ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK

The annual meeting and dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Central and Western New York was held on Saturday evening, January 14, at the apartment hotel, Markeen, in Buffalo. The dinner was complimentary, being given by Randolph McNtitt '71, in the beautiful Gothic dining-room of the Markeen, which was abundantly decorated with Dartmouth banners and cut flowers. Covers were laid for sixty-two.

William P. Goodelle 'M, president of the association, was toastmaster, and Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc., President of Dartmouth College delivered the principal address. Other speakers were Professor C. H. Richardson '92, of Syracuse University, and Rev. Leon O. Williams '86, pastor of the Universale church of Buffalo. Bishop Ethelbert Talbot '70 and former governor Frank S. Black '75 sent telegrams of regret. Several principals of local schools and members of the senior classes in the high schools were also guests at the dinner.

Doctor Nichols' address, among other things, dealt with the value of a college training. He referred to the rapid growth of the College during the last dozen years, and spoke of its needs. His description of the New Gymnasium was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. One of the topics of the President's speech, especially interesting to the older alumni, was the conservation of the old-time democratic spirit of the College. This, Doctor Nichols maintained, still existed in all its traditional vigor, in spite of the increasing size of the student body.

The annual election of. officers resulted in the selection of Clarence W. McKay '93, of Rochester, for president of the association, and H. Wilbur Graves '09, of Rochester, secretary. Syracuse was decided upon as the meeting place for 1912.