THE CHICAGO ASSOCIATION

The thirty-second annual reunion and banquet of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago took place January 18, at the University Club in Chicago. There were ninety-five present as follows:

E. A. Abbott '99, G. H. Abbott '02, W. T. Abbott '90, F. O. Baldwin '74, Isaac Baldwin '49, M, A. Beal 'BO, L. P. Benezet'99, F. V. Bennis '98, L. H. Blanchard '97, P. S. Blanchard '04, A. S. Bolster '04, F. O. Bradley '02, W. R. Burleigh '72. E. W. Card '05, N. S. Carley '02, Charles Caverno '54, A. J. Cheney '57, H. W, Coburn '06, D. L. Condit '00, H. E. Cooke '06. E. C. Crawford '74, C. E. Cushman '99, W. Dakin '05, I. N. Danforth '62, P. E. Darrow '04, C. G. DuBois '91, P. F. T. Eckstorm '01, B. F. Ellis '89, W. T. Field '83, J. A. Ford '95, C. W. French '79, E- B. Frost '86, W.H. Gardiner '76, W. H. Gardiner, Jr., '06, H. B. Gilmore '01, R. H. Goodell '02, K. H. Goodwin '86, P. C. Griffin '02, E. O. Grover '94, R. Hackney '06, T. Hamilton '96, H. A! Haugan, Jr., '03, W. V. Hoyt '78, H. H. Hilton '90, G. D. Holton '73, H. I. Holton '04, R. C. Holton 'OS, E. M. Hopkins '01, J. P. Houston '84, J. Hutchinson '06, A. J. Irvin '02, C. L. Jenks '86, E. A. Kimball '8S, E. F. Kirchberge' '02, R. S. Kirchberger '02, C. E. Lane '66, N. Leveroni '06, G. E. Liscorob '07, H. W. MacLean 'OS, E. A. MacLennan '04, E. T. Marsh '08, L. Martin '06, A. B. Maynard'05, N. A. McClary '84, C. T. Miller '00, R. B. Moseley '04, H. K.Norton 'OS, R. M. Owen 'O6, W. R. Patterson '76, C. L. Phelps '01, F. W. Plapp'85,'E. W. Pond'91, J. D. Pope 82, E. D. Redington '61, J. C; Redington '00, E. B. Redman 'O6, D. C. Richardson'61, E. C Richardson 'OS, G. R. Ricker 'OS, E. M. Robinson'71, E. K. Robinson'04, G. H. Rockwood 79, E. P. Storrs, Jr.,'00, G. Sunderland '01, H. W. Thurston '86, W. H. Tobey'o3, W. J. Tucker '61, President of the College, D. P, Trude '01, H. P. Wayman '06, C. R. Webster 82, J. C. Webster '64, Honorable C. G. Neely '80, University of Illinois. Three others, guests of members.

The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Charles W. French '79;vice presidents, Chancellor L. Jenks '86,' Charles Caverno '54; executive committee, Frederick V. Bennis '98, Louis P. Benezet 99. John C. Redington '00, Harry B. Gilmore '01, Earl L. Herman '04; secretary and treasurer, Henry A. Haugan, Jr., '03; statistical secretary, Wm. H. Gardiner '76; chorister, Robert B. Moseley '04.

Doctor James P. Houston '84, president of the association, presided; Chancellor L. Jenks '86 was the toastmaster. A quartet consisting of L. P. Benezet '99, H. B Gilmore '01, G. H. Abbott '02, and R. B. Moseley '04, furnished the special music of the evening. The various College songs, especially those of a later date, "were sung with spirit and enthusi sm by the various College men present. This served to break up the formal stiffness of a regular banquet. All present were at ease.

The after-dinner program was as follows: Doctor Wm. J. Tucker '61, President "The College" Honorable Charles G. Neely '80, University of Illinois ''Visions and Men" Ernest M. Hopkins '01, Secretary "Athletics and Other Things" Charles W. French '79 "In Memoriam" Edwin B. Frost '89 "Widening Horizons" A. R. Maynard '05 and PI. P. Wayman '06 in vaudeville specialties.

Lack of space would prevent a detailed report of each speech, but a brief summary will be given. President Tucker at the beginning mentioned that the class of '88 represented t he dividing line of the living graduates. In the one hundredth anniversary of this year in the class of 1807 were Sylvanus Thayer and George Ticknor who had left their mark upon the nation. The College is particularly rich in having noted men in the various classes whose one hundredth anniversaries are coming from year to year.

