The Annual Meeting of the Secretaries Association
On May 3 and 4 the secretaries gathered in Hanover for their twenty-fifth annual meeting. The high record of attendance customary in recent years was maintained, fifty-six classes being represented by their secretaries or proxies and fifteen association representatives responding to the roll call. The oldest class represented in the person of its secretary was that of 1865, Judge William B. Stevens. The class of 1866 was also represented by its secretary, Henry Whittemore.
Before the opening of the formal business session the secretaries gathered in the reception room of the Administration Building for light refreshments and an informal reunion. The meeting was formally called to order at 5:30 in the Faculty Room by President Frederick Chase '05. The following responded to the roll call: '65 William B. Stevens '66 Henry Whittemore '71 William S. Dana '72 Edwin J. Bartlettl '73 Charles F. Bradley '74 Frank N. Parsons '75 Henry W. Stevens '76 Frank H. Hardison '77 John M. Comstock '78 William D. Parkinson '79 Henry Melville '81 Edward H. Trowbridge '83 Alfred E. Watson '84 Joshua F. Hill '86 Gilman D. Frost '87 James B. Wallace '88 Eleazar Cate '89 David N. Blakely '90 Charles A. Perkins '91 Willis O. Smith '92 Arthur M. Strong '93 George E. Kinney '94 Henry Hurd '95 Charles A. Holden '96 Craven Laycock '98 H. Philip Patey '99 Louis Benezet '99 Adna D. Storrs '00 Natt W. Emerson '01 Everett M. Stevens '02 Arba J. Irvin '03 Charles L. Luce '04 Harry B. Johnson '05 Frederick Chase '06 Francis L. Childs '07 Charles P. Woodworth '08 Arthur D. Rotch '10 Arthur P. Allen '11 Nathaniel G. Burleigh '12 D. Basil O'Connor '13 Warde Wilkins '14 John R. Burleigh '15 W. Dale Barker '16 Jesse K. Feimo '17 John W. White '1B Frederick W. Cassebeer '19 Louis W. Munro '20 Allan M. Cate '21 Herrick Brown '22 Francis H. Horan '24 Robert C. Strong '25 Douglas Archibald '26 Charles D. Webster '27 G. Doane Arnold '28 Leroy C. Milliken '29 Frederick W. Andres '31 John B. Martin, Jr.
Ephraim H. Crane '9B, Dartmouth Club of Brattleboro Malcolm G. Rollins '11, Dartmouth College Club of New York Milton D. Pomeroy '14, Dartmouth Club of Holyoke Arthur F. Woodies '14, Dartmouth Club of Lowell Robert M. Steelier '19, Dartmouth Club of Cleveland Donald G. Mix '21, Dartmouth Club of Worcester Edwin P. Nason '24, Dartmouth Club of Hartford Arba J. Irvin '02, Oklahoma Association George H. Chamberlaine '21, Alumni Association of New York Carl F. Woods '04, Dartmouth Club of Winchester John R. Burleigh '14, The Boston Association John Carleton '21, The Manchester Association Corydon K. Litehard '21, Dartmouth Club of Springfield John W. Bowler '06, Medical School Association Raymond R. Marsden '08, Thayer Society of Engineers In connection with the roll call the secretary also presented letters of greeting from Judge Roger S. Green '59 and Major E. D. Redington '61 which were received with great interest. The communication from Judge Green also had received the endorsement of Dr. J. W. Grosvenor, the only other surviving member of the class of '59, and contained certain resolutions which it was desired should be presented for consideration to the proper alumni bodies. It was therefore moved and VOTED: That the secretary express the appreciation and interest of the Secretaries Association in the resolutions presented by the class of 1859 and that these resolutions be referred to the Alumni Council for consideration.
The first business before the meeting was the appointment of the following committees by the president:
Nominating Committee Charles A. Perkins '90 Francis L. Childs '06 Francis H. Horan '22 Committee on Resolutions Henry Melville '79 H. Philip Patey '98 Frederick W. Cassebeer '18
Since the last meeting of the Association the following secretaries have been appointed by their respective classes: Charles W. Spalding '63 Clarence W. McDavitt '00, acting sec. for '67 George H. Fletcher "72, acting secretary Fred L. Pattee '88 H. Philip Patey '98 John Crowell '03 Truman T. Metzel '23 Fred W. Andres '29
President Chase welcomed these new secretaries to the Association and spoke of the loss sustained by the death of Samuel H. Jackman '60, John Scales '63 and Arthur W. Dudley '67, all of whom had left their individual impress on the Secretaries Association and in the affection of its members. Mr. Chase commented on the fact that with this meeting the Association was completing its twenty- fifth year of existence and congratulated the members on their opportunities for service, both within the classes and through these to the College at large.
FREDERICK CHASE '05 Is the retiring president of the Secretaries Association. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1905 with Phi Beta Kappa rank, took the degree of A.B. in 1906 and the degree of LL.B. from Harvard University in 1909. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of law and is now a member of the firm of Hutchins and Wheeler in Boston.
