1889
Nearly one thousand graduates were given a splendid program at the largest banquet in the history of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston at the Copley-Plaza the evening of February 27. President Dickey, in his first address before a Dartmouth alumni gathering since assuming office, was given a rousing reception. He spoke with a force and an appeal that brought enthusiastic applause from his attentive listeners. He said that the United States today is in a position to dominate world leadership, but, he added, "There's got to be leadership in this country somewhere besides Washington—and God knows we need it there The world has learned to look beyond our President, our Congress, and to the American people," he said, "and if we are to have the leadership we should have, there must be in every far-flung section of the nation this decentralized leadership," which, he said, "is going to be Dartmouth's most important job in the coming years."
The Rt. Rev. Donald Bradshaw Aldrich '17 captivated his audience by delivering an address that would rank high in after-dinner speaking at any gathering of college men.
Meryll Frost '44 Captain of the 1945 football team, and survivor of an Army air crash in Italy in the recent war, received an ovation and spoke creditably for the undergraduates Edmund J. Shattuck '10, president of the Boston Alumni Association, presided. At the table reserved for the oldest alumni attending the dinner were seated Alton E. Briggs '85, Ralph S. Bartlett '89, Alvin H. Bacon '90. Frank E. Rowe '91 and Ernest S. Gile '95.
Class Reunions this summer will cover six successive week-ends and will begin June 28, 29, 30, with reunions of the twenty-five year, fifty-year and older classes. An estimated attendance of about 1,200 reuners at each weekend is expected.
Dartmouth s first post-war Commencement, when some 200 civilian and Navy seniors will graduate, will take place late in June while the first weekend reunions are being held. President and Mrs. Dickey will give a reception at the President's House every Friday evening of each weekend in honor of returning alumni and their guests, followed by a dance at the gym. Each Saturday morning there will be a meeting of the General Association of Alumni in Webster Hall, where every reuning group will hear an address by President Dickey and talks by representatives of reuning groups. Donald W. Cameron '35, chairman of the College committee in charge of reunion arrangements, has informed your secretary that the class of '89, and all classes from '83 through '86, and '88 through '91, are included in the group designated as "older classes." He further states that he expects to be able to arrange for members of our class to stay at the Inn, and he asks that he be kept informed of any plans we are considering. Many of our class would wish, and some doubtless may be able to reune in Hanover in late June. Early reservations at the Inn is important. Keep your secretary posted as to your plans. George Bard dropped in to see your secretary the afternoon of Lincoln's birthday, accompanied by his cousin, Mrs. Richard B. Sanderson of Cambridge, Mass., with whom he was making a short visit. He appeared to be in excellent health. George has the commendable habit of keeping in touch with his classmates and, when in their vicinity, calling to see them.
Douglas E. Wade, the College Naturalist, has arranged to publish serially in the Bulletin of the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, of which he is editor, the typescript manuscript under the title of "Accretions of a Minor Naturalist," which was written by Ned Dearborn and rather recently presented by him to The Treasure Room in Baker Li- brary. The first installment appeared in the September-December 1945 issue of the Bulletin, a copy of which has been sent to each member of our class. The manuscript has been copyrighted and it is planned to publish 1,000 reprints (page numbers to run as they will finally appear) o£ each "serial," and, when the final installment is ready, to have the reprints bound in book form, to have Dearborn sign the edition, and then offer it for sale, the proceeds to be paid into the treasury of the Society.
Dr. Theodore Richardson Miner '23, discharged from the U. S. Navy, Medical Corps, with rank of captain after 52 months of active service in this country and in the South Pacific, has settled in Longmeadow, Mass., and has resumed the practice of medicine there. He is the youngest son of our late classmate.
Secretary and, Treasurer, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass.
