1906*

Quality but not quantity was the order of the day at this year's class dinner the night before the Harvard game.

For the first time in a good many years some of the "regulars" failed to show up, Gott Brooks, Walt Powers, Shorty Davis, Bill McGrail, Bill Bell, Bob Blood, were conspicuous by their absence and the rest of us missed them very much.

Just to prove that number of others would have attended if something hadn't prevented, Charlie Main reported that eighty-one had replied to his letter about the meeting.

The following men were present to enjoy the hospitality and excellent dinner at the Algonquin Club which was arranged through the courtesy of Ned French.

Art Burnie, Art Chapin, Con Chellis, Tom Connell, Randall Cooke, Art Denison, Ned French, Pitcher Glaze, Max Hartman, Nat Leverone, Charlie Main, Cliff Perry, Herb Rainie, Ned Redman, Norm Russell, Earle St. Clair, Eph Smith, Bobbie Wallace, Harvey Whittemore.

Guests: General Davis, Donald Ramie, Robert Rainie and Mr. Halloway. Messages were received from:

Bob Adriance, Norm Bankhart, Bill Bell, Bob Blood, Noble Bowlby, Gott Brooks, Art Cragin, Liz Cummings, Bill Donovan, Frank Eastman, Jesse Gage and Leonard Gerould.

Kid Gleason, Dan Hatch, Joe Harvey, Ned Herr, Art Libby, Chas. Luck, Dave Main, Roy Owen, Bill Page, Beamy War ing, Carl Warton, Happy Wayman, and Fred Welch.

The Class was thrilled to learn that Ned French had been appointed a Life Trustee of the College at a meeting of the Trustees held three hours before our dinner. (Ned, however, explained that his "job" automatically expired when he reached the age of seventy and as he expected to live to be a hundred it wasn't a "life job.")

In his remarks after dinner, Ned gave us some very interesting facts about the College. Among them was a statement that while the enrollment in some colleges was off as high as 20%, at Dartmouth it was less than 1%. He also told us that 79% of the living graduates had graduated from the College after 1915.

The following telegram was received from the "youngest" member of the Class. "Sorry I couldn't be present at my first class reunion since graduation Stop To H-L with Harvard Stop Hope for a grand time tonight and a great victory tomorrow Stop The sunshine of life to all of you."

BILLY B. VAN.

Every man present made a few remarks after dinner.

All of us enjoyed seeing Earl St. Clair and hope he had a good enough time to want to come again. For the benefit of those who haven't seen him recently, I would like them to know that he is no shrinking violet, physically. It was difficult to tell whether he was taller or wider.

While Art Burnie has been present before, he has been a "long time no see" at our dinners and we hope he, too, will be

back next year. Members of the class will be glad to know that Bill Bell is back on his feet and has returned to his office.

"Grandpa" Hartmann reported that his son Paul, "a navy flyer" became a father on September 9, 1941. Name—Robin Phillip Hartmann. In spite of this great responsibility Max appeared to be holding his own.

Con and Grace Chellis acquired a new daughter-in-law on August 16th when their son "Pete" was married to Adurline Tompkins of Sandersville, Georgia. The young couple are residing in Springfield, Mass.

Among the guests whom the class were glad to see again were Don and Bob Ramie, Herb's tall, goodlooking boys. Donald is a student at the Cornell Law School and Robert a student at the Dartmouth Medical School.

Norm Russell reported that along with everything else the class dues for the next year had been increased from $4.00 to $5.00 by order of the Executive Committee.

The class requested the Secretary to write a letter of sympathy to Helen O'Brien in the loss of her son Smith.

Secretary, Dartmouth Club 30 East 37th St., New York, N. Y Treasurer, 52 Woodland St., Newburyport, Mass.