New York

AS EXCLUSIVELY PREDICTED in the last is- sue of this superlative alumni publication, the Club has started off its second full year in the new house with plenty of whatever it takes to make a club a success, from the members' point of view.

The dining room opened up September 11 with all the old kitchen and dining room crew back in their places. Most of them had spent the summer caring for the inner needs of World's Fair visitors, and apparently were glad to get back to a more academic atmosphere.

Their first real test came on the 13th, when the second annual Freshman Dinner brought some 150 fathers, freshmen and casuals to the Club. Bill Knibbs presided in his usual good style, Jigger Pender gave his benison, Allan Dingwall riffled the piano keys in masterful fashion, and young Jimmy Vaughan welcomed the paeans for the undergraduates. Among the alumni who personally introduced their hopefuls to the multitude were Harrie L. Muchemore 'O4, Herb McKennis 'O4, Bob Stokes 'O7, Clarence Meleney 'l3, Dick Remsen 'l2, Jim Heenehan 'l4 and Bruce Cunningham 'as. Inaugurated last year, this Freshman Dinner seems to be much appreciated by the boys and by their fathers, and so undoubtedly will continue as an important Club service.

At a meeting of the Board of Governors, late in September, an encouraging report of the Club's financial possibilities was rendered by Otto Taylor 'lO, whose work during the summer as chairman of the Budget Committee entitles him to the profound thanks of every member. Otto and his committee have instituted a control system that appears to be the last word in good management.

The only regrettable note in the meeting was the receipt and acceptance of Nate Lenfestey's resignation as Club treasurer. Nate has been a tower of strength ever since the first swaddling days of 1926, and certainly has earned release from the job. Fortunately for the Club, Les Snow 'l2 is another substantial citizen, with excellent financial training, who steps into Nate's shoes at a critical time.

Events this month naturally crowd themselves, with football the prime attraction. Starting with the Navy game smoker and wire returns on the 13 th and 14th, the Harvard game smoker and direct wire will finish the month. Then in early November the special trains to the Yale and Princeton games will transport a merry crew as usual. Class dinners are scattered liberally through the month, and visiting firemen will do well to call the Club when they are in town to get their dates straight.

The Club will entertain the Alumni Council November 3, the day before the Yale game, with business sessions morning and afternoon and luncheon. On November 2, class treasurers and others administering Class Group Subscriptions to the MAGAZINE will meet at the Club for discussion of mutual problems and a general get-together.

Numerous private parties, increasingly popular as the Club's facilities for excellent food and drink become better known, will fill the chinks.

In addition to 21 regular guests, the Club has found room for 36 transients during the past month, and of course this number will be much larger during the next two or three months. As usual, the overflow can be accommodated at a nearby hotel under a very favorable rate arrangement. Purely on a dollar and cent basis, membership in the Club, whether at the resident or the nominal non-resident rates, is good business for any Dartmouth man.