WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting was held at the Hotel Worthy, Springfield, on the evening of December 26. Sixty-five men were present, forming one of the largest college gatherings ever assembled in Springfield.

The guests of honor were President Nichols of the College and Charles P. Chase, president of the local board of trade. All the popular melodies of the Green, both of present and former times, came in for hearty execution. E. H. Naylor '09 presided at the piano, and Morton Hull '09 favored the gathering with various songs. At the business meeting the following officers were elected: President, F. N. Newell '84; vice-president, Dr. W. B. Segur '92, D.M.S.; secretary and treasurer, A. L. Lewis '08.

H. W. Kittredge '79, as toastmaster, introduced the speakers. A telegram was read from W. V. McDuffee, president of the Springfield Lunch Club, regretting his inability to be present, and a message from President-Emeritus Tucker, greeting the Association and commenting favorably on the work at Hanover during the past year. President Nichols touched upon the growth of the College, the events of the past year, faculty changes, the new scholarship regulations, and the purposes of the trustees in regard to them. Dr. C. A. Eastman '87, one of the College's few Indian graduates, spoke of the artificiality of the present civilization and the. need of the present-day man to get back to nature.