CHICAGO ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINS N. E. A. DELEGATES
Sixty Dartmouth Alumni, delegates to the National Education Association convention in Chicago, were entertained by the Chicago Alumni Association at a luncheon given March 1, at the Hamilton Club, Henry Hilton '90 acted as toastmaster, calling on each of the guests to arise and announce himself, giving name, class and present location. Major E. D. Redington '6l, oldest Dartmouth graduate in Illinois and a former trustee of the College, gave a brief welcoming address, after which a number of the guests were called up for informal responses.
Among the guests were Prof. Arthur D. Wright, head of the Dartmouth Department of Education; Ernest Butterfield '97, New Hampshire State Commissioner of Education; "Duke" Rundlett, Superintendent of Schools, Concord, N. H.; William F. Geiger, Supt. of Schools, Tacoma, Wash.; Andrew W. Edson '72, Associate Supt. of Schools, New York City; Ernest Silver, Director of the State Normal School, Plymouth, N. H.; Louis P. Benezet '99, Supt. of Schools, Evansville, Ind.; Frank C. Lewis '00, Ethical Culture School, New York City; Beasley '74; John R. Perkins '89; E. J. Bardwell '88; E. H. Kenerson '03; Julius E. Warren '10; George H. Rockwood '79; J. L. McConaughy, President of Knox College, ex-Faculty; E. T. Critchett, '85; Roswell T. Pearl '09; Herbert F. Taylor '94, Supt. of Schools, Manchester, N. H.; Charles M. Lamprey '92; A. M. Strong '92; D. C. Bliss '92; R. H. Goodwin '86; J. A. Harley '95; T. W. Plapp '85; W. A. Leary '95; Walter H. Rollins '94; C. E. Allen, Valley City, N. D., father of W. W. Allen '19 and N. B. Allen '22; Henry C. Sanborn '95; A. W. Whitcomb 85 ; C. E. Meleny, Colby, '76, father of three Dartmouth graduates; J. F. Ryan '97, and "Pop" Chesley '08.
Since the first of the year the Chicago Alumni Association at its regular weekly luncheons has been addressed by former Governor Edward F. Dunne; Col. Stillman Meservey, President of the Hamilton Club; Tom Ingersoll, Secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and Douglas Southerland, Secretary of the Civic Federation.
