New York
THE SAD TOCSIN of a disappointing football season may resound from Etna to Norwich but at 30 East 37st Street, New York, the doleful sound is unheard amidst the clack of adding machines totaling up the business which every football season brings the Club, and which was up to par this fall.
All the various smokers, trains, dances and whatnots that are part and parcel of the autumnal season bring heavy traffic to the Club—because they furnish Club members with additional opportunities of getting together. And what more important function has a club?
The lamented Stanford game, between the Friday night smoker and the post-game festivities, attracted so many people that the total attendance rivaled the little band of faithful who emulated the postmen by refusing to let "the gloom of night" interfere with their afternoon's work.
Long Jim Erwin of Dartmouth and Will Irwin of Stanford co-mastered the ceremonies, with Eddie Chamberlain and Jim Lawson of the rival coaching staffs, Bill McCarter, Whitey Fuller and the Stanford tub-thumper, Bjorkman, Boyle, Josh Davis, A 1 Fusonie, and Miles Lane, and Keith Topping and Bones Hamilton of the noted ex-es from either side being the speakers. Some 300 members of the two alumni bodies crowded the Club, and its complete suc- cess is an excellent tribute to the effective work of some of the younger members of the Entertainment Committee, particularly Hank Whittaker '37 and Clark Mattimore '38
After the game, next day, an even larger throng nearly pushed the walls out. Finally the crowd inside was so great that they couldn't possibly emerge because of the still arriving hundreds. Actually several hundred were turned away, and sought surcease from their woes in neighboring bistros. Meanwhile, in addition to the mob that surrounded the various serving emporiums, almost 200 were furnished a dinner fully up to the Club's normal high standard. Handling such a jam, quickly and efficiently, is a task to which the Club's staff seems accustomed, and does with neatness, despatch—and above all, with good food.
Wednesday night, December 13, marks a happy, yet regrettable, incident in the life of the Club. Since the first inception of the club house idea, nearly fifteen years back, the financial affairs have been in the extremely capable hands of Nate Lenfestey. His sound background, excellent judgment and obvious ability have combined to give the Club a financial stewardship unexcelled by any organization in town. Now Nate is retiring, and the testimonial dinner is certain to be attended by scores of members who have been associated with him and who appreciate his untiring efforts.
Succeeding Nate as Treasurer is Walter Gless '35 who has been groomed and trained for the job by Nate, and who is well qualified to carry on. His election to this important club office is a good example of how the younger alumni are stepping along to a point where they will carry the Club, better even than the oldsters, no doubt.
Further evidence of this is the new Club Glee Club. Managed by Bill Knibbs Jr., this started as a male quartet. When a second quartette was found whose voices blended with the first, we suddenly discovered we had a glee club in the making. The idea is to add other quartettes as the club tries out and selects available men. Singing at the fall smokers, the fledgling songsters made a great hit, and they now are booked for several outside engagements. And there's a waiting list of prospective members.
The New Year's Eve Party, scheduled for the Saturday night before the turn of the year, will be limited only by the accommodations. About fifty couples can be entertained, and the reservation list is already almost complete.
Meanwhile class dinners and private parties, including Dave Camerer's bachelor dinner, the Outing Club dinner, an Alumni Council pow-wow and the Camp Fire Association meeting, keep the formal calendar well filled.
Under the supervision of Ed Redman and Charlie Boyle the card room is being renovated—which should attract new blood, not only for the evening and Satday afternoon rubber games, but also for the Club's Intercollegiate League team, which took the champion Penn team into camp last week.
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI BANQUET Beginning at left: Bud Morris '45, Harry H. Semmes 'II, Mrs. Cronin, Ned Jacoby '4O,Agathe Le Bruin, Jim Donovan '39, Betty Cronin, Joe Dunford '40, Bob Fletcher '39,Mrs. G. M. Morris, John Cronin '03, Mrs. C. A. Boston, Mrs. H. H. Semmes, John Litch-field '39, Hillis Morris, Dick Durrance '39, George M. Morris 'll.
