Secretaries Meet

The Dartmouth Secretaries Association convened in Hanover on May n and 12 for its 30th annual meetings. A record attendance of 101, ten more than last year's high total, was set by class and club secretaries, speakers, and guests.

Business sessions were held in the 1902 Room of Baker Library on both days, and officers for the coming year were elected at the final session as follows: President, Harold K. Davison '15, of Woodsville, N. H.; vice-president, Arthur E. McClary '05, of Malone, N. Y.; secretary-treasurer, Sidney C. Hayward '26, of Hanover. An executive committee, consisting of these officers and James G. Hodge Jr. '29 and Harlan P. Statzell Jr. '25, was named; and Ephraim H. Crane '98, of Brattleboro, Vt., was reelected as representative of the Association on the Alumni Council for a term of three years. Mr. Hayward was reelected editor-in-chief of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

The class and club secretaries assembled in Baker Library on the afternoon of Friday, May 11, for their first meeting. Following the roll call and an invocation by the Rev. Samuel W. Adriance '73, new secretaries were welcomed by Warren C. Kendall '99, president of the Association. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a series of reports on subjects of particular alumni interest. John F. Conners '14, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Connecticut, presented "A Report from Connecticut"; Carl F. Woods '04, Alumni Councilor from the New England States district, spoke on "Alumni Council Nominations"; John C. Sterling '11, chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee, discussed "The Alumni Fund"; Robert C. Strong '24, dean of freshmen and director of admissions, explained "The New Admission Plan"; and Prof. Francis J. A. Neef, director of the Bureau of Personnel Research, discussed the problems of "Student Financial Aid."

The opening meeting was adjourned at 4-30 to the President's house where President and Mrs. Hopkins were hosts to the secretaries and their wives at a tea and reception.

The evening program began at 6.30 with the showing of College movies in Tuck Hall. The annual secretaries banquet followed in Stell Hall at 7.30, with Mr. Kendall acting as toastmaster. Speakers at the banquet included President Hopkins, Dean Laycock, Coach Blaik, and Martin J. Dwyer Jr. '34, secretary of the senior class. During the dinner Mr. Hayward presented the prize for the best class secretary to WilUam D. Parkinson '78, of Fitchburg, Mass., and the prize for the best club secretary to James D. Landauer '23, of the Dartmouth Club of New York City.

The Association closed its two-day ses sions in Baker Library on Saturday morn ing, May 12. Allan M. Cate '20, one of the three representatives of the Secretaries Association on the Alumni Council, presented "A Report from the Alumni Council"; Clarence G. McDavitt '00, president of the Athletic Council, spoke on "Athletic Problems and Policies"; Natt W. Emerson 'OO, president, and Daniel P. Hatch '28 discussed "The Alumni Outing Club"; Prof. James P. Richardson '99 spoke on "Dartmouth in Politics"; and Sidney C. Hayward '26, editor, and Albert W. Frey '20, business manager, reported on the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Reports were also heard at that' time from Albert I. Dickerson '30 regarding class records, from Mr. Hay ward regarding "Dartmouth College News," and from the executive and resolutions committees.

Following adjournment of this meeting, the secretaries moved to the Reserve Room of Baker Library, where Prof. Artemas Packard, chairman of the department of Art, gave an informal talk on the Orozco murals.

Those in attendance at the meetings included:

Class secretaries: W. S. Dana '71, Rev. S. W. Adriance '73, F. N. Parsons '74, H. W. Stevens '75, Dr. H. H. Piper '76, C. D. Adams '77, W. D. Parkinson '78, C. H. Smith '79, G. A. Dickey 'BO, M. W. Adams '81, H. L. Luques '82, A. E. Watson '83, W. J. Starr '84, H. H. Austin '85, Dr. G. D. Frost '86, S. E. Junkins '87, E. Cate '88, Dr. D. N. Blakely '89, F. E. Rowe '91, A. M. Strong '92, H. B. Metcalf '93, C. C. Merrill '94, Craven Laycock '96, R. F. Marden '98, W. C. Kendall '99, N. W. Emerson 'OO.

