Reunions Suspended

AT ITS ANNUAL fall meeting on October . 16, the Alumni Council voted that all formal class reunions under the 50th be suspended for the duration of the war. The Committee on Alumni Projects, which studied the question, reported through its chairman, Francis L. Childs 'O6, and advised that the measure for suspension be adopted.

The reasons given by the committee in its report were several. In the first place, the next three graduation dates in Hanover will be in December, April, and September—poor times for holding reunions. The housing situation in Hanover is so acute that it would be practically impossible for the community to accommodate any large number of visitors. Furthermore, with travel becoming more and more difficult every day, it is possible that by next spring civilian travel may be prohibited except for business purposes.

In its report to the Council, the committee questioned the appropriateness of holding reunions in Hanover when the College and the Naval Training School are engaged in the serious work of preparing men for war. The point was made that so many members of the 5, 10, and 15 year classes are in service that attendance at these reunions would be greatly decreased, and many of those who would enjoy being present could not possibly be there.

While it was the general consensus of opinion that all formal reunions should be postponed, it was agreed that the 50 year class might wish to hold its Golden Anniversary next spring.

For those classes scheduled to hold reunions in 1943, it will be necessary for the quinquennial election of officers to be held without a formal class meeting. Sherman Baldwin '23, chairman of the Alumni Council Committee on Class Organization, has authorized the following election procedure. The secretary-chairman or the president of the class will name a nominating committee which will canvass the entire class to select men for the positions to be filled. The slate, as finally drawn up by the nominating committee, will be voted upon by mail by the officers and the executive committee, and the result will be considered as action by the entire class. Any questions which arise relative to this procedure may be addressed to the Secretary's Office at Hanover.

In a recent bulletin to class officers, Sidney C. Hayward '26, secretary of the Alumni Council, expressed the hope of seeing a general reunion-homecoming after the war when Dartmouth men of all classes would return to Hanover "for a rededication of the College to its high purposes."