PRESIDENT HOPKINS BACK FROM ALUMNI TRIP
President Ernest M. Hopkins spoke before nearly 1500 alumni on a trip which took him to five large alumni associations in the east. In Boston, New York, Pittsburg, Washington and Philadelphia the alumni dinners attracted more Dartmouth men than had ever before attended. Dinners for class agents of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund were held in Boston and New York at which President Hopkins was the guest and principal speaker. He also spoke informally before a group of young alumni at the parish house of the Church of the Ascension, New York. Donald Aldrich 'l7 is minister of the church.
President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard was a guest of honor and speaker at the Boston Alumni dinner, held at the Copley-Plaza January 28. R. B. MacPhail '2B also addressed the gathering. At each of the dinners President Hopkins spoke on the general theme of the American College, its history, the place in American life which it is now filling, and its opportunities for the future. The great purpose, he said, of liberal arts colleges should be "ennoblement of the soul, and quickening of the mind." He said that good use of leisure time, becoming an ever increasing problem in this country, offers colleges a field of accomplishment.
Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of directors of the General Electric Company and holder of an honorary degree from Dartmouth, was a guest of honor at the New York dinner at The Biltmore January 31. More than 600 alumni were present at each of the Boston and New York meetings. Other speakers at the New York dinner were Dean E. Gordon Bill, and J. A. Davis '27.
The Dartmouth Alumni Association of Western Pennsylvania held its annual dinner at the University Club, Pittsburgh, February 2. Dr. John G. Bowman, president of the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. William M. Davidson, Superintendent of Schools in Pittsburgh were guests for the dinner. Both added their tributes to those of President Lowell and Owen Young in saying that Dartmouth is an outstanding liberal arts college and that no educational institution in America has finer leadership than that of President Hopkins at Dartmouth.
The Washington alumni dinner was held the following evening, February 3, at the Racquet Club, Washington, D. C. The presidents of the local Cornell, Harvard and Yale Clubs were guests and extended their greetings to the Dartmouth Club. At the Penn Athletic Club, Philadelphia, President Hopkins spoke at the final alumni dinner before returning to Hanover. Other speakers at Philadelphia were E. N. McMillan '01, S. S. Larmon '14, and L. K. Neidlinger '23.
S. C. Hayward '26, assistant to the president, accompanied President Hopkins on the trip.
