Record club crowd comes to Hanover

The largest number of club officers ever returned to Hanover in early November for a three-day program of workshops, meetings, and awards presentations. Two clubs and four club officers were honored during the 1983 Club Officers Weekend for their work in promoting the College far beyond the Hanover Plain.

The Charleston/Coastal, S.C., Dartmouth Club was recognized as the "Small Club of the Year." The award citation noted that with a membership of only 121 alumni and parents (38 percent of whom pay dues), the group has an active executive committee of 11, holds monthly luncheons, sponsored three dinners and a summer picnic during the past year, and has an active interviewing/enrollment program.

Honored as the "Large Club of the Year" was the Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C. Its active executive committee meets monthly, and its monthly luncheons each with a speaker have an average attendance of 50. A sold-out Glee Club concert, a closedcircuit telecast of the Dartmouth-Harvard football game, and a night at the theater were among the club's special programs, and it regularly excells in enrollment and job development.

Among the individuals presented with awards was Noel H. Khurt Jr. '61, of the Dartmouth Club of Delaware. Cited as "Club President of the Year" for his "effective longtime service and leadership at the top," he heads up an active team of enrollment workers, executive committee members, and program-planners. Roland D. "Bill" Jones '38, of the Dartmouth Club of Cental Florida, was named "Club Secretary of the Year"; called a "super communicator" for "one of the most active clubs in the country," he produces newsletters and announcements for club events which have built attendance and dues payment.

In addition, Roger H. Witten '68 was presented with the "Job Development Officer Award," and William A. Fead '44 with the "Alumni Continuing Education Award." Witten, who for two years has been helping undergraduates find leave-term internships in the area of the Washington, D. C., club, has brought "a rare dedication and enthusiasm to his work with students and alumni alike." Fead has headed up for almost 12 years a daylong seminar, for the Tri-County Dartmouth Club in central New Jersey, which is "the longest-running, the largest, the most inventive, and in short the most successful club seminar in the history of Dartmouth Alumni Continuing Education."

Also honored during the weekend as the officer who had traveled the farthest to attend was Gustave C. Aberle '55, president of the Dartmouth Club of London, England, whose presence was a testament to the dedication of all those, from near and far, working on behalf of the more than 150 Dartmouth clubs around the world.

Converse Chellis '39, left, is all smiles as he accepts a ceremonial gavel on behalf of theCharleston/Coastal, S.C., Dartmouth Club, honored as "Small Club of the Year" for 1983during Club Officers Weekend in early November in Hanover. Making the presentation toChellis, treasurer of the club, is Mike McGean '49, secretary of the alumni.