SECRETARIES HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN HANOVER

The secretaries of classes and associations met in Hanover on May 7 and 8 for their twenty-second annual meeting. No better opening could have been had, nor a more delightful way of meeting old friends and making new acquaintances, than through the informal reception at the home of President and Mrs. Hopkins.

Adjourning to Parkhurst Hall, the first session was opened by President Melville, the rollcall showing representatives present from fiftyseven classes and thirteen associations. The oldest secretary in attendance was John Scales of the class of '63 but special greetings were received from Samuel H. Jackman '60, who also holds the distinction of being the oldest living graduate, and Major E. D. Redington '61.

Following the roll-call the president of the Association spoke with feeling of the loss to the Association by death during the past year of Frederic G. Mather '67 and Charles E. Swett '64. Both of these secretaries had shown the keenest interest in the work of the Association and Mr. Swett had been one of the most faithful attendants on the occasion of the annual meeting. The following new secretaries of classes were also welcomed into the Association :

"62 Fred W. Eveleth, '63 John Scales, '67 Arthur W. Dudley, '80 John H. King, '05 Frederick Chase, '10 Arthur P. Allen, '15 W. Dale Barker, '26 Charles D. Webster.

The following committees were then appointed : On nomination: E. M. Stevens '01, H. H. Piper '76, R. W. Elsasser '21. On resolutions: J. K. Lord '68, C. A. Perkins '90, J. W. Worthen '09.

The following secretaries or representatives of classes and associations were present:

For the classes: John Scales '63; Henry Whittemore '66; Arthur W. Dudley '67; John K. Lord '68; Lemuel S. Hastings '70; William S. Dana '71; Edwin J. Bartlett '72; Samuel W. Adriance '73; Henry W. Stevens '75; Henry H. Piper '76; John M. Comstock '77; William D. Parkinson '78; Henry Melville '79; Luther B. Little '82; Alfred E. Watson '83; Josiah F. Hill '84; Edwin A. Bayley '85; William H. Hatch '86; Emerson Rice '87; Eleazar Cate '88; David N. Blakely '89; Charles A. Perkins '90; Frank E. Rowe '91; Arthur M. Strong '92; Arthur G. Bugbee '95; Morton C. Tuttle '97; James R. Chandler '98; Louis P. Benezet '99; Natt W. Emerson '00; Everett M. Stevens '01; William H. Murray '02; Perley E. Wheldon '03; Harry B. Johnson '04; Frederick Chase 'O5; Nathaniel Leverone '06; Charles P. Woodworth '07; Raymond R. Marsden '08; Joseph W. Worthen '09; Otto F. Taylor '10; Nathaniel G. Burleigh '11; Earle C. Gordon '12; Warde Wilkins '13; Herbert S. Austin '14; W. Dale Barker '15; H. Clifford Bean '16; Ralph Sanborn '17; Frederick W. Cassebeer '18; Frederick L. Nolan '19; Albert W. Frey '20; Robert W. Elsasser '21; Francis H. Horan '22; Louis Lewinsohn '23; Clarence S. Luitwieler '24; Douglas Archibald '25; Charles D. Webster '26; George D. Arnold '27; LeRoy C. Milliken '28.

For the associations: Harold W. Mason '17, Dartmouth Club of Brattleboro; William N. Jeavons '19, Dartmouth Club of Cleveland; Adam A. Sutcliffe '15, Rhode Island Association Charles E. Leech '14, Dartmouth Club of Boston; Donald G. Mix '21, Dartmouth Club of Worcester; C. Jerry Spaulding '24, Dartmouth Club of Newton; Edwin F. Nason '24, Dartmouth Club of Hartford; Edwin M. DeRouville '20, The Association of Northern and Eastern New York; Arthur G. Bugbee '95, Philadelphia Association; Nathaniel Leverone '06, Chicago Association; Westley M. Hunt '13, Medical School Association; Raymond R. Marsden '08, Thayer Society of Engineers; Gilbert H. Tapley '16, Amos Tuck School Clearing House.

