ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHWEST

A Mid-Summer Picnic and Field Day was held at the Minnetonka Country Club by the Northwest Alumni of Dartmouth, Amherst, and Williams. About one hundred alumni and a few prospective students enjoyed a wonderful day and a pleasant get-together.

During the gathering of the clans in the early afternoon, golf was the chief recreation and hunting for lost balls the main occupation. Stan Lyman and Carl Swenson were the most proficient finders, and it is claimed that they had a nice retail business.

A Fat Man's Race was listed on the program. There were many entrants, and it was necessary to limit the number to the fattest and the oldest. After a closely bunched start it resolved into a real race between George H. Hutchinson '81 and his son Dick '19. Dick was much heavier, but Dad was still younger and quicker on his feet, so Dick was left behind in a furious finish sprint.

Later Dartmouth encountered the combined forces of Amherst and Williams in a real baseball game. Red Loudon led the Dartmouth forces to a glorious victory. Chic Bardwell claimed he was a pitcher, but, as he is getting too heavy for fast work, the first seven men to face him knocked the ball so far that a new pitcher and a new outfield was needed. Babe Ruth (Bob Saxton) saved the day for Dartmouth, however, with four long home runs so that at the end of the third inning it was so dark we had to call it a ball game.

After a fine supper served on the lawn in front of the Clubhouse, we had a real oldfashioned sing. Amherst still had the wonderfully clear tenors who, they always told us, were bred in the Massachusetts hills. They set a pace that was hard to beat. The youngsters, most of whom are bound for Dartmouth, soon learned the songs and made us old fellows sing as we used to.

Henry L. Moore returned from California in time to be a boy with us, and, like all the older alumni, made us realize as always what Dartmouth really means to us.

The first summer gathering was such a great success that it will be a regular annual event, along with the Dartmouth Smoker during the Christmas holidays.