St. Louis
IF EVER there was any doubt as to the importance—and the fun—attached to the monthly St. Louis Club Smokers, we herewith give proof positive to dispel such doubts. Earl Poe delayed leaving frosty St. Louis for a well earned vacation trip to balmy (?) California in order that the January Smoker could be held in his home. If such a sacrifice isn't enough to convince the most dubious lads in our midst, nothing ever will. It did convince one of the best groups we've ever had for a smoker and everyone of us enjoyed the opportunity to "bend the elbow" in Earl's beautiful bar. The newly organized "New Faces Sewing Circle" turned up some interesting characters such as Dick Meyer '33, JimAlfring '35, Charley Edison '43, Francis Crawford '25, Pat Broh '41, and Ted Hinson '41.
While many important problems were solved during the regular business meeting of the smoker, there remains one very perplexing question. What happened to Smitty the Pig?
The highlight of the St. Louis Club's activities for the winter season occurred Monday, January 27, at a dinner welcoming President Dickey to St. Louis. President Dickey arrived in St. Louis on Sunday afternoon and was guest of honor at a supper that evening given by Mr. Morton May, father of MortonMay Jr. '39.
In addition to outstanding business leaders of St. Louis, there were present at the supper such outstanding leaders in the fields of science and education as Dr. Arthur J. Compton, chancellor of Washington University and one of the leaders in the Manhattan Project, and Father Halloran, chancellor of St. Louis University.
On Monday morning, President Dickey was interviewed by the Post-Dispatch and the Star-Times, two of St. Louis' leading newspapers, following which he was guest of honor at a luncheon given to enable him to meet the leading secondary school educators of the St. Louis area. Among them were Philip J. Hickey, Superintendent of Instruction of St. Louis Schools, Leonard J. Steger, Superintendent of Schools in Webster Groves, and Dr. Julius E. Warren, Superintendent of Schools in University City.
The high point of the festivities was, of course, the dinner Monday evening, attended by approximately 125 alumni and parents, to enable all of us to personally meet President Dickey and to hear from his lips of the activities of Dartmouth, both present and future. The tales of the passing parade at Hanover as it is today present quite a different picture from that once known by most of us in the seemingly distant past. President Dickey's clear conception of the responsibilities and purpose of Dartmouth as a liberal arts college in the postwar world presages what we feel certain will be a brilliant era for Dartmouth under the administration of President Dickey.
The St. Louis Club is justly proud, incidentally, of the fine publicity job done by Dan Kerwin and Frank Cornwell, both '35, in getting pictures and full-column write-ups in the leading St. Louis papers on President Dickey. They were successful in completely overshadowing the president of Williams College, who was in St. Louis at the same time.
