COL. C. B. LITTLE '81 was the guest of honor at the Annual Meeting of the Northwest Association on March 8. The meeting was held at the Town & Country Club, St. Paul, with some 100 alumni and guests present. A beautiful silver pitcher was presented to the Colonel with the following inscription:
"DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLASS OF 1881 IN RECOGNITION OF SIXTY YEARS OF CONSPICUOUS SERVICE AS A LOYAL, GENEROUS & DEVOTED ALUMNUS AND FRIEND OF THE COLLEGE." Presented March 8, 1941by theDartmouth College Alumni Ass'n.of the Northwest.
James Mulally 'O5 was master of ceremonies. James Vaughan 'O5 made the presentation to Col. Little to which the Colonel made a very gracious response. Paul Loudon 'l4 was chairman of the committee arranging the celebration, Dewey Gruenhagen '2l was chairman of the dinner committee, and Jack Norton 'OB, chairman of the entertainment committee.
The College was represented by Coach McLaughry and Prof. Harold Tobin 'l7. Coach McLaughry spoke on his plans for the coming year and Prof. Tobin spoke about the undergraduate attitude toward world conditions. Reports were submitted by C. E. Whitney '24, sec., Wood Foster '33, treas., and John Faegre '33, freshman admissions and undergraduate activities.
The officers elected for the coming year were as follows: Pres., Lyle McKown '25, Vice Pres., Carl V. Elmquist '25, Sec., C. E. Whitney '24, Assistant Sec., Geo. Porter '3O, Treas. Wood Foster '33, AssistantTreas., Bob Stone '35.
Among guests from outstate points were Lee McGonagle '36 from Duluth, Dick Morin '24 from Albert Lea, and Waltman Walters 'l7 from Rochester. Among those sending telegrams of congratulation to the Colonel were Pres. Hopkins, Lewis Parkhurst of Boston, Sid Hayward on behalf of the College, and Paul McKown of San Francisco.