ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST

The thirty-third annual banquet of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Pacific Coast was held at the San Francisco Commercial Club, Thursday evening, March 5 1914. At 6.30 p. m.. the members of the Association assembled in the Club livin; room and disposed of various business matters, including the election of the following officers for the ensuing year: President Selden C. Smith '97; vice presidents, Paul G. Redington '00, George H. Beaudry '02; treasurer, T. A. Perkins '90; secretary, F. J. Reagan '09; chorister, Winsor Wilkinson. '10. Mr. Perkins as treasurer succeeds C. S. Wright '57, who had held this position continuously from 1881, the date of founding of the Pacific Association, until his death during the past year.

After the business meeting the Association retired to the banquet hall for the rest of the evening's entertainment. Charles H. Ham '71, the president of the Association, was toastmaster, and called on the following speakers, who responded with the usual Dartmouth enthusiasm and spirit: Fisher Ames '69, Selden C. Smith '97, J. W. Knibbs, Jr., '05, Paul G. Redington '00, F. W. Wentworth '03.

The meeting ended with the Dartmouth song and cheers well toward midnight, and it was the unanimous verdict of all present that it was the best Dartmouth annual banquet ever held on the Coast.