PRESIDENT HOPKINS AND MR. PARKHURST VISIT THE PACIFIC COAST ASSOCIATIONS

President Hopkins and Mr. Parkhurst left Boston on March 1 for their trip among the associations of the west, and, in the period until the seventh of April, visited the alumni in eleven centers.

The first meeting was held at St. Louis where between 30 and 40 men were present. At the Chamber of Commerce President Hopkins addressed an audience of 500 and another large audience before the Junior Chamber of Commerce, whose membership comprises men under thirty years of age. He also spoke at the Rotary Club and at two of the large city high schools, and a visit was made to the works of the Commonwealth Steel Company and the Wilkinson Department Store.

The next stop was at Dallas, Texas, where sixteen men gathered for the alumni dinner, coming from Oklahoma and distant points in Texas. An all-college gathering was held at the University Club and following that the Dartmouth men in the vicinity adjourned to the hotel, where matters of special college interest were discussed. President Hopkins also spoke before the State Teachers' Association, which was then in session in Dallas.

Proceeding west, they spent a day at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, and another day in Redlands, California, as guests of Mr. Alexis E. Frye, an author of many textbooks on geography and authority on educational affairs in Cuba.

At Los Angeles between forty and fifty men gathered for the alumni dinner. The President also addressed some 2000 high school pupils. From Los Angeles the the President and Mr. Parkhurst were motored by J. J. Troy '12, to Santa Barbara, from which place they took the train to San Francisco, stopping en route at Leland Stanford University, where President Hopkins spoke at a convocation of the students and the visitors were entertained at luncheon by the President of the University.

The San Francisco alumni meeting was next on the schedule and during the visit to the city President Hopkins spoke before the Commercial Club, and at the high schools of Oakland addressing about 5000 pupils.

The next stop was at Portland, Oregon, where the meeting was in charge of Walter S. Sumner '98. Between twenty and thirty were present. Here the President and Mr. Parkhurst addressed the Civic League and were entertained at dinner by Bishop Sumner. Going with him later to Reed College, the President spoke at chapel, and a reception was held by the faculty and students. In Portland the President also addressed a gathering at the Chamber of Commerce, among those present being a group of executives and foremen from a large lumbering operation some distance from Portland. There was also an opportunity in the afternoon for an automobile ride over the famous Columbia Drive.

A stop was made at Tacoma en route to Seattle of a few hours, where the high schools were visited and the President also spoke before the Advertising Club. A Dartmouth man, William F. Geiger '92 is Superintendent of Schools there, and made the arrangements.

The journey from Tacoma to Seattle was made by steamer. In Seattle between twenty and thirty men were present at the dinner, and President Hopkins spoke before a convocation of students at Washington University and before the College Club. He also addressed several thousand pupils at three high schools, and attended a reception at the Women's University Club.

The next stop was at Spokane, Washington, where about fifty, including ladies, were gathered for the annual dinner. In this city President Hopkins addressed the Civic League and two high schools. A dinner was also arranged for the last evening, at which some of the prominent men of the city were present.

The next stop was at Butte, Montana, where the meeting took the form of an all-college gathering, although it was under Dartmouth auspices. Here President Hopkins addressed the pupils of the high school, and an opportunity was afforded to visit the Anaconda Mine, where actual mining operations were observed at a depth of 3200 feet. The photograph shown in this number depicts the group as they returned from their visit. The copper-smelter at the town of Anaconda was also visited during their stay in Butte.

A dinner in Denver, which was the next city visited, was attended by nearly fifty men. During the stay in this city a reception was held by Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Campbell '86 at which Governor and Mrs. Shoup were in the receiving line. President Hopkins also spoke before the East Denver High School and the Chamber of Commerce. On the last day of the visit there was an opportunity for an automobile ride through the parks and reservations and in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Gove '88 entertained the visitors at dinner.

From Denver the return route led through Omaha, where the alumni dinner was attended by between thirty and forty men. President Hopkins spoke before the Hi-Y Class of the Y. M. C. A. and was entertained at dinner. At the same time Mr. Parkhurst was entertained at the University Club. President Hopkins also addressed a civic group at the Chamber of Commerce. On the afternoon before leaving a reception was held at the home of Harry G. Kelly '07.

Although the visit to Omaha ended the official program of the trip, a brief stop was made in Chicago, where a most successful meeting was held at the Hamilton Club through the efforts of John C. Redington '00.

The reports coming in from the trip are uniformly enthusiastic and it was in every way a noteworthy affair in the history of such tours among the alumni.

E. S. OSGOOD '12 J. C. BEEBE '09 A. B. TOOTELL '99, PRESIDENT HOPKINS MR. PARKHURST G. M. LEWIS '97 A DARTMOUTH REUNION IN AN ANACONDA COPPER MINE DURING THE RECENT WESTERN TRIP OF PRESIDENT HOPKINS AND MR. PARKHURST