Report on the Alumni Magazine—E. F. Clark '01 ; A. W. Frey '20

As Managing Editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, E. F. Clark '01 referred to the splendid cooperation of the secretaries in preparing news items regarding members of their classes and reports on the work of the associations. He also read the criticism of the MAGAZINE which had been made by an anonymous committee to the Association of Alumni Secretaries and Alumni Magazines Incorporated at its recent meeting in Columbia, O. For the benefit of readers of the MAGAZINE this criticism is printed here:

The DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE 8) is published nine times a year with an average of 84 pages of text per issue. It is one of the best from the point of view of college and alumni news. In fact that is what the magazine is; it makes almost no effort to give news of other colleges or to discuss educational matters of general interest. What it sets out to do is to tell Dartmouth men in detail what is going on at Dartmouth College on the campus and in the minds of the administrators and faculty, and then what is going on in the local associations and among the alumni and these things it does via a good looking narrow measure 10 and 8 point magazines. The pictures are by no means too numerous but they have action .and the frontispieces get you back on the campus but the minute you look at them—just as do the cover designs of the Amherst magazine. There are about five pages of athletics per issue with pictures. The whole of cover III is devoted to giving information about Dartmouth. Speaking of pictures : it is surprising how few editors pay any attention to the possibility of grouping pictures. They could have three times as many at very little more expense if they would study the matter. The experiences in handling illustrations lags far behind the ability to edit text well. Why don't the editors get busy at it? Dartmouth seems to run an average of 11 or 12 pages of ads per issue including covers II and IV. There are two pages in the front and, horrible to relate, Alexander Hamilton is facing a blank page! Ads are even folios in the back. There is no attempt at classifying and there is no Index. Worse than that, there is no Table of Contents for the magazine, which is pretty bad. There are two or three pages of good book review and a wonderful lot of personals. In the March issue, for instance, there are 83 pages of text of which 31 are personals. To be sure, seven of those pages are necrology but all the same there is a lot of live news. Notes are not alphabetical, more's the pity. There is no department for alumni discussion—why doesn't the editor go out after it ? It belongs in a periodical as energetic as this one.

In conclusion he urged that the final suggestion made in the report be acted upon and that a live department of alumni opinion be developed.

The report of the Business Manager, A. W. Frey '20, showed the largest increase in circulation during the past year of any year on record, namely, 824, with a total paid subscription list of 4350. The tabulation by classes showed sixteen classes subscribing on the unit basis while" the balance sheet indicated a probable net income for the year of about $2,000. If this forecast is realized it will be the best financial showing which the MAGAZINE has ever made. In conclusion Mr. Frey expressed a hope that the increasing circulation would make possible a more favorable rate which could be given to classes who subscribe on the unit basis and stated his intention of taking this up with the classes who did not now so subscribe.

The discussion following on the MAGAZINE reports indicated a high degree of interest on the part of the secretaries in the idea of class subscription.

The Alumni Council—J. R. Chandler '98

The activities of the Alumni Council during the past year were portrayed by Mr. Chandler who stressed particularly the work in connection with the Alumni Fund, the nomination of trustees, and the assistance to the Office of the Director of Admissions in the investigation of applicants to college. The meeting of the Council in Chicago was notable for its careful deliberation and survey of the needs of the College, from the nomination of an alumni trustees to the conduct of classes at reunions. The seriousness of effort given by the Council to accomplish the important work entrusted to it with the best results led Mr. Chandler to classify himself and the Council as optimists under the definition of "one who finds an opportunity in every difficulty, while a pessimist is one who finds a difficulty in every opportunity."

Report of the Executive Committee—Henry Melville '79

Two matters were brought to the attention of the meeting under the report of the Executive Committee, namely, the approaching exhaustion of the funds of the Association and the proposal which had been made for the Association to sponsor the printing and distribution of a calendar containing college greetings to all the alumni. Mr. Clark reported that the last assessment on the classes and associations had been in 1923 when $305.00 was contributed by 19 associations and 42 classes. Since then $247.53 had been expended leaving a balance of $62.23. On the basis of this report it was moved and

Voted: That the classes and associations be asked to contribute $5.00 each for the expenses of the Association.

