Alumni Council Meeting
IN ORDER TO avoid additional travel members of the Alumni Council met in New York City rather than Hanover for the regular spring meeting last month. The sessions were held at the Dartmouth Club May 1 and included a joint meeting with the Board of Trustees and Athletic Council. President T. Donald Cunningham '13 of Denver presided at the afternoon and evening meetings. President Hopkins' talk, in which he described the great administrat ion of Dr. Tucker, 1893-1909, was the feature of the evening meeting. Dean Neidlinger talked on recent developments in the Navy and civilian educational programs of the College.
Discussion of several projects important in alumni relationships were led by: Edward E. Martin '19, Class Gifts to the College; Percy O. Dorr '02, Parents' Committee; Leslie W. Snow '22, Committee on Admissions and Schools; Francis L. Childs '06, Post-War Reunion; Albert I. Dickerson '30 spoke for Henry E. Atwood '13, chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee; Sidney C. Hayward '26 reported for Sherman Baldwin '23, chairman of the Committee on Class Organization; Nathan K. Parker '26 introduced the important subject of vocational guidance and personnel help for alumni in the armed forces in the postwar period, in the absence of the Vocational Committee's chairman, Fred C. Shaneman '24; Mr. Snow reported for a special committee on Alumni Council elections; Carl F. Woods '04, chairman, and William H. McCarter '19, Director of Athletics, discussed plans for the athletic program of the College.
Attendance of the three groups participating in the day's program:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Ernest M. Hopkins '01 Hanover; Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles '02 providence; Victor M. Cutter '03, Boston; William W. Grant '03, Denver; Edward S. French '06, Boston; John R. McLane '07, Manchester, N. H.; William 7. Minsch '07, New York City; Dr. John F. Gile '16 Hanover; Harvey P. Hood 2nd '18, Boston; Dudley W. Orr '29, Concord, N. H.; Nelson A. Rockefeller '30, Washington.
ATHLETIC COUNCIL: Carl F. Woods '04, Boston; William D Knight 'OB, Rockford, 111.; James M. Mathes '11, New York City; Fletcher Low '15, Hanover; William H. McCarter '19, Hanover; Leslie F. Murch, Hanover; Joseph L. McDonald, Hanover; B. Franklin Jones '44, Hanover.
ALUMNI COUNCIL: Percy O. Dorr '02, Springfield, Mass.; Francis L. Childs '06, Hanover; Philip H. Chase '07, Philadelphia; William D Knight 'OB, Rockford, 111.; Leslie W. Snow '12, New York City; T. Donald Cunningham '13, Denver; Warde Wilkins '13, Boston; Voyle D. Rector '15, Omaha; Harold W. Mason '17, Brattleboro, Vt.; Edward E. Martin '19, New York City; J. William Embree Jr. '21, Chicago; Robert P. Booth '22, Manchester, N. H.; Lloyd D. Brace '25, Boston; Rudolf F. Haffenreffer '25, Providence; Sidney C. Hayward '26, Hanover; Nathan K. Parker '26, Pittsburgh; Clark Weymouth '26, Rochester, N. Y.; Clifford A. Randall '27, Milwaukee; Mansfield D. Sprague '33, Bridgeport, Conn.
Former members of the Council present at the meetings and not included in the above lists were: Joseph W. Gannon '99, New York City; J. Frank Drake '02, Pittsburgh; Morton B. French '03, New Canaan, Conn.; Laurence M. Symmes 'OB, New York City; Henry Haserot '10, Cleveland; Harold P. Hinman '10, Canaan, N. H.; Warren C. Agry '11, New York City; Warren F. Kimball '11, New York City; Sigurd S. Larmon '14, New York City Sumner B. Emerson '17, New York City; John W. Hubbell '21, New York City; Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23, Hanover.
Three new members of the Council whose terms of office do not begin until July 1 were welcomed by Dr. Cunningham to the meetings: John Everett *08, Augusta, Maine; James J. Norton 'OB, Los Angeles; Edwin R. Keeler '11, Chicago.
Officers of the College who took part in the Trustee and Council program were: _ Mr. Dickerson, Executive Assistant to the President; Halsey C. Edgerton '06, Treasurer; Donald L. Barr '18, Assistant Treasurer.
RESOLUTIONS
Mansfield D. Sprague '33 presented the following resolutions:
Resolved: That to those of its members whose terms expire this year—Thomas A. Foster '10, of Portland, Maine, Lt. William R. Abbott Jr. '27, USNR, of Chicago, A. Pollack Boyd '22, of Chattanooga, Lt. Walter D. Douglas 2nd '31, USNR, of Los Angeles, Dr. T. Donald Cunningham '13, of Denver, Warde Wilkins '13, of Boston, Sherman Baldwin '23, of Worcester, William D Knight 'OB, of Rockford, Illinois, John E. Foster '23, of New York City—the remaining members of the Council hereby express appreciation for the fine service rendered the College by these men and earnestly hope that their interest and activity in Dartmouth affairs will continue.
