1907

The annual banquet of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston was held on February 3. It was an unusual gathering in every respect, particularly because,,it was almost wholly a gathering of the "Old Guard." The 1907 representation was decidedly better than usual, numerically, and two of its members were prominent participants. Judge McLane occupied a seat at the head table in his capacity of trustee. Harry McDevitt was chosen chorister of the Association and demonstrated his abilities in that direction by singing the familiar "Old Guard" songs of our undergraduate period. Our attendance was as follows:—Smart, Pierce, Jim Brown, Kitching, Stevens, Beals, Niles, Woodworth, Walker, McLane, McDevitt, Dick Lane.

The death of Jim O'Neill's son, Capt. John W. O'Neill '4O of the Marine Corps, was reported in the February Magazine. A recent letter from Jim states that John was killed in action at Bougainville on November 24. He had entered action on that day as second in command of his company. When the commanding officer was severely wounded, John took over as commander . and was fatally wounded. Jim writes: "Like most of his fellows, John has no natural taste for war, but he couldn't live, and would not want to live, in a world run by Hitler and his kind. He wanted to join this fight and he wanted very much to be a Marine. We are very proud of him and of the kind of young man he was, but this does not make it any easier to give him up."

The photograph is that of Capt. John W. O'Neill '4O taken while he was on duty in New Zealand.

Sam Bartlett writes with enthusiasm about the many pictures of the fine looking boys which have been published recently in this column. The only member of his immediate family who is eligible for military service is his younger daughter Dorothy. She is a second lieutenant in the Army Nurses Corps, has been in the Service since June, 1942, and is now in Iceland.

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