CHESHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION

The tenth annual meeting and banquet of the Cheshire County Alumni Association was held at Wildey Hall, Keene, N. H., on the evening of December 28. Nearly sixty sat down to a turkey banquet, and during the meal cheers were given and songs were sung under the leadership of Richard Holbrook '17. The Association paid tribute to the death that day of one of its members, Dr. W. P. Craig '03, by standing a few moments in silence.

Judge Chester B. Jordan 'IS, president of the Association, served as toastmaster, wittily introducing the speakers, and welcoming the members of the Association and the invited guests, the latter including the seventeen male members of the senior class in the local high school.

The first speaker was Paul L. Applin '14, formerly of Keene and now of Denver, Colo., and he was followed by Howard P. Warren '13 of Orange, Mass., Herbert D. Ryder '76 of Bellows Falls, Vt., Nathaniel Leverone '06 of Chicago, Elgin A. Jones '74 of Keene, Caryl F. Holbrook '21 of Keene, and Dean Laycock of the College.

During the evening three Dartmouth men of Bellows Falls, Vt., were invited to become members of the Association, the nearest to their home. They were H. D. Ryder '76, W. C. Belknap '92, and C. L. Erwin '03. A "WahHoo-Wah" was given for Dr. Josiah Whitney Barstow of New York, a former resident of Keene, who is the last survivor of the class of '46 and the oldest living alumnus of the College. His father was Rev. Dr. Z. S. Barstow, for fifty years pastor of the First Congregational church of Keene and a trustee of the College.

At the business meeting of the Association these officers were elected for the year: president, Allison N. Piper '18; vice-president, Willis O. Smith '91; secretary-treasurer, Forrest J. Hall '03; executive committee, Frank C. Huntress 'l7; Roger W. Goodnow '19, and Sidney W. Holbrook '18.