NEW DARTMOUTH CLUB ACTIVE IN NEW YORK

Had Noah been forced to wait on the promises of a contractor, the Ark would probably -have been finished about the day the last tip of dry land disappeared and only the lineal ancestors of Gertrude Ederle would have survived. This rather pessimistic statement is occasioned by the delays incident to the opening of the Dartmouth College Club, at 24 East 38th St., New York.

However all such irritations somehow come to an end, and the Club is now officially open, and exceeding, for the most part, the hopes of its best pals and severest critics. There are, naturally, a few minor details which must be polished and trimmed but actual occupancy is rapidly bringing these into line, and then the Club will be formally opened with a series of evening affairs for invited guests, and members.

The membership drive has been fairly successful, with over 650 now enrolled as resident members, and over 200 as non-resident members. A most encouraging omen for the success of the Club as the center of Dartmouth affairs in New York is the rather constant stream of letters from men who say they come to New York once a month or so for three or four days. This should mean that not only will the rooms at the Club be in steady demand, but that at last has been found the one place in which men from out of town can locate their New York friends. Naturally the Club will have a complete file of the last known addresses of all Dartmouth men in the Metropolitan District.

From present developments, it seems likely that most classes from 1900 on will meet at the Clnb once a month either for lunch or dinner. As soon as these dates are definitely fixed, it should be possible for a 1911 man, for example, to so plan his trip that he is in New York at the time of the monthly 1911 dinner. It will doubtless be possible in future issues of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to list a skeleton schedule of coming Club events.

Football returns from the Harvard, Brown and Cornell games will be given out at the Club. So far, the activity of the Club which has brought the most favorable attention was the social train operated to New Haven and return the day of the Yale game. Over 800 members and guests made the trip, and apparently enjoyed every feature. Now the Club is figuring on co-operating with the Cornell Club in the operation of a special train to Ithaca.