Detroit Dinner
The annual banquet of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit was held on the evening of February 18 in the new University Club. Dean Craven Laycock, as official representative of the College, was the chief speaker of the evening. The Club had as its guests Dr. William O. Stevens, headmaster of Cranbrook School; Dr. D. Howard Fletcher, headmaster of the Detroit University SchoolEdmund M. Conklin, principal of the Hamtramck High School; George Murdock, principal of the Southwestern High School; C. J. Keppel, assistant headmaster of the Cranbrook School; Vaughn Blanchard, director of Health Education of the Detroit public high schools; Hal Shields, head coach of Hamtramck High; and the three joint captains of the Hamtramck High football team. A number of prospective Dartmouth men and their fathers were also present. The total attendance was 72.
The annual election was held immediately after the dinner with the following results: President: Ford H. Whelden '25. Vice-President: F. James Bear '19. Sec.-Treasurer: Ralph G. Norton '18. Ass't Sec.-Treasurer: Richard W. Brown '29. Executive Committee Chairmen as later announced by the president: Admissions, Ford H. Whelden '25; Entertainment, F. James Bear '19; Finance, Ralph G. Norton '18; Attendance, Richard W. Brown '29; Educational, Milton P. Ghee 15; Vocational, Charles G. Bennett '08; Publicity, Alexander R. Maynard 'O5; Cup and Trophy, Robert E. 'Wiley 25; Luncheon, John P. Heavenrich '26; New Constitution, Joseph A. Vance Jr. '21; Intercollegiate Club, Philip K. Watson '19.
Following the election of officers the fifth annual presentation of the Dartmouth College Cup took place. This cup is awarded each year to that Detroit High School whose football team has the best combined record in scholarship and football, with equal rating being given to each. The 1932 award was made to Hamtramck High, one of the fourteen metropolitan high schools. The previous winners had been: 1931, Southwestern High, 1930, Central High, 1929, Northwestern High, 1928, Northwestern High.
Dean Laycock spoke on the assuredness of the development and growth of the College despite economic depression, financial turmoil, and world-wide political upheaval. At the conclusion of his general talk, the meeting was thrown over to general discussion. The club was very fortunate in having the Dean as its guest for several days, in which time he visited the Cranbrook School.
The president announced that a twelve page directory of the club would be published in March; that six stag bridge parties would be held in the Tap Room of the University Club in 1932; that the number of Michigan undergraduates at Dartmouth was the largest on record and surpassed the number in Yale by six, in Princeton by nineteen, in Harvard by twenty-six, and in Cornell by thirty-one. He also announced that the number of Michigan applicants for next year's freshman class set a new high record both as to quantity and calibre.
Luncheons were held every Tuesday throughout 1931, including the summer months and attendances ranged from 55 to 8. Whelden '25 led in attendance for the fifth straight year with fifty-one attendances out of a possible fifty-two.
