Coach Blaik was enthusiastically received on his recent trip among alumni clubs. On February 12 he attended a dinner at Buffalo, February 13 a luncheon at Rochester and also a dinner at Syracuse, February 14 a dinner at Albany, and February 15 a smoker at Springfield.
Just before the dinner at Buffalo Mr. Blaik spoke over the radio for 15 minutes in an interview with George Sutherland, sports commentator. Nearly seventy attended the Dartmouth dinner, including several fathers of undergraduates and prospective students. Mr. Walter Erion, father of Don Erion '36, next year's football captain, gave a short talk.
Fifty alumni, some of them from points 60 and 70 miles away, attended the dinner of the Central New York Club at Syracuse, to hear the Coach. After his talk, which included stories of winter sports in Hanover, Dartmouth movies were shown and also some pictures taken by P. H. Winchester '99 during his reunion last June.
William G. Morton '28 was elected president of the Syracuse Club, succeeding Stuart Edgerly '25. Vice-president James G. Capps Jr. '19 and secretary-treasurer Paul Howe '14 were re-elected. The following men were named on the executive committee: P. H. Winchester '99, William W. Short '24, Carl C. Forsaith '13, J. J. Theilscher '17, Alfred M. Green '21, all of Syracuse; George G. Goodelle '01, of Auburn; David W. Trainer 'ax, of Hamilton; Warren C. Billings 'O7, of Rome; R. E. Chesley 'OB, of Utica; Hugh A. Johnson '30, of Binghamton.