Connecticut

SINCE THE REPORT in the November issue the Connecticut Clubs have been unusually active. The Naugatuck Valley Club, which formerly was called the Waterbury Association, but which contains nearly as many members from Naugatuck as from Waterbury and by the use of the new name thereby covers a much larger territory, has met twice. The first time was on November 14, at which meeting Al Fusonie '28, the President and quite a football player and coach in his own right, predicted Cornell's defeat. This was construed by many of the boys as nothing short of climbing out on a twig, but on December 5, when a gang descended on Doctor Berman's beer cellar, Al's stock had taken a sharp rise as he mounted a beer keg and proceeded with the pleasant job of telling the boys "I told you so," flavoring the incident with a stirring description of the game. Incidentally, the aforementioned cellar, scene of many Naugatuck Valley putsches, has seen its last Dartmouth crowd for a year or so, and we hope no longer, as Doc. will have reported for military service early in January.

New Britain conclaved on Dartmouth night and Dick Pritchard '14, Connecticut's dynamic member of the Alumni Council, soon to retire at the end of a second stretch, spoke on its functions and accomplishments. William H. Judd, President of the Circus Fans of America, spoke on that subject. It was not reported to me whether or not the meeting was a circus. It might very well have been, because Chick Shea '29, another of the State's Dartmouth football coaches, also spoke on—you guessed it—football. Charles F. Chase '85 described the Yale-Dartmouth football game of 1883 and I guess he could have said nearly anything he wanted to and gotten away with it.

Over seventy-five alumni, undergraduates and guests attended the annual dinner meeting of the Hartford Association on December 30 at the Hartford Golf Club. Sid Hayward was the principal speaker and while no additional stimulation was necessary, Ted Arico '42, spark plug of Dartmouth's backfield, also carried the ball. Officers for 1941 were elected as follows: President, Malvin J. Mather '20, Vice President, John D. Murphy '34, and Francis Fenn '37 was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer. A new position of Assistant Secretary was created and John Fisher '39 was elected.

It must have been a great privilege to have attended the luncheon meeting of the New Haven Club on January 4, at which Doctor Arthur Ruggles '02, a Trustee of the College, was the speaker. His subject was "Dartmouth College—lts Traditions and Aims" and a new attendance record for New Haven was set by the presence of eighty-five alumni, undergraduates, fathers and applicants for the Class of 1945. Congratulations to New Haven on the finest meeting it has ever had.

Bridgeport met informally Dartmouth night at the home of John Marsh '36. Subsequently on December 4 it sponsored a performance by Sheila Barrett at Bridgeport's Klein Memorial, resulting in a net take of $215, shortly to be turned over to the College for scholarship purposes. Bridgeport, while happy thus to contribute to one of the most vital phases of the College program, is nevertheless not complacent, and is determined, if possible, to double this sum next year. On such a happy note we close.