Resolved: That the Council whole-heartedly endorses the splendid job being done under especially trying circumstances on the Alumni Fund Campaign by the members of the Alumni Fund Committee and particularly by its Chairman, Flenry E. Atwood '13, and by its most capable Executive Secretary of the last twelve years, Albert I. Dickerson '30.
Resolved: That the Council extend to Donald Cunningham '13 its sincere appreciation for his able services as President of the Council during the past year.
Resolved: That the Dartmouth Alumni Council, speaking collectively and for Dartmouth alumni in all the far reaches of this war-torn world, humbly gives earnest thanks to Ernest Martin Hopkins, for his unflagging faith in the imperishability of Dartmouth, for his courageous leadership and guidance of her wartime fortunes and for the inspiration which his influence has instilled in her sons everywhere.
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
Warde Wilkins '13, chairman of the Nominating Committee, presented the names of officers and committee members of the Alumni Council which elected personnel for next year as follows:
President, J. William Embree Jr. '21, Chicago; Vice President, Francis L. Childs '06, Hanover; Secretary, Sidney C. Hayward '26, Hanover. Twomembers-at-large for three years from June, 1943: Clark Weymouth '26, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas P. Campbell '18, Denver. Member of the AthleticCouncil f.or three years from June, 1943: Paul W. Loudon '14, Minneapolis. Alumni member ofBoard of Trustees of the Dartmouth Outing Club,for two years, to June 30, 1945: John R. McLane '07, Manchester, N. H.
Executive Committee: President: J. William Em- bree Jr. '21; Vice President: Francis L. Childs '06; Secretary: Sidney C. Hayward '26; Leslie W. Snow '12, New York City; Lloyd D. Brace '25, Boston. Nominating Committee: Leslie W. Snow '12, Chairman; Arthur T. Soule 'OB, Boston; Daniel S. Dinsmoor '16, St. Louis; Sidney C. Hayward '26; Mansfield D. Sprague '33, Bridgeport, Conn. Committee on Alumni Projects: Francis L. Childs '06, Chairman; Voyle D. Rector '15, Omaha; Walter B. Elcock '12, Atlanta; Dwight J. Edson '18, Houston; John S. Everett 'OB, Augusta, Me. Committee on Admissions and Schools: Philip H. Chase 'O7, Philadelphia, Chairman; F. Jordan McCarthy '26, Baltimore; Edwin R. Keeler '11, Chicago; James J. Norton 'OB, Los Angeles; Nathan K. Parker '26, Pittsburgh.
Alumni Fund Committee: *Henry E. Atwood '13, Minneapolis, Chairman; Edwin R. Keeler '11; Edward E. Martin '19, New York City; Clark Weymouth '26; Alex J. McFarland '30, Boston. Vocational Committee: Fred C. Shaneman '24, Tacoma, Chairman; John W. Bates '10, Tulsa; Edward Stafford 'll, Washington, D. C.; Harold W. Mason '17, Brattleboro, Vt.; Hubert A. DesMarais '26, San Francisco; Clifford A. Randall '27, Milwaukee; Thomas P. Campbell '18.
Committee on Class Organization: Rudolf F. Haffenreffer 3rd '25, Providence, Chairman; J. William Embree Jr. '21; Henry R. Lane '07, Boston; Robert M. Stecher '19, Cleveland; Mansfield D. Sprague '33.
Committee on Class Gifts to the College: Edward E. Martin '19, Chairman; J. William Embree Jr. '21; Clifford A. Randall '27; Clark Weymouth '26; Rudolf F. Haffenreffer 3rd '25. Parents' Committee: Percy O. Dorr '02, Springfield, Chairman; Robert P. Booth '22, Manchester, N. H.; Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23, Hanover; Robert C. Strong '24, Hanover; Sidney C. Hayward '26.
* Mr. Wilkins reported reservations of Mr. Atwood on acceptance of a second term as Alumni Fund Chairman. Mr. Atwood requested that the Council wait until June 30 to see how the current campaign turns out and wait for selections of the new chairman until it can be determined whether his residence at a distance, Minneapolis, will be a handicap to the Fund in 1944. It was the Nominating Committee's recommendation, however, that Mr. Atwood be elected to head the Alumni Fund Committee and that he be urged to accept the assignment which he has so very ably directed this year. The Fund campaign is moving toward its objective most satisfactorily and Mr. Atwood does not permit Minneapolis to seem very far away. If a new appointment is necessary next fall, Mr. Atwood is assured that this will be discussed at the fall meeting of the Council.
