the College, assuring us that the old Dartmouth democratic spirit was still as strong as ever. He also showed the field which the large college, as distinguished from the small college and the university, should occupy. It afforded pleasure to hear such a full and frank discussion of the College situation and it was felt that we were coming in closer touch with the College of today.

Talks were also made by Curtis '89 and Hodgdon ex-'96, the latter of whom had come down from Hannibal to be present at the dinner.

The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Doctor R. M. Funkhauser '71; vice president, Leonard Wilcox '65; secretary and treasurer, Hamilton Gibson '97 ; executive committee, Howard W. Hall '01, Richard Ward '01, E. B. McDuffee '93, Hamilton Gibson '97 and J. K. Lord, Jr., '95.

The following were present: President and Mrs. Tucker, Judge and Mrs. Sanborn, Doctor Funkhauser '71 and wife, Wilcox '65 and wife, Brock '88 and wife, McDuffee '92 and wife, Ward '01 and wife, Hall '01 and Miss Parker, Boothby '01 and Miss Gildehaus, and Curtis '89, Gibson '97, Lord '95, Wertheimer ex-'75, Hodgdon ex-'96. Haskell '01, Hastings '04, Ewing '78, Barnard '01, and White '09. There were also present Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Lillard, parents of Lillard '05, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. White, parents of White '07, Mrs. Wallace, mother of Wallace '07, Miss Glover, and the Misses Gannett.

There are now twenty-four Dartmouth men in St. Louis and immediate vicinity, and we intend to have a live organization. We expect to have a regular lunch day when we can get together informally, and we hope that any Dartmouth men coming to St. Louis will look us up.

During their stay in St. Louis Doctor and Mrs. Tucker took lunch at the Central High School at the request of Curtis '89, after which Doctor Tucker addressed thirteen hundred of the pupils.