E. M. Stevens '01, H. W. Farwell '02, E. K. Burbeck '03, H. B. Johnson '04, A. E. McClary '05, F. L. Childs '06, L. W. Griswold '08, R. J. Holmes '09, H. P. Hinman '10, N. G. Burleigh '11, W. Wilkins '13, C. E. Leech '14, H. K. Davison '15, J. A. Pelletier '16, A. C. Gottschaldt '18, J. C. Davis '19, A. M. Cate '20, D. B. Ruggles Jr. '21, F. H. Horan '32, H. F. West '22, S. J. Flanigan '23, C. J. Spaulding '24, F. N. Blodgett '25, C. G. McDavitt Jr. '26, M. E. Choukas '27, W. P. Kimball '28, F. W. Andres '29, A. I. Dickerson '30, C. McAllister '31, C. H. Owsley '32, J. S. Monagan '33, M. J. Dwyer Jr. '34, R. F. Treadway '36, A. B. Ryder '37.

Club secretaries: C. J. Spaulding '24, Worcester; W. D. Gorton '24, Cleveland; M. D. Pomeroy 'l4, Holyoke; A. W. Frey '20, Tuck School; C. A. Clarke '13, Haver- hill; E. H. Crane '98, Brattleboro; J. F. Conners '14, Connecticut; S. C. Hayward '26, General Association; J. D. Landauer '23, New York City; E. E. Martin '19, New York City; C. B. Rice '23, Hartford; C. W. Gowrie '24, New Haven; W. J. Moore '19, New Britain; F. B. Morey '20, Eastern New York; A. F. Woodies '14, Lowell; H. H. Moses '22, Western Massachusetts; L. H. Huntoon '18, Rhode Island; L. P. Benezet '99, Manchester; H. White '25, Bridgeport; H. P. Statzell Jr. '25, Philadelphia; O. Skinner '2B, Lehigh Valley; C. E. Blodgett '25, Northern New Jersey; J. G. Hodge Jr. '29, Northern New Jersey; J. K. Irvin '35, Oklahoma; T. L. Floyd-Jones '26, Westchester County, N. Y.; G. F. Thurber '11, Nashua; L. E. Richwagen '23, Vermont; S. C. Smith '29, Waterbury; R. C. Syvertsen '18, Medical School; F. W. Andres '29, Boston; A. C. Gottschaldt '18, Georgia; W. C. Kendall '99, Washington, D. C.

Speakers and guests: E. M. Hopkins '01, C. F. Woods '04, C. G. McDavitt '00, R. C. Strong '24, E. H. Blaik, F. J. A. Neef, J. C. Sterling '11, G. Fuller '16, D. P. Hatch Jr. '28, C. E. Widmayer '30.

"One who has been secretary of his classfor 25 years needs no introduction to thegroup of devoted sons of Dartmouth College gathered here. You may throw outyour chest a bit when we recall, with justpride, that you have twice been presidentof this Association and that you have represented us for six years on the AlumniCouncil. You mherited Dartmouth fromyour father, a graduate of the Collegenearly 100 years ago. You and your twobrothers spent four undergraduate yearsin Hanover. You passed Dartmouth on toyour four sons, every one a Dartmouthman. The blood of the Parkinsons is notred, it is green! Largely through your efforts the class of 1878 has become a modelof alumni groups. Your biennial class reports will always stand to your great credit.The large and exhaustive class history published by you recently is a labor of lovethat must not go unrewarded. The Association is delighted to add your name to itsvery select list of best class secretaries andto wish you 'good luck' for many moreyears of service."

30th Annual Secretaries Meetings More than 100 members of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association convened in Hanover, May 11 and 12. Alumni classes and clubs were represented in record numbers for the two-day sessions.

Best Class Secretary for 1933 -34—WILLIAM DWIGHT PARKINSON '78