Mohawk Valley
Dartmouth Night (Oct. 7) found 30 members of the Dartmouth Club of the Mohawk Valley gathered at the Fort Schuyler Club, Utica, well prepared for catching up on Dartmouth fellowship and odds and ends of Dartmouth business.
The features of the meeting were two Dartmouth speakers and an election of officers which had been delayed. Four officers were reelected as follows: President, RolandE. Chesley '08; Vice President, Charles L.DeAngelis '08; secretary, E. L. Boutilier '38; and treasurer, Joseph W. Kyser '32; also directors, Dr. James G. Douglas '23; Hazen B.Hinman '14; James N. Brown '23; and EarlS. Liberty '29.
One new officer and one new director were elected. Ronald W. Olmstead '32 was named second vice president to succeed Wistar Williams '36, now of the Syracuse Club. Russell W. Hurd '36 was elected to the board of directors.
Mart Heifer '27, a Dartmouth contribution to the field of education who is Superintendent of Schools in Binghamton, spoke briefly advising ckib members to make a point to visit Hanover on a weekday and not on a football weekend. He said, "When you look across the campus and see nearly 3,000 students toting texts to their eight o'clock classes, you are seeing Dartmouth today, yesterday and always."
Club members expressed their gratitude to Heifer who made the long ride from Binghamton to be with the club on Dartmouth Night. They also welcomed the Rev. Lawrence Durgin '40 of Norwich who accom- panied Heifer and was making his first visit to the club. As Norwich is nearer than Binghamton, we are expecting to see Larry at future meetings.
Capt. Price Lewis Jr. '42 took the ball from Heifer and scored for the Big Green on Dartmouth Night with his description of his 6,000-mile voyage to the South Seas on the 65-foot schooner Morning Star VI. We were interested in his concrete evidence that the old Dartmouth spirit lived on.
For one thing, Capt. Lewis, who comes from an upstate agricultural community, admitted that he had risen to the rank of Lt. Commander in the Navy. However, he had never set foot on a sailing schooner until he became Master of the Morning Star, a mis- sionary schooner loaded with Bibles.
More of the Dartmouth spirit—Lewis said his original advertisement at Hanover for experienced sailing men brought more than 200 confident applications. He selected five.
Space does not permit retelling Capt. Lewis' adventures. Suffice it to say that the Morning Star had all the troubles so prevalent on the old sailing ships, ianging from typhoon damage to becalmed drifting, starvation and near rebellion. Of this, Capt. Lewis' share also included an attack of polio. Although the Captain disclaimed ability as a photographer, he showed some excellent colored slides which described the strange life of the islanders.
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