Class Officers Meet
A RECORD TOTAL of 143 class and club officers were in Hanover on May 16-17 to attend the annual sessions of class and club secretaries, class treasurers, memorial fund chairmen, and Alumni Fund class agents. Separate meetings of the various groups were held, with a joint meeting of all officers on Saturday morning and a joint dinner that evening, attended also by the Dartmouth Athletic Council which was meeting in town. The President's reception was a highlight of the weekend, and the Dartmouth-Cornell baseball doublebeader and golf at Hilton Field provided outdoor respite from the crowded business program.
Speakers at the dinner included Donald G. Mix '21, vice president of the Secretaries Association, who presided: Ross McKenney of the D.O.C.; Allen I. Bildner '47, representing the senior class; and President Dickey. Speakers at the joint business session Saturday morning were Albert I. Dickerson '30, director of admissions; Richard A. Holton '18, chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee; Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College, who discussed the Hopkins Center campaign; and Prof. Robin Robinson '24 and Donald W. Cameron '35, who explained the new Robinson Plan for alumni reunions which starts next vear.
Officers for the separate associations were elected as follows;
SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION—President, Donald G. Mix '21, Worcester, Mass.; Vice President, Alex J., McFarland '30 Boston; Secretary-Treasurer, Sidney C. Hayward '26, Hanover; Editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Charles E. Widmayer '30, Hanover. Executive Committee: Messrs. Mix, McFarland, and Hayward; Richard M. Pearson '20, Rye, N. Y.; and Robert H. Reno '38, Concord, N. H.
Osmun Skinner '28 of Troy, Pa., was elected as the Secretaries Association representative on the Alumni Council for a three-year term, and William J. Griffin '25 of New York City was elected a member of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE Advisory Board.
CLASS TREASURERS ASSOCIATION—President, Charles V. Raymond '30, Barrington, R. I.; Vice President, Rufus L. Sisson '14, Potsdam, N. Y,; Secretary-Treasurer, William T. Maeck '43, Hanover. Executive Committee: Messrs. Raymond, Sisson, and Maeck; Robert M. Mac Donald '21, Evanston, Ill.; and John E. Morrison Jr. '36, New York City.
CLASS AGENTS ASSOCIATION—President, John R. Mason '15, Millville, N. J.; Vice President, John S. Black '33, New Britain, Conn.; Secretary, George H. Colton '35, Hanover; Nominating Committee Chairman, John J. Remsen '13, Brooklyn, N. Y.
AS THE TRADITIONAL WET-DOWN CEREMONY WAS REVIVED FOLLOWING A WAR-TIME LAPSE: Left, Dean Lloyd K. Neidlinger '23 inducting George F. Barr 45 into Palaeopitus at the stump of the Old Pine. Right, an undergraduate sprints those endless yards through his belt-swinging fellows—Running the Gauntlet*
