SPRINGFIELD ALUMNI MEETING A LIVELY GATHERING

The Western Massachusetts Alumni Association's annual banquet, held at the Hotel Bridgway, Springfield, Feb. 8, was the scene of an enthusiastic gathering of Dartmouth men and featured' by speeches by President Ernest M. Hopkins, and D. Basil O'Connor '12, Secretary of the New York City Alumni Association. Maloney's Jazz Quartette and Raymond T. King '15, provided what the rural journals call "musical inspiration" and a program of parodies to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic was a high spot on the program. One of the most popular of the evening's parodies was the following:

England and the Irish have a temporary truce— The Japs will yield to China if the Powers pry them loose:

But far more salient in effect for gander and for goose

Is the Harvard game next fall!

Hush! We don't know what their act is; Perhaps they want a little practice; But anyhow we know the fact is

John Harvard must play ball!