The proposal had come to the Executive Committee that a calendar in attractive form presenting events that take place in Hanover during the spring months be prepared and sent to the alumni mailing list as a matter of information and greeting from the College. The proposal had further been made that this be financed by contributions of $50.00 each from the reuning classes since the reunion appeal would be stronger in the calendar than other features. This was obviously a matter which could not be decided without more investigation and it was moved and

Voted; That the matter be referred to the Executive Committee for consideration and report at the next annual meeting.

Student Expenses-—G. H. Tapley '16

With the help of numerous charts Mr. Tapley outlined the result of an investigation conducted last year on the subject of student expenses. He showed that the average expenses of a Dartmouth student at the present time approximate $1500.00 as compared to about $500.00 or $600.00 in 1906. This figure for 1906 he translated into $950.00 adjusted to the purchasing value today. The charts showed the distribution of the total expenditure by classes indicating a rising expense with each class in college, the scholastic averages of the various financial groups showing that those spending the least money had in general the highest grades, the percentage of fraternity men in the various financial groups and the percentage of men in the various groups receiving scholarship aid. The attention of those particularly interested in this subject is called to an article by E. T. Dickinson '24 in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for August 1925.

Dinner Session

Following the annual dinner to the Association the presiding officer, President Melville, called first on Mr. M. C. Tuttle '97, a member of the Library Committee of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Tuttle spoke briefly of the action of the trustees in advancing by every possible means the procuring of a new library and of the fine cooperation afforded by the members of the Faculty Committee on the Library. He then asked Professor C. N. Haskins, chairman of the Faculty Library Committee, and Mr. J. F. Larson, architect, to explain the plans which had been brought into the meeting. Mr. Haskins "confined himself to a discussion of the arrangement of the various floors of the proposed library while Mr. Larson spoke of the site of the building and explained its architectural features. A further discussion of this subject will be found in the present issue of the Magazine and an interpretation of the plans with cuts will appear in the summer issue.

The second speaker of the evening was Professor L. B. Richardson '00. Mr. Richardson is the author of the report to the President which has been published in book form entitled "A Study of the Liberal College." He discussed before the secretaries some of the educational problems of Dartmouth and the solutions which the faculty were applying. In the adjustment of the curriculum to the varying conditions in the College it is essential that an intellectual interest, which is always present among the students, be capitalized and made the center of a man's work. With this in view the faculty have recently affected a revision of the curriculum. This calls for a course of fairly rigid prescription in the first two years and comparative freedom of choice in the last two years, with the provision that most of the time in the last two years shall be spent on a major subject so that a student may show mastery in this field.

The final speaker of the evening was President Hopkins. He recalled the early days of the Secretaries Association and the increasing avenues of approach to the College by the alumni since those days, paying tribute to the invaluable work which the secretaries are doing in acquainting the members of their classes and associations with college affairs as well as in maintaining the bond of class unity. Touching briefly on the financial needs of the College, the President spoke of the other forms of support which the College was constantly receiving in the Spirit of devotion of alumni and undergraduates as well.

Following the war a realization of the vastness of the social problems resulted and speculation was active as to whether the colleges were meeting the problem. The immense advances in power of many kinds put a definite obligation on the colleges of developing the technique of using this available power and of developing likewise a reasonable social theory. Referring to Macaulay's definition of the conservative party as the ballast of the Ship of State and the radical party as the sails he urged that the college to show true progress must at the same time be both conservative and radical and may be working toward a result that may not be apparent for centuries. One responsible for the policies of the college would be open to severest criticism if he exposed the structure so laboriously built to needless risks, but he would be equally open to criticism if for fear of taking a chance he failed to direct the college from period to period along the path of true progress. In conclusion he recalled the martyrdom of Giordano Bruno, burned at the stake three hundred years ago, to whom a statue was recently erected in Rome with the inscription: "The century forseen by him, here where the pyre burned, to Giordano Bruno." If the College can be earning such a tribute from those who are to come the efforts and misunder- standings of the present day will be more than repaid.

Saturday Morning Session Treatment of Inactive Graduates and NonGraduates—N. W. Emerson '01; J. W. Worthen '09

Mr. Emerson prefaced his remarks by suggesting that his title might better be worded "The Treatment of Inactive and Over-active Alumni."

