BOSTON ASSOCIATION DINNER

The forty-third annual reunion and dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston and vicinity was held at Hotel Somerset, Boston, Friday evening, January 14, 1908. Nearly 450 sons of Dartmouth assembled to make the largest gathering of Dartmouth alumni ever housed under a Boston roof, and probably the largest gathering of Dartmouth men which ever sat down to dinner outside of Hanover. From the reception to the benediction it was one continuous song of praise for AlmaMater. To quote from the Boston Record of January 25, however, "A note was missed from the feast-day song when the forty-third reunion of the Dartmouth alumni of Boston took place in the white and gold assembly room of the Hotel Somerset last evening. Only the pleasure they could take in speaking freely of him consoled the alumni in his absence for the melancholy fact that President Tucker was conable, on acoount of his health, to be present."

Lewis Parkhurst '78, president of the association, presided, and between soup and oysters introduced Hon. Charles H. Treat '65, United States treasurer, as treasurer of the largest corporation in the world. At the conclusion of the dinner Toastmaster Parkhurst called for the only toast of the evening, one to President Tucker, which was drunk by all standing to one "whose presence is a benediction, whose influence is a strength, a courage, and help." Prof. John K. Lord 68, acting president of the College, spoke of the present day problems of the College. Hon Joseph A. DeBoer '84, Montpelier, Vermont, spoke on the Dartmouth spirit. Hon. Stephen M. Crosby '49, the oldest graduate present, spoke briefly, and Hon. William B. Stevens '65, of the superior court of Massachusetts, aimed a few good-natured shafts at the lawyers, in answering for the six Dartmouth men who hold positions in the Massachusetts judiciary. A letter was read from President Tucker. Hon. Samuel W. McCall '74 said something of Dartmouth men in politics. Prof. Jesse S. Reeves spoke of the Dartmouth mosphere as viewed by an Amherst A letter was read from Hon. David Cross '41, who was prevented by illness from tending, and in his absence Hon. Charles W. Mathewson '82 put a cheerful tag on the speechmaking and pronounced the benediction. Grace was said by Rev. S. Chester Adriance '73. During the evening a group of singers from the the direction of Harry McDevitt 07, kept things moving in a musical way. conclusion of the ceremonies a vote of thanks was extended to President Parkhurst for his splendid contribution to the success of the evening. At the business meeting officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Dr. George H. M. Rowe '64; vice-presidents, Hon. W. B. Stevens '65, Isaiah R. Clark '73, Hon. Sumner Wallace '77, Hon. Elmer O. Potter '92; executive committee, Benjamin Tenney '83, Irving J. French '01; secretary, Channing H. Cox '01; treasurer. Dr. Henry M. Chase '99; chorister, Harry McDevitt '07.