Syracuse

Some 150 members of the Dartmouth family in Central New York - alumni, wives, and parents - gathered at the Onondaga Golf Club in Syracuse on March 25 for a dinner meeting honoring President John. Sloan Dickey. This was the largest and the most successful Dartmouth gathering ever held in Central New York. It was the first visit to Syracuse by President Dickey since 1947.

A committee headed by William G. Morion '28 developed plans for the meeting. FrankWelch '31 and Roger Brown '45 were in charge of arrangements. Norman L. Simpson '44 and Russell C. Carlson '48 handled attendance matters. A special committee of '29 men, classmates of President Dickey, took care of hospitality: John Y. Andrews, Dr. Robert Fairchild,Robert O. Beadel, and M. Carter Strickland. Other members of the general committee were J. Charles Durkin '23, Robert C. Hosmer '32, William J. Morrow '41, Dr. James N. Capps '43, Charles E. Smith '41, Joseph S. Caldwell III '51, and William McNulty '37.

President Dickey was entertained at luncheon at the Century Club in Syracuse, with executives of several local industries as special guests. The President discussed the Great Issues course with this group.

The evening activities began with an informal reception at 6:30, followed by the Onondaga Club's famous roast beef and lobster Newburg dinner. Toastmaster M. Carter Strickland '29, past president of the Dartmouth Club of Central New York, opened the program by introducing a hint of the Glee Club's recent appearance on Ed Sullivan's TV program - an eleven-voice choral group organized as a special tribute to President Dickey. The seven braves and four squaws, named "The Onondagans," included Mr. and Mrs. S. Gardiner Spring '35, Mr. and Mrs. John White '41, Helen Carlson '48 squaw, Dorothy Holbein '40 squaw, James P. Scott '40, Wilbur R. Smallwood '40, James Capps '43, Norman L. Simpson '44, and Roger Brown '45. The group was warmly received.

President Dickey's talk, rendered without a prepared script, was his customary masterful job. Who else could explain so understandably the continually more important role of the liberal arts college amid today's demand for specialists? He covered the Great Issues course briefly, then went on to outline the anticipated problem of maintaining the high standard currently inherent in our Dartmouth faculty, in the light of expected retirements. Despite the seriousness of this problem, President Dickey left his audience with extreme pride in the accomplishments of the present faculty and confidence that able leadership will maintain the quality of the teaching staff at its current strength or better.

As a final memento of appreciation, General Chairman Bill Morton, on behalf of the Club, presented a framed map of New York State's Indian lore "to the Chief Sachem of the Wah-Hoo-Wahs to commemorate his visit to the land of the Iroquois."

LONG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS chat with Willard Doyle '33 (l), president of the LongIsland Club, and Red Rolfe '31, Director of Athletics, at a recent Club meeting.

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