Twin Cities
THE TWIN CITIES celebrated a Hanover Holiday all of their own on Wednesday, March 31. The occasion was the annual meeting of The Alumni Association of the Northwest and the featured performers were Dean Stearns Morse and Professor John W. Masland.
These two honored gentlemen arrived from Milwaukee early in the morning. Their first duty was to interview the press, at which time they were questioned on various phases of the international situation and the Great Issues course. Before lunch they sandwiched in a little much-deserved rest.
A new experiment was tried at the luncheon. Wives were invited and appeared to enjoy themselves immensely. One hundred twenty-five persons attended this affair. Dean Morse and Mr. Masland spoke, the latter on "Japan's Prospects." In brief, he told us that there had been real headway made in democratizing Japan, but the picture was probably not as rosy as the press has led us to believe, and in any event, democracy would soon lose out if the United States removed our occupation forces.
The latest color movie was shown and en joyed by everyone.
About the same number of people attended the evening banquet... . this time a stag affair.
The following slate of officers was elected for the ensuing year: President, DeWalt H. Ankeny 'ax; Vice-President, Casper Whitney '24; Secretary, Bobb Chaney '35; Assistant Secretary, Sherman Pinkham '44; Treasurer, Lyman Wakefield '33; Assistant Treasurer, Don Norton '17; Assistant Secretaries, Dudley J. Russell '35 (Duluth), Clark Bassett '21 (Fargo), J. W. Harwick '35 (Rochester).
Executive Committee: John Faegre '33, Arthur S. Dunning '11, John W. Kelley '41, Wood Foster '33, David Lilly '39, Thomas Oakes '41, James Vaughan '05, Steve Osborn '27, Stuart MacPhail '40, George Hawkins '31.
John Faegre, as retiring President, pointed out the several innovations that had been inaugurated during his tenure. These were: (1) Inviting incoming freshmen to a Twin Cities luncheon before they left for Hanover. (2) Including wives in Dartmouth functions. (3) Setting up a new and enlarged scholarship fund.
Both Stearns Morse and John Masland again acquitted themselves in fine fashion. Stearns told us of some of his experiences as Dean of Freshmen, and brought to us some local campus color. John explained in some detail the functioning of the Great Issues course which is a matter that is of vital interest to all Dartmouth people in this area.
