On November 2 and 3, President Hopkins and Dean Laycock represented Dartmouth at the sessions of the Association of Colleges of New England which were held at Clark College, Worcester.
President Hopkins went to Philadelphia November 7, to take part in an extensive discussion of employment problems being conducted by the Philadelphia Association. 'He was the guest of this Association with which he was actively associated while in the employ of the Curtis Publishing Co. He also lectured before the students in the management course at the Wharton School. On November 10, President Hopkins attended a meeting of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and was a speaker at the dinner of the Association held at the Hotel Vendome.
Dr. Hopkins went to Springfield, Massachusetts, November 22, to attend a meeting of the students of the Springfield High Schools, and of the three upper grades, at which he delivered an address and presented the Central High School of Springfield the plaque offered by this college to that school sending at least three men to Dartmouth, and whose students (maintain the highest average standing during the first half of Freshman year. While in Springfield. President Hopkins was the guest of Reverend Newton M. Hall, '88, Chairman of the Springfield Board of Education.