FEBRUARY'S BIG EVENT: The Hopkins Dinner in New York City

MANY great men have been honored in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, but few previous Waldorf events will have matched, in either meaning or magnitude, the great Dartmouth national alumni dinner of February 5 honoring President Emeritus Ernest Martin Hopkins '01 on his 80th birthday year.

This conviction was stated by the alumni planning group following a meeting of more than fifty New York club and class leaders in the executive offices of Radio City Music Hall in mid-December. Invited by Nelson A. Rockefeller '30, chairman of the National Sponsoring Committee for the dinner, these alumni leaders, through their response to talks by Mr. Rockefeller and Milburn McCarty Jr. '35, national committee vice-chairman, set the tone for the dinner honoring Dr. Hopkins. Before the meeting was over they had spoken for 88 tables - some 880 places, almost half the capacity of the grand ballroom.

As National Sponsoring Committee chairman, Mr. Rockefeller will preside at the dinner. Speakers will be Charles J. Zimmerman '23, member of the Board of Trustees and chairman of Dartmouth's capital gifts development program; the Honorable Sherman Adams '20 who will make the formal presentation to Dr. Hopkins; and President John Sloan Dickey '29, who will deliver the major address on this occasion. Other special features will also be included in the evening's program.

An announcement and return attendance form were mailed to all alumni on December is, giving the basic information that the dinner price is $7.50 a person, the dress is formal and that wives and non-alumni friends of Dartmouth are invited. Seating will be primarily by classes. The announcement also contained the initial listing of the National Sponsoring Committee, more than 100 alumni and other friends of Dr. Hopkins who are behind this Dartmouth occasion.

The Board of Trustees and the Dartmouth Alumni Council changed the sites of their winter meetings to New York so they too could be on hand. The Class Agents also voted New York as their winter clinic site and February 5 as the date.

It was readily apparent to Chairman Rockefeller and Vice Chairman McCarty in the early planning stages that while this dinner was of national interest it would need the full backing of the alumni living in the Greater New York area to make it the great success that they envisioned. The solid core of the New York planning committee therefore was an alumni group representing all the established associations in the New York area.

Delegates to the planning committee from the area clubs are John H. Hatheway '48, Alumni Association of New York; Roland R. Hummel Jr. '42, president of the Alumni Association of Long Island; Stephen A. Flynn '44, president of the Western Connecticut Alumni Association; John U. Crandell '40, president of the Westchester County Alumni Association; Perry J. Davis Jr. '54, chairman of the New York Downtowners; Oliver B. Conover '53, president of the Dartmouth Club of Monmouth County, New Jersey; and William R. Carter '39, representing the Alumni Association of Northern New Jersey.

Each of the alumni clubs has organized sub-committees to contact alumni in the club area to urge their support of the dinner. Coordinating all the club attendance efforts is Carl Funke '35, chairman of the New York committee for clubs and president of both the Alumni Association of New York and the Dartmouth College Club of New York. Vice chairman of the Funke Committee is Perry J. Davis Jr. '54.

Chairmen of other branches of the planning effort are Jerry A. Danzig '34, public relations committee; Victor Borella '30, program committee; Bruce Friedlich '41, New York committee for classes; John D. Dodd '22, national invitational committee; and Nicholas Bernard '23, arrangements committee. Vice-chairmen of the committee on arrangements are Orton H. Hicks '21 and John W. Hubbell '21.

Many class groups have appointed representatives in New York to arrange for pre-dinner class get-togethers in special suites in the Waldorf. The classes and their representatives are carrying through on the planning and publicity for these individual class events. There will also be

an a la carte general reception in a room adjoining the Grand Ballroom for all those attending the dinner.

Dinner Facts

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 1958.

Place: Grand Ballroom, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Time: 6:30 Reception, 7:30 Dinner.

Guests: Alumni, their wives, and friends.

Dress: Formal (men, black tie).

Seating: By classes. Guests will be handed seating chart upon arrival.

Reservations and Tickets: A reservation form will be sent to all those notifying the Hopkins Dinner Committee (105 Crosby Hall, Hanover, N.H.) they plan to attend. Tickets at $7.50 per person will be mailed upon receipt of the return portion of the registration form.

Mr. Bevan chatting with students in the Public Affairs Laboratory, Baker Library.Chairman Nelson A. Rockefeller '30

Vice Chairman Milburn McCarty Jr. '35