Alumni Council Meeting
The Dartmouth Alumni Council held its annual fall meeting in New York city at the Dartmouth College Club, October 28. William J. Minsch '07, president of the Council, called the morning session to order at 10:00 o'clock. The following members were present:
New England States Carl F. Woods '04 Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles '02 Arthur A. Adams '94
Middle and Southern States Edwin R. Bartlett '04 Warren F. Kimball '11 Richard Remsen '12
Central States Jess B. Hawley '09 Ford H. Whelden '25
Western States Paul W. Loudon '14
Rocky Mountain and Pacific StatesElected by Class Secretaries John R. Burleigh '14 Ephraim H. Crane '98 Allan M. Cate '20
For the Faculty Craven Laycock '96
Members by Virtue of Official Relation toAlumni Sidney C. Hayward '26 Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23
Elected by the Council Whitney H. Eastman '10 John W. Pearson '11 William J. Minsch '07 John C. Sterling '11 Wright Hugus '13
Former councilors and specially invited speakers who were present sometime during the meetings included:
Clarence B. Little '81 Frederic H. Leggett '98 Lemuel G. Hodgkins '00 Ernest M. Hopkins '01 Victor M. Cutter '03 Thomas W. Streeter '04 James D. Landauer '23 Albert I. Dickerson '30 Dean E. Gordon Bill
Mr. Minsch welcomed new members of the Council present for their first meeting, including Whitney H. Eastman 'to, John C. Sterling '11, Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23, and Ford H. Whelden '25. Regrets had been received from three other new members that they could not be present. These included Benjamin W. Couch '96, Frank J. Reagan '09, and William A. Green Jr. '14.
An important item of business was the nomination of an alumni trustee to succeed C. G. DuBois '91 whose second term expires in June. Victor M. Cutter '03 was chosen as the nominee of the alumni to the Board.
P. W. Loudon '14 reported for a special committee on elections and nominations to the Council. Mr. Minsch directed that the committee be continued to report at the June meeting following further investigation. The committee will encourage more extensive balloting for vacancies on the Council during the campaigns to be held this coming spring.
Alumni Fund Report
In presenting the report of the Alumni Fund committee, John C. Sterling '11 spoke at length on the peculiar problems of the Fund campaign to begin in April. He suggested several innovations, including a special plan for encouraging classes to subscribe their quotas. The total quota is as yet undecided. The committee was given authority by the Council to set this at a later date, stipulating only that it be lower than the $135,000 quota of last year. Mr. Sterling and Albert I. Dickerson '30, secretary of the Fund committee, were questioned following the report. Discussion of plans and policies for the coming campaign ensued.
Metropolitan Alumni Clubs
In opening a discussion of the problems faced by the directors of alumni club activity in metropolitan centers, James C. Landauer '23, secretary of the New York Alumni Association, spoke of the small numbers of Dartmouth men in New York participating in activities of the Association there. The proposal was made that district groups be founded under the head of the New York Association, thus giving opportunity to alumni to join a Dartmouth Club in their particular suburban towns rather than centering activity in the heart of the city.
Afternoon Session
Members of the Council were guests of the Dartmouth Club for luncheon. The first speaker of the subsequent afternoon program was E. Gordon Bill, Dean of Freshmen and Director of Admissions. Dean Bill spoke on the Selective Process, stressing the newly inaugurated system of Junior Admissions whereby boys are selected for admission one year in advance of their entrance. He complimented the the Council on the valuable assistance given him by alumni interviewing committees.
Lloyd K. Neidlinger '33, president of the athletic council, reported for that organization. He outlined confidentially what the hopes of the Council are in regard to future football schedules and spoke in detail of his confidence in the present coaching personnel for Dartmouth teams. He pointed out the retrenchments made in the 1932-33 budget and explained that the extensive program of recreational athletics still maintained at Hanover could only be continued by means of receipts from football games.
The President Speaks
In introducing President Hopkins, Mr. Minsch explained that no meeting of the Council could be complete without the presence of the President of the College. He thanked President Hopkins for attending this meeting in the midst of a busy program of speaking and attendance at other important meetings. The President first spoke of his confidence in the policies of the athletic council, illustrating these remarks with a resume of the football situation in the past ten years, pointing out that Coach Jackson Cannell '19 was the unanimous choice of all concerned at the time of his appointment four years ago and that he had fully justified the confidence placed in him. The President described the present situation of the College as a financially precarious one. He predicted that the deficit at the end of this year would be about $200,000 unless unforseen help appeared before the end of the year. His remarks, which were further extended to cover all phases of the College's activity at the present time, were as always the most interesting and informative of any of the Council program. Particularly impressive was his statement of his personal and official admiration of Dr. William Patten, long-time Professor of Biology, whose death had occurred suddenly in Hanover the previous day.
Adjournment
In adjourning the meeting until the annual Commencement session to be held this year June 16 and 17, Mr. Minsch requested all present to proceed at once to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Basil O'Connor, 1220 Park Ave., where the councilors and their wives were invited for tea. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
