Annual Report From Detroit
Luncheons of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit were held every Tuesday throughout the year, including the summer months. The largest attendance was 30, the smallest 8, and the average for the year 16. Seventeen members attended at least half of the 52 luncheons. Of the possible 52 luncheons the record stands—Ford Whelden 51, Charles Bennett 44, Richard Brown 44, John Heavenrich 43, James Bear 42, Howard Kaichen 41, Ralph Norton 40, Alexander Maynard 38, Robert Wiley 36, Robert Meginnity 33, Jack Brabb 30, Philip Watson 30, Elmer Gray 27, Henry Bishop 26, Clifton Blake 26, Vivian Fletcher 26, Louis Heavenrich 26.
Four stag bridge parties were held, with the attendance ranging from 18 to 30. Joint luncheons and get-togethers for football returns were held with the alumni associations of Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Pennsylvania. Dean Craven Laycock was our guest at the annual meeting last February.
In February the first directory of the Club ever printed was published. On October 24 a letter commemorating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the year of Daniel Webster's birth was mailed from Hanover to the members of the Club, alumni associations throughout the country, and persons connected with the College. These letters were mailed with the special Webster stamp and cachet of the first day of sale in Hanover.
In January the Dartmouth Club of Detroit for the first time in its history nominated a member as representative to the Alumni Council. Ford Whelden '25 was the nominee, and his election was announced in June. He attended his first Council meeting in New York city on October 28 after spending several days in Hanover.
The financial condition of the Club remains strong, with an adequate surplus approximately as large as ever in the Club's history. Dues totaling $208 were collected from 45 of the 125 members. Forty-five members also contributed to the Alumni Fund. Twenty-six members contributed both to the Club and the Alumni Fund.
Michigan continues to be represented with more undergraduates at Dartmouth than at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, or Pennsylvania; with more than at Williams, Amherst, Wesleyan, and Bowdoin combined; and with more than at Brown, Colgate, Lafayette, Washington and Jefferson, Lehigh, Hamilton, Hobart, Franklin and Marshall, and Washington and Lee combined. This list includes most of the liberal arts, endowed institutions for men only, as well as one co-educational institution—our friendly rival Cornell.
The annual meeting will be held in February or the first part of March. At that time the Dartmouth College Cup will be presented to a Detroit high school for the sixth time.