The inactive alumni are in general a problem varying with the different classes, the war years having had a profound effect on some of the more recent and larger classes. This matter frequently adjusts itself and it cannot be stated automatically that silence over a given period of years necessarily means a lack of interest on the part of a member of any of the classes, nor can any sharp dividing line be drawn between the graduates and non-graduates since the latter are frequently among the most interested and helpful members of the alumni body.

The over-active alumnus, however, presents a different and very difficult problem, his activities usually centering around reunions, class gatherings or football games. When undesirable attention is drawn to the College it is frequently the result of actions on the part of an individual or very small group which is gradually magnified in the public mind to embrace first a class and then the College itself Mr. Emerson urged that the support of the organized body of secretaries was desirable to effect improvement in the situation.

Following in the discussion Mr. Worthen referred to the large powers which had been accorded the alumni in the affairs of the College, an authority perhaps exceeding that of any other American college. He urged that without alumni cooperation in controlling the problem under discussion they would be failing in their duty to the College and the administration.

The remarks of the two speakers who had introduced the subject aroused a widespread and lively discussion, the concensus of which was expressed in the following vote: That the matter be referred to a committee of five, appointed by the president, consisting of representatives of classes of varying ages for consideration and report at the next meeting of what action can be taken that will be effective, other than a mere expression of opinion, and will promote the best interests of the College.

Pursuant to this motion the president appointed the following committee: W. H. Hatch '86 L. P. Benezet '99 J. W. Worthen '09 W. D. Barker 'IS F. H. Horan '22

The Alumni Fund—A. L. Priddy 'IS

The work of the Alumni Fund is closely related both in spirit and in personnel to the Secretaries Association. Because of the momentum which the fund has obtained in past years, enabling the committee to begin work three weeks later than previously, the contributions to date total over $6000.00 more than last year in the first week of May. This is slightly better than the percentage of increase necessary to arrive at the total set .for this year, namely, $110,000.00. Mr. Priddy showed that while the total of our fund was exceeded by a small number of institutions, as was the average contribution, the percentage of contributors to the Dartmouth Fund was far in excess of that recorded by any other college.

Distribution of Football Tickets —M. A. Norton '19

The Graduate Manager of Athletics, Mr. Norton, described briefly the growth of the athletic business in the last few years and the division of work by which Mr. J. A. Hamilton '22 had been put in charge of the distribution of tickets. He then asked Mr. Hamilton to describe the system in force and the changes projected for another year.

When the application blanks go out this year it will be found that the blank for each game has stenciled upon it the name of the man to whom it is issued and tickets will be sent only to those whose names are thus stenciled. The closing date for application for each game will be advanced a few days and owing to the increasing number of alumni, the growing popularity of the game, and the fixed number of seats available it will be necessary to impose limits for which application may be made. In general, the scheme of restriction will work somewhat as follows : every alumnus who plans to attend the Harvard game and occupy one of the seats personally will probably be allowed a total of four, two of which may be in a preferred location with his class, if he so desires. Any alumnus who does not plan to attend the game may apply for only two seats. If the estimates are correct, this allotment will absorb the entire block of tickets that are available and everybody will receive all the seats for which he applies. Although difficult to forecast the demand any considerable time in advance the Manager expressed a hope that there might be thorough alumni cooperation with the athletic authorities in administering such regulations as may be necessary to impose.

Investigation of Applications to College C.G. McDavitt '00; H. C. Bean '16

In introducing the subject of investigation of applicants Mr. McDavitt outlined briefly the Selective Process and dwelt at some length on the part which the Alumni Council and the alumni in general have been taking in this process. Two years ago the Council volunteered to supervise the work of obtaining estimates by the alumni of the quality of applicants and the work has met with gratifying success. Before the Council undertook this supervision about 35% of the applicants were reported upon; last year, under Council supervision, 64% were reported upon, and this year 80%. In addition to the blanks received at the Office of the Director of Admissions another blank for alumni rating has been prepared on which the individual or committee reporting checks the definite qualities of the applicant. This work, while supervised by the members of the Alumni Council, is very largely done either by committees of the various associations or by committees independently appointed. While the results are gratifying the Council is still endeavoring to improve on the technique of the work.

