Connecticut

IN SPITE OF the oppressive summer heat and its lethargic inducements, Connecticut Dartmouth Alumni have not been entirely quiescent.

The final spring issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE preceded the annual state Dartmouth banquet, which was sponsored this year by the New Haven Club under the guidance of Whit Gowrie '24. The affair was a fine one, and the real highlight of the occasion, as is always true in such a case, was the inspiring presence of President Hopkins. An illuminating and forceful survey of the last school year, interspersed with occasional humorous sidelights, plus a forward-looking comment on the forthcoming year was enthusiastically received by 186 alumni, fathers, and guests. Waterbury copped the attendance cup with 77.1 per cent of its quota present.

During the summer proper, the Bridgeport Club has been quite active. In June it sponsored a play at the Westport Country Playhouse, the quite lucrative proceeds from which will be turned over to Professor Neef for scholarship purposes. The results achieved by this exemplary kind of project were especially gratifying to the hard-working committee in charge, consisting of Larry Stone '24, Chairman, and Doctor Paul Harper '26, Jack Storrs 'lB, Bob Stearns '3B, Reg. Horton '27, Ed. Spargo '24, and Mannie Sprague '33.

It is to be hoped that more Dartmouth organizations in the future may devote their energies to worthwhile and productive projects as well as to funmaking and reminiscing about college days.

Also in June, a joint Dartmouth-Wesleyan outing was held featuring beer, a roast beef dinner and a Softball game, which, incidentally, Dartmouth lost, the number of errors being consistent with the sixteen man team on the field. Late in August, the eastern group of Connecticut alumni sponsored a cruise from New London to Fishers Island, returning for a delectable shore dinner at the summer home of Hug Lena 'l2. A grand time was had by all of the twenty-five or more salts in attendance.

Of interest to Dartmouth men is the recent demise of John D. Post, a very prominent Dartmouth alumnus of Ansonia, Connecticut.