Manchester

Wheelock Tavern opened for business on March 4 at the Carpenter Hotel. This initial phase of our annual dinner was in the capable hands of Bob Marcotte '41 and JimShanahan Jr. '47.

We were 85 strong, consisting of alumni in and around Manchester, fathers of present undergraduates, and even a few Harvards and Yales could be counted among our number-the latter group in hopes perhaps of rounding out their education.

President Ward Thompson's first gesture, after calling us to order, was to request KenDavis '24, accompanied by Dick Willis 22, to lead us in a Dartmouth song.

After dinner Ward Thompson '31 highlighted the activities performed by the Association in the year just ended, lauding in particular George Harris '21 and Randy Childs '21 for their work on the Manchester vocational guidance program, which was undertaken in conjunction with Manchester High School. He also extended a genuine tribute to John McLane Jr. '38 whose singular efforts as the organization's secretary have been outstanding. John will retire from the position at the end of the current year.

Don Cameron '35, Chairman of Student Placement, interested us in a talk about the changing prospects for students fresh from college. He stressed the idea that many companies are currently placing more emphasis on liberal arts education as a background for the broad, intelligent decisions that big business demands.

Beardsley Ruml '15, our main speaker, flavored his talk in an inimitable fashion with choice bits of humor which were interjected into a general topic dealing with the use of corporate profits, as provided for by the law, for the direct benefit of private institutions of learning. The subject opened a new area of consideration for many of us, and it was kept within the scope of our common interest by his reading of letters written by Dartmouth men, attempting to propagate and popularize this idea.

Secretary, 875 Elm St., Manchester, N. H.