VERMONT ASSOCIATION

The annual reunion and banquet of this Association was held at the Hotel Barre, in Barre, on the evening of February 28. The banquet was attended by nearly thirty .graduates and invited guests, and was in the nature of a Dartmouth family party, the company visiting informally until nearly midnight.

The guests of honor were Professor Homer Eaton Keyes, representing the College, and Lieutenant Governor Mason S. Stone, University. of Vermont 1883, and Commissioner of Education Milo B. Hillegas, University of Rochester 1897. The toastmaster was the retiring president of the Association, H. D. Ryder '76 of Bellows Falls.

Professor Keyes spoke of the part which Dartmouth 'men have played in the war, and of the return of the College to peace conditions. He declared the policy of the College to be along cultural lines, in spite of the material trend of the day. Mr. Stone and Mr. Hillegas also spoke, and John W. Gordon '83 read an original poem having for its theme the 150th anniversary of the founding of the College.

At this point the nominating committee made its report, and the following officers for the ensuing year were elected: president, Judge W. H. Taylor "'86, of Hardwick; secretary, A. B. Lane '01, of Barre; treasurer, V. A. Doty '92, of Montpelier.

Informal remarks were then made by W. C. Belknap '92, of Bellows Falls, C. A. Edgerton '79, of Northfield, Fred L. Laird '84 of Montpelier, Harry B. Amey '94, of Island Pond, and D. S. Conant '91, of St. Johnsbury. During the banquet Dartmouth songs were sung.