WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION

Graced by the presence of all but one of the entire New Hampshire delegation in Congress, the annual dinner of the Washington Alumni Association started auspiciously and concluded audaciously when the guests at the speaker's table "topped off" the small morning hour with a bottle of "Bryan wine" donated by the Harvard Club of Washington. The place of the gathering was the University Club, the date being the 23d of February.

We sat down to dinner at 8: 45, and, in spite of the famished condition of the diners at this impossible hour, "Bud" Hoban 12, imported from Baltimore for the occasion, managed to wring forth songs which increased in harmony and volume as each course of the dinner added to the singer's foundation. This singing, coupled with wah-who-wahs and a march to the tune of "Eleazar Wheelock Will Be Turning in His Grave," made the affair, as a whole, quite boisterous.

Dr. John M. Gile and "Jim" Richardson were delightful and informing on "News and Views from Hanover." Dr. Gile related the condition of the College in its many phases, and in his trenchant fashion stated the problems the trustees face. Mr. Richardson dwelt chiefly on the theme, "After All, the Faculty Are Human." He vigorously undertook the establishment of this unusual doctrine, and, while no vote was taken, his eloquence made many of the broader minded feel that there may be something "in his argument.

Senator George H. Moses '90 was the chief congressional speaker. To the amusement of his audience, he touched deftly upon some of the incidents of the last New Hampshire senatorial nominations. Only his good taste in view of the lateness of the hour kept the Senator from making the great speech on Dartmouth which we know is in his system an which we are some day going to have out.

From the House of Representatives Sherm Burroughs '94 and Edward H. Wason of New Hampshire State College, brought greetings. Mr. Burroughs, through his able advocacy of representation in Congress for the District of Columbia, is a great favorite everywhere in Washington, and on this occasion his knowledge of educational statistics in the country at large convinced his hearers of the analytical nature of his interest in public affairs. Mr. Wason had attended the State Agricultural College while it was located in Hanover and proved himself to be about as near a Dartmouth man as he could Be without our Bachelor's degree.

Samuel R. Bond '55, referred to among his intimates as "that young fellow Bond," and whom we are grooming for the honor of oldest living graduate, read some of college bills of his undergraduate days. He demonstrated rather conclusively that if the college of those days existed upon the fees it collected from the undergraduates it is easy to understand why they called it "The Poor Man's College"

An unusual feature of the dinner was the visit and speech of Dr. Harvey Wiley, who, with Mr. Walter Tuckerman, appeared as a delegate from the Harvard Club of Washington, dining on the same evening. The most cordial of wishes were exchanged.

The only blemish on the evening was the absence of Mr. John Barrett '89. Owing to our impression that Mr. Barrett s international, financial and cultural interests had called him from Washington permanently, an invitation was not sent to him. Mr. Barrett was actually in the city, but not being advised of the dinner, of course, did not attend. Mr. Barrett, quite rightly, (was somewhat put out, and the next day wrote advising that whereas, he had just returned from St. Augustine, whither he had gone at the personal invitation of President-elect Harding, that he still is making his headquarters in Washington and wishes to be notified of Dartmouth gatherings in the city. This explanation of Mr. Barrett's absence from the dinner through no fault of his own, is made in order that no Dartmouth man noting his absence from the list of speakers may think that such a loyal and notably distinguished son of the college would absent himself from the annual dinner except for the most unavoidable circumstances.