Chicago

THE CHICAGO Dartmouth ran into pleasant and informal oratory authored by Huston Lillard 'O5 at their Mandel's luncheon of January 26th. And it was oratory with zip and purpose. Dr. Lillard is Head Master of Tabor Academy, sometime football coach of Andover and Dartmouth. His subject was a brief for rowing at Dartmouth.

Rowing, a major sport at Tabor, was praised as the most economical, least expensive of major sports; likewise, as one of the most wholesome and enjoyable, as one that can provide exercise for a large number of boys. Dr. Lillard restricted his praise to races of under 2 miles, as the 4 mile race is too grim and exhausting to have the merit of pure sport. The speech was well received and won several converts to the cause of rowing at Dartmouth. Walter McCornack '97 and Frank Llewellyn 'l4, football giants, offered no objection to the claim that rowing ranks with football in sporting dignity.

En route to Texas from New York, Kip Couch '23 stopped off for a Chicago lunch with some garrulous local classmates, being Obermeyer, Hilton, Wallace, Carpenter, Metzel and Juergens. Event dated January 25th.

The local '32s threw a class dinner somewhere in the Merchandise Mart on January 27th. Besides discussing the terrible income tax on upper bracket earnings and the city manager plan, each diner was required to deliver a more or less pertinent account of himself. Those attending were Sheldon, Wright, Bennet, Cochrane, Stern, Brookby, Fitch, Jaburek, Westheimer, Leach, Auten, Moore, Kiddoo and Ackerberg.

Negotiations under way give assurance that Chicago will hear the Dartmouth Musical Clubs in April. Anyone fortunate enough to have heard them last year will prove their astuteness by keeping April clear for a more definite announcement.