Mr. H. C. Bean, who for the past two years has been chairman of the committee in charge of the work in Boston and has had unusually successful results, reported on the methods in force in his territory. The Boston territory was divided into nineteen districts with an active, well-informed alumnus in charge of each district. General information and instructions were sent out from the central committee and touch was constantly kept with the various districts. Those applicants who did not respond to the first invitation for a meeting with the district committee were investigated person- ally in almost every case and report was obtained, frequently with the discovery that a man had either deferred his application or perhaps decided to go to some other college. A constant education of the alumni is necessary and a warning against some of the dangers, such as promises of guaranteeing admission to an applicant which are obviously incapable of fulfillment.

This concluded the subjects for discussion and the Nominating Committee was asked to present its report. Before this was done Mr. Parkinson raised the question of whether it was the desire of the Association to continue its practice of asking the Nominating Committee to name three men for the position of alumni councilor, of whom the meeting should chose one by ballot. When the question was put to a vote it was decided that the custom should be continued as heretofore.

The Committee then reported as follows: President: A. M. Strong '92 Vice-president: N. W. Emerson '00

Secretary: E. F. Clark '01 Managing Editor of ALUMNI MAGAZINE: E. F. Clark '01 Executive Committee: A. M. Strong '92 N. W. Emerson '00 E. F. Clark '01 W. D. Barker 'IS A. M. Cate '20 It was moved and Voted: That the secretary be instructed to cast one ballot for the above officers as nominated by the Committee.

A ballot was then taken for a member of the Alumni Council resulting in the election of Luther B. Little '82 for a period of three years from July 1, 1926.

The Committee on Resolutions then proposed the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted :

Resolved that the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association, in attendance at its twenty-second annual meeting, express its loving remembrance of Dr. William Jewett Tucker, President Emeritus of the College, and its grateful appreciation of his great work in re-vivifying the College and in making possible and directing by his effective personality an extraordinary growth in numbers and influence.

Resolved that the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association congratulates President Hopkins that, with the understanding of the work and purpose of the College gained in association with Dr. Tucker, he has so interpreted the meaning of the College and so enlarged its scope that under his leadership Dartmouth has become the recognized leader in the educational movements of the country. Recognizing his ability and vision, it assures him of its undivided support and confidently bespeaks for him the like support of the alumni.

Resolved that the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association returns its thanks for a letter, read at the meeting, to Samuel H. Jackman, Secretary of the Class of 1860, and the oldest living graduate of the College, who though prevented by physical infirmity from attending the meeting maintains his interest as a Secretary and exhibits in substantial form his devotion to the College, and also

Resolved that the Association returns its thanks to Major E. D. ' Redington, Secretary of the Class of 1861 and for ten years an alumni trustee of the College, for his letter to the Association which now, as in the past, is stimulated by the example of his fidelity and service to the College.

Resolved that the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association records its sorrow at the death during the past year of two of its number, C. E. Swett, Secretary of the Class of 1864 whose interest in the College was attested by his constant attendance at the meetings of the Association and at other gatherings of Dartmouth alumni, and whose genial and sympathetic spirit manifested in his relation to the College, cheered all who were associated with him in its service; and Frederic G. Mather, Secretary of the Class of 1867, who in his short service in that position showed a strong and increasing desire to make that service effective.

Resolved that the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association returns its hearty and appreciative thanks to the College for the welcome and hospitality which this year, as in former years, have been extended to it, and finds itself more ready than ever to confirm its loyalty to the College by doing all in its power to further the work of the College and to support the increasing obligations of the College in the great cause of education.

John K. Lord C. A. Perkins J. W. Worthen

The afternoon was spent on the Athletic Field watching the numerous events that had been scheduled, or on the golf links, or wandering about town.

In the evening some twenty-five secretaries gathered at Mel Adams Cabin for supper and to listen to an extremely interesting talk by Professor William Patten, Director of the Course in Evolution, describing his experiences during the past summer hunting fossils in Spitzbergen.