THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SECRETARIES

THE Secretaries of Classes and Alumni Organizations met at the Library of the Tuck School, Friday evening and Saturday morning, February 15 and 16, for the third annual meeting of the Association.

The meeting was opened by the secretary, who called for the election of a temporary chairman, in the absence of the president, Mr. Walter H. Small 78. Mr. William M. Hatch '86 was elected. It was voted that the chair appoint a nominating committee to bring in nominations for officers for the ensuing year. Mr. Dana M. Dustan '80, Mr. John M. Boyd '97, and Mr. Edgar Gilbert '05 were appointed such a committee. Attention was called to the death of two of the secretaries during the previous year, and Doctor John W. Staples '76, Rev. Charles C. Merrill '94, and Mr. Channing H. Cox '0I, were appointed a committee on resolutions.

Professor H. E. Burton of the department of Latin, and one who in his position of freshman class officer has made himself familiar with the system and effective in his work, was introduced by the chairman, and spoke upon the Class Officer System.

Professor E. J. Bartlett, chairman of the Faculty Committee on Athletics, and president of the Athletic Council, spoke upon Athletics of the College. .

Doctor H. N. Kingsford, Medical Director of the College, spoke upon Sanitatio at Dartmouth.

The session then adjourned until Saturday morning, when the secretaries met again.

The committee on nominations reported, and recommended the election of officers as follows: President, William M. Hatch '86, Secretary, Ernest M. Hopkins '01.

The report was adopted and the officers were elected The committee on resolutions then offered the following resolutions, concerning the deaths of two of the secretaries during the year previous, which were adopted by the meeting, and it was voted that they be printed in the BIMONTHLY and that copies be sent to the families of the deceased:

"No alumnus of the College has passed on during recent years who will be more genuinely missed among us than George A. Marden, secretary of the class of 1861, whose death took place at his home in Lowell, Massachusetts, December 19, 1906. For one thing, no one was more frequently in attendance at our alumni gatherings than he. It was a rare Commencement, for example, when you did not find him present. But more than this, he was the soul of such gatherings, the soul of unfailing humor and good cheer, the soul of kindliness, the soul of loyalty, and the soul of simple sincerity. We recall his remark, that "he had forgotten all he had learned at Dartmouth, but he had found out there how to do something when he got away,"— which represents so truly the purport of a college training and especially the Dartmouth ideal of fitting men for real life. He had, indeed, himself, not only rendered particular and definite service to the College as secretary of his class, and in various foremost positions in the alumni association and in Phi Beta Kappa, but he had done this supreme thing which a man can do for his Alma Mater, viz. proved the worth of her gifts to him by devoted and efficient service to his country and his kind, as a soldier, a journalist, an officer in state and national governments, and a many-sided man. We wish to join those who during these days are sending a word of sincere sympathy to Mrs. Marden and to our fellow alumni, Philip S. and Robert F. Marden."

"Barron Shirley, secretary of the class of '92, Dartmouth College, was a loyal son of his Alma Mater, - staunch in his friendship, loyal to the truth, and abounding in service. He gave the best service of a bright intellect and the strength of a lofty moral purpose to the College of his love. The secretaries of the classes wish to express their appreciation of his earnest labor, and active interest in their meetings. His death is to them a personal loss."

The following resolution concerning the BI-MONTHLY was then offered by the committee and adopted :

"Resolved: That the Association of Class Secretaries and Alumni Association Secretaries spread upon its records an expression of hearty commendation for the faithful and efficient service of Ernest Martin Hopkins, as editor of the DARTMOUTH BI-MONTHLY. This magazine, created by him, has through his efforts not only established its usefulness, but already holds an affectionate place in the hearts of the alumni who are ever hungry for news from the old College."

Immediately after the report of the Committee on Resolutions Dr. J. W. Staples '76, paid a personal tribute to the memory of Barron Shirley '92, and President Tucker spoke of Mr. Marden and his achievements.

Mr. E. M. Hopkins '01, then took up the work of the Committee on the Alumni Fund, and told of what had been accomplished, urging the cooperation of the secretaries in the work. He then read the following letter from Mr. Hilton, chairman of the committee:

To THE SECRETARIES OF THE DART, MOUTH CLASSES Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.

