Second Reunion Week-End

Four Classes Gather at College After Commencement; New Arrangement Meets With General Approval

THE EXPERIMENT of holding class reunions the week-end after Commencement was run off on schedule, June 20 to 22, by the Classes of 1921, 1926, 1931 and 1936; and at the end of the three-day, history-making period it was generally agreed that the new arrangement not only gave everyone plenty of elbow room for a change but also provided an entirely satisfactory reunion for the crowd of over a thousand alumni and wives who were in town. Scouts from next year's younger reunion classes were in Hanover to appraise the new plan, and on the strength of their favorable reaction it is expected that the system of two reunion week-ends will be continued.

The alumni crowd in Hanover for the post-Commencement week-end included some 150 class and club secretaries, class treasurers, and class agents, meeting together for the first time as guests of the College, as well as a goodly number of alumni and wives attending the fifth annual session of Hanover Holiday throughout the week. Hanover Holiday attendance this year was far ahead of that of any of the previous four sessions; attendance at the nine lectures averaged 175, compared to 135 last year, and a total of 200 alumni and wives attended at least part of the annual lecture series.

Dormitories and class tents were waiting for members of the four reuning classes who began to gather on Friday, June 20. The Class of 1921 took over Wheeler and Richardson; 1926, Fayerweather; 1931, Ripley, Woodward and Smith; and 1936, Topliff. While alumni officers were hold- ing their first meetings on Friday afternoon, class parties got under way—1921 at the Hanover Inn and 1926 at the Outing Club House. General revelry and greeting of old friends occupied the first night, and next morning the class athletes were out for soft ball on the campus. President and Mrs. Hopkins entertained the alumni and their wives Saturday at a barbecue luncheon, after which the Norwich Band led a parade to Memorial Field for the Dartmouth-Springfield baseball game featuring "Jeff Tesreau Day." A barbecue supper for 1936 and dinners for the other three classes were held that evening, and Saturday's official program was rounded out with the Players' repeat performance of Our Town. Class meetings were held Sunday morning, and with 1921'S class picnic, 1926's barbecue at Moose Mountain Lodge, and 1931's outdoor buffet luncheon at the Inn, the double-barreled reunion season ended.

At the annual meetings of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association over the week-end, David S. Austin '04 of Canaan, N. H., was elected president for the coming year. Doane Arnold '27 of Waban, Mass., was named vice president, and Sidney C. Hayward '26 of Hanover was reelected secretary-treasurer. In addition to these three officers the executive committee will include Edward Leech '14 of West Medford, Mass., and Donald G. Mix '21 of Worcester, Mass. Mr. Hayward was reelected editor-inchief of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for 1941-42, and Eugene D. Towler '17 of Cranford, N. J., was named a member of the MAGAZINE'S advisory board for the next three years. Sherman Baldwin '23 of Worcester, Mass., was reelected to represent the Secretaries Association on the Alumni Council for another three-year term.

At the meeting of class treasurers on Friday, June so, a Dartmouth Class Treasurers Association, similar to the Secretaries Association, was organized and Donald L. Barr '18 of Hanover, assistant treasurer of the College, was elected as the first president of the new alumni organization. Rudolf F. Haffenreffer '25 of Bristol, R. I., was named vice-president and Parker F. Soule '31 of Hanover, business manager of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, was elected secretary. The executive committee will include these three officers and Roscoe O. Elliott '20 of Arlington, Mass., and Robert L. McMillan '23 of New Vernon, N. J.

Separate meetings were held by the class secretaries, under the leadership of Osmun Skinner '28, president of the Secretaries Association; the alumni club and association secretaries, under the leadership of Donald G. Mix 'si, secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester; and by the class agents, under the leadership of Harvey P. Hood II '18 of Boston, chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee of the Alumni Council. All secretaries, treasurers and class agents gathered in Thayer Hall on Friday night for a joint dinner, and a final joint meeting was held in the 1902 Room of Baker Library on Saturday morning. Speakers at the dinner included Osmun Skinner '28, Peter M. Keir '41, Coach DeOrmond McLaughry, and President Hopkins. Those who spoke informally at the Saturday morning meeting were Prof. William Stuart Messer, vicechairman of the Committee on Defense Instruction; Director of Athletics William H. McCarter '19; John Pearson '11, executive director of the Dartmouth Eye Institute; Dean Robert C. Strong '24; Dean Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23; and Harvey P. Hood II '18, Alumni Fund chairman.

SUPPORT OF the Government's international policy, "not excluding an outright declaration of war," was voted at a joint meeting of Dartmouth class and club secretaries, class treasurers, and class agents in Hanover on June 21. Adopted with nearunanimity, the resolution of the 150 class and club officers was passed as follows:

RESOLVED:

Inasmuch as the members of these associations are deeply moved and impressed by the words of President Hopkins so clearly stated in his recent discussions on America's obligations in world affairs;

And inasmuch as we have viewed with increasing alarm the encroachments of the Axis powers on the American way of life;

And inasmuch as we are shocked and saddened by the crimes against innocent men, women and children committed by these aggressors in their drive for world domination;

And inasmuch as we believe that these critical times call for positive and immediate action;

THEREFORE: Be it resolved

That we go on record as approving the present American international policy as established and conducted by our Department of State;

That irrespective of political views we give our unhesitating support to President Roosevelt in his defense efforts as Commander-in-Chief;

And that we wish the Government to take whatever steps—not excluding an outright declaration of war—which in the opinion of our Army and Navy experts are required to bring defeat to Germany and her satellites.

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