CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION

Nearly forty were present at the fourteenth annual banquet of this Association, held at the Hotel Bond, Hartford, on the evening of February 9, and much enthusiasm was shown and a delightful evening spent. Rev. Dr. W. A. Bartlett '82, formerly of Hartford and now of Lowell, Mass., served as toastmaster, displaying his gift as a story-teller and exhibiting a collection of news clippings about the College. He introduced President Nichols as "one of the greatest of the early-up-in-the-morning college presidents of the country."

President Nichols spoke effectively regarding the past history and present condition of the College, and was followed by Robbins W. Barstow '13, E. C. Farrington 'OB, and William G. Baxter, a guest of the Association. A telegram of sympathy was sent to John R. Perkins '89 of Danbury, who was ill.

The following officers were elected: president, Rev. Thomas M. Hodgdon '84, of West Hartford; vice-presidents, Rev. John Barstow '83, of Wethersfield, and Edward C. Farrington 'OB, of Hartford; secretary-treasurer, Arthur A. Hadden '09, of New Britain; executive committee, Dr. Charles A. McKendree '07, of Cromwell, Robert C. Stoughton '12, of Hartford, and Earle S. Bidwell '13, of Hartford. '