Keene

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH annual meeting of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Alumni Association was held at the Hotel Ellis, Thursday evening, December 28, 1939, with President Dave Putnam presiding.

Thirty-eight members and guests were present at this most successful meeting.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, James E. Robertson '20; Vice President, Donald Ewing '31; Secretary-Treasurer, Russell G. Putney '22; Executive Committee, George Kingsbury, Richard Holbrook, George Hanna; Examining Committee, Charles Knight, Frank Huntress, Nat Batchelder.

The undergraduates present, Denman Holmes, Ivor Brandt, and Bob Clark, spoke briefly, as did George Hanna, "Spec" Holmes, Bill Watson, and Gene Brooks, a new member from Boston.

"Whitey" Fuller, Athletic Publicity Director, and guest speaker, brought down the house with a giraffe story which set the pace for the evening. "Whitey" gave us the dope in sincere fashion concerning the prospects of our athletic teams, and predicted average success in our own class. He urges alumni to keep busy interesting young men in going to Dartmouth.

Eddie Chamberlain, Assistant Dean of Freshmen, gave a most entertaining and instructive summary of the purposes of our selective process of administration, stating that the authorities rely greatly upon alumni to send the right men to Hanover.

Movies of the Hanover game with Eddie at the microphone explaining the plays finished up the program.

After the formal program a lengthy debate was started by the alumni and Mr. Chamberlain. The alumni feel they certainly do their part in sending good material to Dartmouth, but after working hard on prospects too many are rejected by the administration authorities. The increasing high cost of Dartmouth, plus the nearly idealistic theories regarding requirements almost prevent the average boy from even thinking of Dartmouth. With two thousand applicants for each freshman class it does seem as though the alumni were doing their part, and it is now up to the authorities at Hanover to do a better job in picking a fairer cross section of the men with brains and brawn. There is no reason why a good athlete should not receive the benefits of an education the same as an intellectual, and Dartmouth lately has been leaning too much toward the intellectual.