St. Louis

THE ST. LOUIS CLUB came out of hiding during the Christmas holidays and staged a very successful Christmas luncheon at the Missouri Athletic Club for the prospective students and their fathers. Seventy-five attended and the guests ate free of charge. In spite of this, Ben Gutman '37, our Treasurer, succeeded in making a profit of $8.00 on the luncheon. Ben was told beforehand that this was not a money-making proposition so how he made the $8.00 is a miracle to all of us. The luncheon was well handled by Hugh Logan and the prospects got a good idea of how the selective system worked from Clark Schmidt '33 and John Shapleigh '44 'old of his reactions as a freshman. Ford Coffman '42 told of what the upper classman men are doing and Maurice Dampier '43 told why Dartmouth won the Cornell game. The luncheon was climaxed by an extemporaneous talk by Dan Kerwin '35 on what Dartmouth had done for him. Dan, to the surprise of everyone in town, got himself engaged and his remarks conclusively proved that Dartmouth gave him the strength and courage to take the jump.

A few of the boys got together New Year's Eve and sent 1941 ringing on its way at the Kerwin brothers' house.

The brothers Bassett, M.D., '28 and '30, are now examining prospective members of the naval forces but as yet have not had to check over any members of the Dartmouth Club.

Saturday luncheons are still being held at the American Hotel and occasionally we catch up on all the latest stories from Tiny Glazer '34 who hits town at odd intervals. The Reverend Mr. Turner '33 got plenty of material for a sermon one noon time during the holidays.

Anyone passing through the city is very welcome to join us at the American at 12:15 Saturdays.