CHICAGO ASSOCIATION
The Dartmouth alumni of Chicago have a new constitution, which has lured a large portion of their association membership into various forms of strenuous committee work. There are committees for all kinds of things and all of them are working overtime. Incidentally — and this is a good tip for other alumni associations scattered about the country—this new activity has created a great deal of interest throughout the organization and the attendance at weekly luncheons runs from 35 or 40 to 100 members every week. Luncheons last from an hour and a half to two hours, and even then it is hard to break them up.
The executive committee, which has jurisdiction over all affairs of the association, is composed of the officers : Nathaniel Leverone '06, president; E. Russell Palmer '10, vicepresident; and Charles Kozminski '18 secretary, and the following members, Guy H. Abbott '02, Walter Dakin '06, Jesse B. Hawley '09, Henry H. Hilton '90, Joseph Cheney '16 and Thomas Heneage '10.
Two of the most important committees are the Student Applicant Committee and the Vocational Committee. The duty of the former is to look into the records of students desiring to enter Dartmouth and report to the College in as much detail as possible. Inasmuch as there were more than 80 applications from Chicago for next fall and since this list had to be trimmed sharply, the importance of this committee's task can be appreciated. Members of this committee are Roland Hastings '11, Warren Agry '11, William D. Blatner '05, Milton P. Ghee, Jr. '15, Edward R. Keeler '11, Edward C. Riley '16, Arba J. Irwin '02, Walter E. McCornack '97, John B. Whittier '05, and P. E. Kiser '17.
The Vocational Committee was created to secure positions among Chicago business firms for men graduating from Dartmouth. Alumni now residing here who seek new opportunities are also invited to call upon the committee for assistance and advice. Guy H. Abbott '02, Henry P. Conway '97, and C. B. Horr '18 are members of this important committee.
There is also an Entertainment Committee, a Luncheon Committee, a Publicity Committee, a Finance Committee and a special committee recently appointed to meet with the representatives of other college and fraternity organizations to consider the project of building a $4,000,000 collegiate club, which will hereafter be the center of all collegiate activities in Chicago.
The Dartmouth Association, to secure permanent headquarters of its own, will have to guarantee a minimum membership of 200. All members of the local Dartmouth body would have access to these quarters for all occasions. Those actually joining the new club will enjoy the usual club facilities—gymnasium, swimming tank, library, etc. Henry H. Hilton, Jesse B. Hawley and Henry A. Haugan '03 are the Dartmouth representatives.
All Chicago alumni are mourning the recent death of William T. Abbott, a former president of the Association and also of the General Alumni Association. Mr. Hilton, a classmate of Abbott, appeared at the luncheon following the funeral and gave a sketch of Abbott's life from the time he entered Dartmouth to the date of his death in Washington, where he was engaged in the work of creating a national budget. Many members of the Association at- tended the funeral services in Evanston.
Two coming events that are claiming the attention of the Chicago alumni are the annual outing, to be held sometime in July, and the Harvard game next fall. Plans are under way to run a car from Chicago, and Cleveland's plan of weekly assessments may be adopted to insure a sufficient supply of funds. If the Grand Trunk is chosen, there will be a stop-off in Hanover.
