Fort Lauderdale

The Dartmouth Club of the Gold Coast hosted the annual dinner for alumni, their wives and friends, with able assistance from the Miami and Palm Beach Clubs. This annual affair is one of our more important functions, eagerly anticipated, because of the fact that we have a fine representative direct from the Dartmouth Campus, who brings us once more into close contact with Dartmouth and its great work and forward strides. Wednesday evening, March 25, 88 loyal alumni and wives met at the Yankee Clipper here for dinner and to hear the Dartmouth message as brought to us direct from Hanover by Dean Waldo "Spike" Chamberlin '27h. Pres. Walt Dingwall '54 introduced the president of the Miami Club, Bob Josefsberg '59 (incidentally the youngest alumnus present) and Leon Webster '04 (the oldest present) who ably "sat in" for Pres. Joe McDonald '51 of Palm Beach, who was unable to attend and thanked them for their help in making this one of the largest gatherings of the clan, and then introduced the speaker of the evening, Dean Chamberlin.

Spike's talk was, to put it mildly, one of the most entertaining, enlightening, stimulating, thought-provoking and informative reports that we have had from Hanover in sometime. The rapt attention paid during the talk and the lively question and answer period afterward, strongly attest to how we enjoyed it all. Nostalgically it made us all wish we could re-enroll at Dartmouth to take advantage of some if not all of the tremendous new opportunities, forward strides, and things being done there to give our boys the greatest Liberal Arts education possible. A Wah! Hoo! Wah! for Spike Chamberlin, and I know we would all welcome another lecture from him anytime. Art Soule '08, leader of the glee clubs when in college, led us in a rousing "Men of Dartmouth." Space will not permit a list of those present, but our sincere thanks to all of you for showing up and making our work a little easier!

Regular monthly luncheons are held the 1st Thursday of each month at Tony's Fish Market, 1745 E. Sunrise Blvd. with attendance running regularly from 20 to 30. We would like to see a few of you laggards and of course visitors are always welcome.

By the time you read this Charlie Schell '33 will have undergone a serious throat operation, and we hope well on his way to a good recovery. We're all behind you, Charlie!

Secretary, 1860 Middle River Drive Fort Lauderdale, Fla.