Hartford

At this point in our Dartmouth year, there is very little remaining as future news, but we do have an abundance of past events to recap. Most recently of course was the Rugby match and a very successful, enjoyable "Dickey Day" under the able direction of Si Chandler '30 and Dave Neiditz '52 — more on both of these in the following issue.

Next in line down the ladder of events was a South Seas Adventure that netted us a small fortune considering the small amount of effort expended for pleasure received. Those few who dialed phones the whole week preceding the film will please excuse the term "small effort," for theirs was great and an excellent turnout resulted at Cinerama. With those good results, our brand new scholarship fund was augmented with enough capital to warrant the decision to grant $1,000 of aid to a deserving Hartford area boy starting next fall. In preparation for this, President Dick Page '54 has appointed the following selection committee: Mr. Page '54, Richmond Fisher '41 as a non-voting enrollment committee member, Culver Modisette 'SO as chairman of the scholarship committee, Charles Rice '23,Donald Russell '50, and Paul Orth '51 as members-at-large. By the reading of this issue, the committee's decision hopefully will have been made public and the recipient awarded at the Dickey Day Dinner.

Luncheon meetings in February and March were quite political in nature with two fine talks by Meade Alcorn '33, former Republican National Chairman under Eisenower, and Jack Zaiman of the Hartford Courant. February also held some exciting football movies for us at Auerbach Hall, and the January Luncheon saw Mike McGean '49 arrive in an ice storm and greet us with words about the College. A fascinating preview of the World's Fair held our attention in December, while the future of Hartford redevelopment was the topic of the November Luncheon. The pre-Dartmouth-Yale Smoker was a highlight of our year so far (exception: John Dickey's visit), and the whole season was born with the Freshman Luncheon at the City Club.

Probably the largest single achievement was the advancement of our scholarship fund to a real, working, tangible program which should have its benefit felt by a Dartmouth '68. In addition, dues and receipts were again high and our membership is well over 500 as of this writing. Enrollment-wise an excellent year was had, and Hartford can be proud of our contingent of '68's.

All in all an excellent year we feel — especially for those many who were able to take part, or even just observe.

Secretary, 317 Dug Road, So. Glastonbury, Conn.