SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION

Two meetings with President Hopkins while he was on his great swing around the circle of all alumni associations was the good fortune of the Southern California Alumni Association, on March 5 and March 6. The two meetings may be set down as beyond anything in the Association's previous history.

On the first occasion President Hopkins was the Association's guest and the chief speaker at the annual meeting at the University Club in Los Angeles, and on the second occasion he was good enough to meet with the group at the regular weekly luncheon held also at the University Club. This time, although no speech was on the program, the President very kindly offered to answer any questions, with the result that he was kept on his feet nearly an hour, and in that time gave the Southern California alumni an even greater insight into the workings of the present-day Dartmouth and the ideals back of it, than had been possible on the previous night.

Splendid receptions were given Dr. Hopkins alike at the annual meeting and at the regular weekly luncheon. Ninety-three alumni and guests turned out to greet him on the evening of March sand 5 and this in spite of the fact that Los Angeles was on its bad behavior that day, having welcomed the President with an "unusual" rain storm—and forty-four men were present for the meeting with him the following day.

The address given at the evening meeting was a deft interweaving of the why and wherefore of the liberal arts college with the why and wherefore of what and how Dartmouth has been and is doing, in building upon the solid foundation of the liberal arts college, on whose existence and on whose vision Dr. Hopkins sees so much depending today.

In part, the President touched on many of the points brought out in his speech on this same general subject published in the March issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, but only in part. It was patent to his hearers that he had developed many additional thoughts on this subject while on his trip around the country, and the Southern California Association got the full benefit of these. Certainly Dr. Hopkins brought to the group a new and clearer understanding of the place of the liberal arts college in the present-day world, and more than that, he made the Dartmouth of today live and breathe in a way that realized all the traditions wrapped up in the heart of each man who heard him. regarding the Dartmouth he had known.

President David E. Bradley '03 presided at the annual dinner, and at its conclusion received a vote of thanks for the able adminis- tration he had given to the Association's affairs during the last year. There were tributes to his leadership also in the reports made by the various committees, and in the annual report of the retiring secretary-treasurer, R. E. Seward '19. For the vocation committee, of which James J. Norton 'OB is chairman, a report was given by R. B. Merrill 'OB, the pretext being that Jimmie thought his brother-in-law could make a better speech than he. But when Jimmie was required later to report for the nominating committee, a deciding vote on this momentous question would have been difficult to obtain. For the entertainment committee a report was made by its chairman, E. D. Martin '09, that brought out the many activities of the Association during the last year, and promised within the near future a week-end house party at the wonderful desert resort, La Quinta, that was visited last May by the group. R. L. Bennett '13, as chairman of the freshman committee, which is lining up and advising with candidates for matriculation at Dartmouth, was able to report that excellent co-operation was being given the Association in this work by all the high school principals in Southern California.

Ed Martin, as usual, was the song leader of the dinner, and Ted Redington '07 was his assistant at the piano. With these two collaborating, it was not to be wondered at that President Hopkins spoke enthusiastically of the singing. It proved to be one of the features of the evening for the guests, who included six lads who are hoping to enter Dartmouth next fall or the following year, and included also some of the fathers of these candidates for college. Other fathers of the alumni or undergraduates were also present. Paul G. Redington '00, chief of the U. S. Biological Survey, was one of the men who came a long distance to be present at dinner, while Wm. B. Wright '18 came down from San Francisco, and Warren Currier 'OB travelled up from the Imperial Valley so as not to miss the big event.

The guests included Chas. P. Blythe, C. A. LaFever, Dr. Titian Coffey, Gerald Clover, Harry Dougherty, Kenneth Clarke, Dick Clarke, Carl Wright, David Bradley, Jr., Chas. B. Fisher, and Warren B. Pinney. An especial sentence must be given to the fact that Wm. H. Snyder, principal of Hollywood High School, who was Dr. Hopkins' professor of physics at Worcester Academy, was also among those present. Furthermore, it should be especially noted that one of the trustees of the College, C. B. Little 'Bl, was among those present.

These guests, as well as all the alumni present who have been acquainted with the work of Eck Hiestand in the Southern California Association, ever since he took up his residence in Los Angeles six years ago, joined in applauding the recommendation of the nominating committee appointed by President Bradley. The committee, headed by J. J. Norton '08 and made up further of E. A. Abbott '99, R. E. Seward '19, Ashton Castle '24, and M. C. LaFever '26, recommended the following slate: For president, E. W. Hiestand '10; first vice-president, Walter Gibson '11; second vice-president, Albert Shiels Jr. '17; third vice-president, James Durkee '17; secretarytreasurer, Roland Foss ' 19; assistant secretary, Leon Rothschild '24; assistant secretary, L. B. McFadden '26; executive committee, chairman, David E. Bradley '03, and R. L. Bennett '13 and Ashton Castle '24. This ticket was elected by acclamation.

The full list of alumni at the meeting included the following: E. A. Abbott '99, Ned B. Allen '22, Dr. Walter S. Adams '98, R. B. Ahlswede '42, G. C. Barnes 'll, R. L. Bennett '13, F. P. Brackett '87, David Bradley '03, Dr. H. G. Brainerd '74, L. B. Brooks '23, Hartley Caldwell '22, Ashton Castle '24, L. W. Clarkson '20, Philip Coykendall '25, Warren Currier '08, E. L. Corse '02, P. Deshon '11, E. R. Dewey '17, E. S. Durgin '24, J. T. Durkee '17, Arthur M. Everit '23, W. W. Floyd '14, J. R. Fones '01, Z. B. Forbush '20, Roland C Foss '19, W. B. Gibson '11, W. S. Graves '19, R. E. Gresley '26, R. Guyot '27, L. A. Hatch '98, Dr. Henry D. Howard '07, E. D. Hoag '23, Henry M. Hobart '05, Samuel Hobbs '12, E. W. Hiestand '10, A. L. Howell '16, C. G. Johnson '71, M. N. Joslyn '24, Ralph M. Kilpatrick '19, G. B. Kellogg '13, M. C. LaFever '26, Dr. George P. Laton '06, G. R. Luten '25, John J. Lyman '28, E. D. Martin '09, George B. McClary '13, James W. McCleery '25, L. D. McFadden '26, R. B. Merrill 'OB, H. M. Miles '15, C. G. Milham '06, R. W Morrill '24, Harry B. Morse '04, A. Nickerson '10, James J. Norton '08, Wesley L. Nutten, Jr. '22, John S. Packard '25, F. Piper '16, H. W. Pease '11, Paul G. Redington '00, T. T. Redington '07, Richard W. Redfield '15, J. L. Richardson '08, P. E. Rothman '22, L. I. Rothschild '24, H. M. Sanborn '02, V. R. Salinger '00, Paul S. Sample '19, Dr. Karl R. Sleeper '00 M., G. W. Shaw '87, R. E. Seward '19, L. Seiler '18, Herman T. Trefethen '26, S. S. Voorhees '27, C. B. Worthen '03, Wm. B. Wright '18, W. S. Wilson '10.