THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION

The thirty-second dinner of the Washington Alumni Association was held at the Hotel Raleigh Tuesday evening, February 5. Thirty-seven members and guests were present. The association has recently held its business meetings in connection with an annual smoker, which is given either before or after the dinner, so that on that night the entire evening is given up to social features.

For a half hour previous to the dinner an informal reception was held, at which President Tucker, Justice Stafford, Congress- man Poster and Honorable John Barrett were the guests of honor.

A very pleasing and satisfying menu was served by the management of the Raleigh, with whom the association has dined for the last ten years, and then came the afterdinner program, in charge of Professor C.S. Clark, the president of the association, who throughout the evening presided in an easy, graceful manner, which did much to relieve the occasion from any serious formality.

H. S. Cummings '62 was the first speaker and in a pleasing vein told interesting stories of some of the earlier graduates of the College who had been prominent in public life at Washington, including several stories of Honorable Thaddeus Stevens. He was followed by W. H. Wolverton '03, who brought with him a few southern stories not previously told to the association. D. M. Hildreth '87 entertained the association with a brief description of the result of his recent researches while engaged in compiling a list of men who would be eligible to membership in the Washington Association, if living. There were many surprises among the names found in the earlier years, and men whose connection with Dartmouth was hitherto unknown to a great majority of the alumni were mentioned by Mr. Hildreth. Congressman Poster of Vermont gave a very interesting response to the topic "College Ancestors," while Honorable John Barrett explained the intricacies of Dartmouth diplomacy in a manner most pleasing to his audience. Judge Stafford delivered a very thoughtful address on the subject of Ideals and Duty, which was highly appreciated. The last speech of the evening was that of President Tucker, who aroused the greatest enthusiasm in response to the usual scholarly and effective address. It would seem as though the alumni and the student body were in sharp competition on the question of loyalty to this truly strong and great man.

A very pleasing feature of the evening was the exchange of greetings with the Harvard Association, which also held its annual dinner 0n the same evening in the same hotel. Philip Walker '80 was appointed a committee to extend the association's greetings to the Harvard men and they in turn sent back Professor F. W. Clark '67 of the Geological Survey. Honorable Thomas Kyle '80 happened to be in the city and added to the evening's enjoyment with some tenor solos.

Regrets were received from many absent members, including Congressman Currier.

Those present were: President Tucker, Doctor Edward A. Balloch, of Princeton, Mr. Jos. L Atkins, Theodore Hardee, Honorable Thomas Kyle '80, C. W. McKay '93, R. E. Stevens '95 and F. C. Batchellor '09, and the following members of the association: William L. Peabody '56, J. N. Patterson '60, Horace S. Cummings '62, James W. Cheney '70, Lucian S. Tilton '75, Wiufield S. Montgomery '78, Honorable David J. Foster '80, F. Fremont-Smith '80, Philip Walker '80, Arthur S. Browne '81, Dr. E. G. Kimball .'81, Charles S. Clark '82, Arthur P. Greeley '83, Walter B. Patterson '83, David M. Hildreth '87, Aleyne A. Fisher '88, Henry P. Blair '89, John Bar. rett '89, W. H. Merrill '94, Wm J. Wallis '94, Benjamin F. Adams '97, Clarenoe C. Walker '98, H. M. Snow '01, Maurice H. Avery '03, O. A. Mechlin '03, W. H. Woolverton '03, Harold E. Smith '03, Edward H. Egbert '04, Honorable Wendell P. Stafford hon-'01.