Holyoke-Northampton

The Dartmouth Club of the Pioneer Valley consisting of the combined clubs of Holyoke, Northampton, Amherst, and Greenfield held their annual spring meeting, Tueday evening, April 27 at the German Club in Northampton. The following were elected to office for the coming year: President, Andy Schmidt '36, first vice president, BobColyer '60, second vice president, DaveFitch '54, secretary-treasurer, Glen Fuller'19.

The speaker of the evening was ArtKiendl '44, headmaster of Mount Hermon Academy, who chose as his subject "The Future of Independent Education." He painted a new picture of the modern day student giving an extremely illuminating talk in which he championed the cause of the modern teen-ager.

Bill Keating, Vermont '26 sports editor of the Holyoke Transcript who has been the speaker at these events on several occasions, was the club's guest of honor.

Present at the meeting were Bert Kent '10, Clayton Tucker '13, Art Sheldon '15, Ted Hazen '18, Fred Morse '18, Glen Fuller '19, Ken Rice '19, Regan Brown '22, Walt Gates '23, Sumner Turner '24, Bob Byrne '28, Herb Sails '32, Ralph Moran '35, Karl Ullrnan '35, Jim Lancaster '36, Andy Schmidt '36, Art Ruggles '37, Parker Butler '37, Frank Doane '38, Paul Thorpe '38, Dick Whittier '41, Art Kiendl '44, Renwick Caldwell '46, Bill Wright '48, Everett Haggett '53, Andy Stewart '54, Dave Fitch '54, Dave Elder '55, Bill Craven '55, Ed Leja '56, Bob Colyer '60, Don Bigda '69, Jeff Brown '69, and Bellamy Schmidt '69.

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