General Alumni
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the General Alumni Association was held Saturday noon, June 9, in Carpenter Hall, with a small attendance of less than a hundred Dartmouth men present. In the absence of President Walter Wanger '15, the meeting was called to order by the vice-president, Charles F. McGoughran '30.
As a first item of business the Association elected Edward C. Riley '16 of New York City to be president for 1945-46, and Nathaniel G. Burleigh '11 of Hanover and Arthur W. Duryea- '21 of Honolulu as first and second vice-presidents, respectively. It reelected Sidney C. Hayward '26 of Hanover secretary-treasurer and John M. Comstock '77 of Chelsea, Vt., statistical secretary, and also named a seven-man executive committee consisting of Richard Parkhurst '16 of Boston, chairman; Harry D. Lakeman '96, Cape Elizabeth, Me.; Everett M. Stevens '01, Washington, D. C.; Robert E. Cleary '26, Long Valley, N. J.; Lt. Edward T. Chamberlain '36, USNR, Hanover; Lt. Vincent R. Else '41, USNR, Alexandria, Va.; and Ens. Harold S. Bowman '46, USNR, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Apprentice Seaman Max Pryor, USNR, was introduced as secretary-chairman of the newly organized Dartmouth Navy Alumni Association and spoke briefly to the meeting. He reviewed the steps taken in forming the new alumni group, announced a membership approaching one thousand men, and pledged the enduring interest of Dartmouth-Navy alumni in the College.
Stanley J. Newcomer '20, chairman of the Reunion Gift Committee of his class, provided one of the highlights of the annual meeting when he presented President Hopkins with a check for $20,600, the class fund collected under the slogan "Twenty Grand for '20's Grand 25th." No formal reunion of 1920 could be held this year on account of the wartime travel ban but several members of the class were present for the ceremony.
In responding to the presentation President Hopkins expressed the gratitude of the College for the substantial Memorial Fund turned over by the Class of 1920. In his remarks he referred to the conviction 25 years ago, when this class was graduating, that the world would be a better place by 1945; but this has not been realized, he said, and asked: "What will the world be like 25 years hence?" President Hopkins quoted Edwin Webster Sanborn '78: "The purpose of the liberal arts college is to develop men who can get the most out of life rather than the most out of their neighbors." He paid tribute to the Dartmouth alumni body as having gone far toward achieving that objective and, in conclusion, expressed the conviction that the support and devotion of the alumni left no question about Dartmouth's future.
Under the chairmanship of Prof. Francis L. Childs '06, the resolutions committee of the Association brought in the following report, unanimously adopted:
The General Association of Dartmouth Alumni hereby records its pride in the accomplishments of the 8,912 sons of Dartmouth who have entered the armed forces of the United States during the present war, giving of their best endeavors on land, on sea, and in the air around the entire globe for the suppression of the forces of evil. The Association further records its deep and abiding sorrow for the 222 alumni who have gallantly made the supreme sacrifice, laying down their lives that we who remain may inherit a new world of justice and of peace. Their names are inscribed in our archives with stars of gold; they are enshrined in our hearts with everlasting affection.
The General Association also records at this time its deep sense of loss in the death during the past year of Harold Whitney Mason '17, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association. An intensely loyal Dartmouth man, he Itad given freely over the years of his time, his energy, and his money in support of the College he loved so well. In the years to come we shall miss'his warm friendship, his strong character, his sense of responsibility, and his gift for leadership, and we shall keep his memory green.
The General Association once more renews its pledge of loyalty to our honored and beloved leader, Ernest Martin Hopkins, promising him our whole-hearted support in his task of conducting the affairs of the College in these troubled times. His. far-sighted wisdom and balanced judgment, his breadth of outlook and profound understanding of educational problems make us certain that-under his direction Dartmouth will continue to be the outstanding example in the country of the liberal college.
NEW COUNCIL HEAD. Thomas P. Campbell '18 of Denver, who was elected President of the Dartmouth Alumni Council at the annual June meeting.
ELECTED PRESIDENT AT ANNUAL SESSION IN HANOVER JUNE 9
