Western Conference

This month, in Denver, Dartmouth alumni officers from 11 states west of the Mississippi will meet with officials from the College to discuss the strengthening of regional alumni organization and especially to learn, at first hand, about problems and' policies concerning admissions and enrollment. College officers participating in the two-day conference, November 10 and 11 will be Sidney C. Hayward 26, Secretary of the College; Albert I. Dickerson '30, Director of Admissions; Robert K. Hage '35, Assistant Director of Admissions; and Edward T. Chamberlain '36, Assistant Director of Athletics.

Alumni leaders will be assembled from Arizona, California, Colorado, lowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. The selection of Denver for their gathering is something more than a matter of geographical convenience; it is also a tribute to the success of the Dartmouth alumni program there. As an important part of the discussions, the chairmen of the various alumni committees in Denver will tell how they have gone about making the Great Divide Association something of a model among all Dartmouth alumni clubs, resulting in intense alumni interest and activity and an enrollment of about 40 Colorado boys at Dartmouth each year.

Among the Denver alumni taking part will be Harry Litzenberger '32, club secretary and general conference chairman; John M. Cunningham Jr. '18, Alumni Council member; Norris E. Williamson '26, club president; Donald C. McKinlay '37, chairman of the Denver admissions committee; H. Calvin Fisher '32, chairman of the schools committee; and Everett H. Parker '16, chairman of the vocational committee.

The Dartmouth West-of-the-Mississippi Conference, as it is being called, will have a chance to discuss the Dartmouth Development Council program and Dartmouth movies, as well as club organization and vocational work, but the focal point of the meetings will be admissions and enrollment problems, with a view to strengthening Dartmouth's student representation from the western states. Conference headquarters will be established at the Albany Hotel, where the College will give a dinner for all the delegates on Friday evening, November 10.

Although scheduled as an experimental, one-time affair, the West-of-the-Mississippi conference may very well become a permanent fixture in the annual Dartmouth alumni program. An added point in its favor is the fact that very few alumni from the western part of the United States manage to get back to Hanover for the May weekend when class and club officers meet to compare notes and hear about the work and problems of the College.