BOSTON ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting was held at the Hotel Somerset on the night of January 26. More than three hundred alumni banqueted, and heard the story of Dartmouth's progress in the last year—a story which set them to cheering again and again. President Nichols was there in the flesh, and President Emeritus Tucker was there in spirit, for a characteristic letter from him was read.

President Nichols, Dean Emerson, Assistant Dean Laycock, and Treasurer Chase represented the College, with Albert O. Brown '78, of Manchester, N. H., the latest chosen alumni trustee. Specially invited guests were Josiah H. Benton, the recipient of an honorary degree in 1869, Grafton D. Cushing, Harvard '85, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a distinguished group from the class 'of '74, comprising Chief Justice J. A. Aiken, Justice F. N. Parsons, Attorney General E. G. Eastman, General F. S. Streeter, and Congressmen S. W. McCall and S. L. Powers. The oldest alumnus present was Dr. Edward Cowles '59.

Under the leadership of J. R. Chandler '98, there was frequent singing of Dartmouth songs during the dinner and between speeches. Dr. Benjamin Tenney '83, president of the Association, presided at the banquet, and introduced the speakers, who were .President Nichols, Speaker Cushing, Congressman McCall, Trustee Brown, and Professor Laycock.

The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: President, E. K. Hall '92; vice-presidents, J. T. Gibson '64, J. W. Edgerly '67, J. W. Newton '86, S. E. Burroughs '94; secretary, T. W. Streeter '04; treasurer, H. M. Chase '97; chorister, J. R. Chandler '98; executive committee, C. H. Cox '01, M. C. Tuttle '97, I. J. French '01, A. E. Hanlon '03, B. F. Wheeler '84, A. E. Briggs '85.