GENTLEMEN:

I have the notice of the secretaries' meeting, and should make an effort to be present except for the fact that the trustees' meeting comes the first of next month, and it will be impossible for me to make two eastern trips so near together. Because I cannot be with you lam writing, that the secretaries may know something of the progress of the movement for alumni subscription fund which was first proposed at your meeting a year ago and, upon your recommendation, launched at the alumni meeting the following June.

As many of you are aware, a committee of nine was appointed by the executive committee of the alumni, and we have made a fairly encouraging start.

We have been working through the centers like Boston, New York, and Chicago, and have been making an . effort also to work by classes. For this end of the work you, who are secretaries and closely in touch with your classmates, must be looked to.

When we consider that at Yale, where a similar movement was inaugurated, the total amount raised the first year was only $4000, and that we at Dartmouth have already raised about $1900, with many other assurances, it seems to me every man should be stimulated to a little personal effort. That is all that is needed, I am sure, to bring the total up to that of Yale, which ought to satisfy us for the first year. The way the movement has grown at Yale is indicated by the fact that the total for the year ending last June was more than $150,000.

Up to date the number of Dartmouth subscribers by classes is as follows :

1837 1 1883 2 1850 1 1884 5 1852 1 1885 2 1853 1 1886 29 1854 1 1887 5 1855 1 1888 1 1856 2 1889 1 1857 1 1890 10 1858 I 1891 1 1859 2 1892 2 1864 2 1893 2 1865 2 1894 3 1866 3 1895 5 1868 4 1896 10 1869 1 1897 11 1871 2 1898 3 1872 5 1899 6 1873 3 1900 6 1874 6 1901 10 1876 1 1902 4 1878 5 1903 7 1880 2 1904 6 1881 2 1905 3 1882 6 1906 3

Is it too much to ask each secretary to agree that his class shall be represented by at least ten members ?

Very truly yours, H. H. HILTON

President Tucker told of his trip to the various alumni associations, and reported the enthusiasm which he found for the College among the men of the different associations.

Mr. William M. Hatch '86 spoke on class reunions, and told of the ways in which the reunion of '86 was carried through to its success of the last Commencement.

The rest of the session was taken up in general discussion of various phases of the work with the classes. President Tucker suggested that a vote be passed recommending to the classes and associations that expenses of their secre- taries to and from these meetings be met from the class treasuries, and stated that the College would continue to extend its hospitality to the delegates while they should be in attendance at these meetings. It was so voted.

A vote was passed that hereafter the senior class should be urged to appoint its permanent secretary at some date early enough so that he could attend the meeting of the secretaries'as a representative.

It was voted that the chair appoint a committee of three, of which the secretary should be a member, to formulate a definite plan under which the classes should come to an early realization of the importance of class records, and should devise blank forms for this work.

Mr. Merrill '94, who had been called to the chair, appointed Mr. Hopkins '01, Mr. Emerson '68, and Mr. Fairfield '00.

On motion of Mr. Cox '01, it was voted that the association express its appreciation of the hospitality of the College extended to the secretaries.

Voted to adjourn.

The following men were in attendance : General Association, Frank A. Sherman '70.

Boston Association, Channing H. Cox 'oi.

Manchester Association, Arthur H. Hale '86.

Western Massachusetts Association, J. Frank Drake '02.

Vermont Association, Fred A. Howland '87.

Connecticut Association, Albion B. Wilson '95.

Dartmouth Club of New York, Luther B. Little '82.

Dartmouth Club of Worcester, Dana M. Dustan '80.

Medical School Association, Howard N. Kingsford '98.

'57 S. E. Pingree '61 W. J. Tucker '68 C. F. Emerson '71 M. D. Bisbee '75 J. V. Hazen '76 J. W. Staples '80 D. M. Dustan '82 L. B. Little '83 E. L. Gulick '85 H. D. Foster '86 W. M. Hatch '89 J. A. Wellman '92 F. I. Weston '94 C. C. Merrill '95 C. A. Holden '97 J. M. Boyd '99 E. W. Barstow '00 A. P. Fairfield '01 C. H. Cox '02 W. C. Hill '04 W. R. Gray '05 E. Gilbert '06 H. G. Rugg