Baltimore

THE FIRST WEEK of April has witnessed the annual invasion (quite welcome, we assure you) of Maryland by Dartmouth cohorts, even more numerous than usual. First the Musical Clubs on March 31, then a stream of athletic teams—golf, lacrosse, baseball, track, tennis-all seeking a milder clime for their early warming-up games. The lacrosse players especially find this early-season trip a valuable experience, for Maryland, a sort of alma mater of the stickgame, does her hospitable best to show her northern guests how to play the game. This year the Dartmouth boys tackled three of the best Maryland teams-Navy, Mount Washington and St. Johns—and though defeated gave a good account of themselves.

It has always seemed a risky venture for our small group to sponsor a concert by the musical clubs and it has been a long time since we had them here, though the subject has been discussed nearly every year. But some months ago we resolved to take the risk and to make it a real success. With the energetic leadership of George Parkhurst '30, committee chairman, and President Jud McCarthy '26, it was a success. The glee club gave a fine concert that was enthusiastically received by a large and very good-looking audience that filled the big ball-room of the Hotel Belvedere, and the dance with Barbary Coast music was thoroughly enjoyed. We feel that Dartmouth is better and more favorably known in Baltimore as a result, and we more than cleared expenses! Playing the bass fiddle in the orchestra was Howard Stoughton Jr. '39 whose father of the class of '13 is an old friend of ours, having been secretary of the Dartmouth Club here several years ago. It was a pleasure to have a little talk with "Stub's" strapping son. Several Washington alumni came to our party, among them Warren and Mrs. Kendall '99, Lighthouse Harold and Mrs. King '05, Edmund Freeman '13, Dave and Mrs. McCoy '18, Page and Mrs. Worthington '33, Bill and Mrs. Woodruff '31. My account would be incomplete without an acknowledgement of the generous support we received from the families of undergraduates and of boys who are preparing to enter Dartmouth, and from the committee Extraordinary of charming debutantes who acted as hostesses to the visiting musicians.

Several new names have been added recently to our mailing list: Tom Proctor '18, who has bought a farm near Darlington but commutes to Baltimore every day at present; Preston Tanner '25; Tom Wheeler '27; R. J. Grow '33; Everett Shineman '33; Julius Westheimer '38, a home-coming Baltimorean.