Washington

WAR IS NOT ALL liability but it is a tragic process for regaining "those qualities which made American life distinctive in the earlier years, which gave the impetus for American achievement, and which taught Americans to love democracy," President Hopkins told the Dartmouth Club of Washington at its March 26 smoker in Washington, D. C., at the Willard Hotel.

"Something had to happen to bring back into American life those virtues of courage and resourcefulness which we seem to have lost during the past twenty years," he continued. "It may be very costly to achieve this objective by war, but society needed to get it back somehow."

Dr. Hopkins, in discussing current problems of the College with approximately 300 alumni gathered for the occasion, stressed the high part the pioneer spirit played in the development of the United States. He pointed out that this spirit of enterprise and adventure fostered not only the economic expansion and settlement of the country, but also the educational resources and objectives which have today crystallized both into liberal arts colleges and technical schools.

With proponents of technical education only, Dr. Hopkins took issue on the ground that he questioned that "the technical life and the technical accomplishments of the past would have been possible if liberal education had not been available."

Dr. Hopkins spoke during the second of a series of informal meetings being held this Spring especially for service men stationed in the National Capital or in camps and Naval stations in the vicinity.

The smoker was attended by James V. Forrestal ex-'l5, undersecretary of the Navy, and Nelson A. Rockefeller '3O, coordinator of Latin American Affairs.

Richard P. White '18, president of the Dartmouth Club, presided. Louis J. Fortnua '38 was chairman of the arrangements committee.