CHESHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION

The annual banquet of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Association was held at the Cheshire House, Keene, N. H., on the evening of December 28. Not far from fifty Dartmouth men were present, and the reunion was one of the best the Association has held.

At a business meeting held before the banquet, the following officers were chosen for 1916: president, Nathaniel H. Batchelder '03; vice-president, Charles C. Sturtevant '99; secretary-treasurer, C. Edward Buffum '13; executive committee, Elgin A. Jones '74, James F. Smith '03, E. C. Knight.

E. A. Jones '74 acted as toastmaster for the evening. The principal address was given by Hon. Samuel L. Powers '74, of Massachusetts. Other speakers were Professor Alfred L. Smith '12, of the .Tuck School, Richard Joslin '14, instructor in French in Worcester Polytechnic, S. Wallace Holbrook '18, and Richard L. Holbrook '17, who spoke on football, Principal James F. Smith '03 of the Keene High School, Nelson P. Coffin '96, and Rev. A. L. Hill '09 of Hinsdale.