"The growth of Dartmouth has been from within outward," said Doctor Tucker. "You never have cried for help. You have not been engaged in persistent solicitation of funds. Your trustees simply have developed the college plant and made it self supporting."

The alumni applauded this heartily, but still more hearty applause followed the announcement that the institution for the first time in many years had a balance left at the end of the year. Doctor Tucker said he was ashamed there was a balance, but he thought it would look well to have one, once.

"The day of the small college has passed," continued the president "it never would have existed except for the social life, and perhaps for the narrower religious life—to preserve the social order and to raise or preserve the standard of certain religious bodies. The small college has do place in a growing democracy, and the only way it can exist, as at Oxford and Cambridge, is for people to endow small colleges in sufficient number."

Doctor Tucker admitted, however, that the small college developed individuality more than larger institutions; more leaders, more presidents, he said, came from institutions with a membership of two hundred or three hundred than from colleges with an enrollment of one thousand. Great universities brought together, on the other hand, master minds, who by their contact influenced the minds under them.

In speaking of the. success of the College he said two things had accomplished it, the hearty support of the Alumni and the good spirit among the undergraduates. One more thing was necessary, namely a strong corps of professors. This is the special purpose at present of the administration of the College. President Tucker dwelt upon the.fact that Dartmouth should be a college rather than a university. He referred to the fact that the term college among educated people meant, far more than university. Dartmouth should be a college on account of its location, cost and name. Rather have Dartmouth known as a national college than as New Hampshire State University.

Judge Neely, in reply to the toast of "Visions and Men," began by relating his visits to various colleges and universities, and finally to Hanover which resulted in his son going to Dartmouth. Spoke of the evils of too much legislation. Circumstances in life make men. New England raises men. As regards visions they come from ideas. Great thing to have a great idea. Speaking of the clashes between labor and capital the Judge said there were too frequently brought in the rights of men and duty. These two topics were overdone. If men do their duty then rights will follow. The man that has no vision will not amount to much. Self sacrifice makes a hero. Dwelt at length on the helpfulness of a great vision.

Ernest M. Hopkins '01 spoke of the transition period in athletios, during which the College had maintained its old-time rivalries, and yet had taken on for its championship games new rivals. He spoke of the work which the Council had done in supervising athletics, and in providing the system under which they had been maintained at a grade that absorbed the surplus vitality and outside interests of the student body, so that organized athletics had displaced the objectionable outside activities of college life of former days, quoting Professor Bartlett's words on this question. The minor sports and their increasing importance were discussed, and the speaker passed to undergraduate life in general, taking up the work of the College Club and the Dining Association particularly. The meaning of undergraduate loyalty and evidences of its increasing strength were then stated, and testimony was offered that the Dartmouth spirit never meant more than it does today.

Charles W. French '79, in replying to "In Memoriam," made a very pleasant departure from the time honored eulogies and dry statistics usually given on such occasions. He brought out in a very pleasant vein the leading helpful features and Characteristics of those members of the association who have died this past year. They were:

'82 Charles Fifield, Buda, Ill., January 14, 1906.

'62, James A. Clark, Waterloo, Wis., February 6, 1906.

'63, Addison H. Foster, Chicago, March 3, 1906.

'55, Henry M. Kimball, Chicago, March 16, 1906.

'45, Mark Durant, Centralia, Ill., May 21. 1906.

'96, Albert G. Lane, Chicago, August 30, 1906.

'69, Isaac L. Nicholson, Milwaukee, October 29, 1906.

E. B. Frost '86, spoke of his chances to see the various changes that have taken place in and about Hanover during his time. He gave word sketches of Horace Frary, the hotel proprietor; Squire Duncan, the gentleman and scholar; John Lord, the historian, who brought tobacco to Hanover; Daniel Pratt, the Great American Traveller; President Bartlett; the two Professors Richardson, Professor Colby; the advent of the Rollins Chapel; the happy-go-lucky class of '87, and the chaotic class of '96. Compared the work of the German institution of learning with that of the American, to the advantage of the latter, and also that of the Western institutions to that of Dartmouth with the advantage to our beloved Alma Mater.

There were six present who were under the administration of President John Lord. The oldest graduate present was Isaac Baldwin '49.