CHICAGO ASSOCIATION

The 42nd annual banquet of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago was held at the Blackstone Hotel, Friday evening, January 19. A gathering of alumni, twenty per cent stronger than any previous one, one hundred sixty-two in number, was present to greet President Hopkins and Dean Laycock.

The occasion was a notable one in all respects. James A. Townsend '94, the retiring president of the Association, was the toastmaster, and introduced President Hopkins, Dean Laycock, Prof. McConaughy, and W. T. Abbott '90, the speakers of the evening.

An interesting feature was the use, at the President's table, of a tablecloth which belonged Eleazar Wheelock and was used on state occasions, and which was loaned to the Association for the evening by Mrs. Wheelock Woodward, a lineal descendant of the founder of the College.

A number of out-of-town alumni were present, from Milwaukee, Rockford, and other nearby points. Edwin C. Crawford '74 was present, having never missed an annual meeting since the founding of the Association. The fourteen members of the class of 1916 living in Chicago had the distinction of being 100 per cent present.

The Association adopted memorials for those of its number who had died during the year.

Robert L. Burnap '94 was nominated as candidate for the Alumni Council. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: president, Edwin Osgood Grover 1894; vice-president, Arba J. Irvin 1902; secretary and treasurer, Thomas H. Heneage 1910.

The unanimous opinion of those present is that the new administration of the College under President Hopkins will be successful and prosperous to the greatest degree, and the Chicago alumni will be a unit in cooperating to the full extent of its ability toward this success.

To the President and members of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago:

The undersigned committee on resolutions for members of the association who have died during the past year report that during the year five members of the association have died, viz:

Rev. Charles Caverno, D. D., '54, on September 29; Charles I. Parker '63, on May 31; William R. Patterson '76, on July 19; Dr. William C. Bouton '85, on March 1, and T. Palmer Miller '12, on July 15.

Of these Dr. Caverno and Mr. Patterson had long been active and prominent in the affairs of the Association and very constant attendants at its . meetings. In many other ways had they manifested their zeal for and loyalty to their Alma Mater. Their kindly presence at our gathering will be greatly missed by those who were privileged to enjoy their acquaintance, and it is fitting that we put upon the records of this Association the more extended appreciation of their lives and services which are herewith submitted.

Mr. Parker and Dr. Bouton were not as frequent attendants at our meetings or as active in its affairs, but both reflected great credit on the Association and on the College by the high. character of service rendered to their communities in their respective professions: —Mr. Parker as a leader among the educators of the youth of this city for many years, Dr. Bouton as a physician and surgeon of more than local reputation, as well as a useful and public-spirited citizen in the neighboring city of Waukegan, where the greater part of his professional life was spent.

Few finer types than these departed members of this Association can be found of that ideal product of the old Dartmouth, which we are glad to note is also the ideal of the new Dartmouth, which we find set forth in the very admirable inaugural address of our new President, whom we meet tonight to honor as such for the first time.

Mr. Miller was a young man of promise, whose untimely and unnatural death was the cause of great sorrow and regret to those who knew him He was a Chicago boy, a graduate of the University High School, was one of the editors of The Dartmouth and a member o* the Shooting Team, while in College: At the time of his death he was in the employ of the Consumers Company and was inadvertently shot by a policeman, while he was assisting in running down a burglar at the residence of his fiancee upon whom he was calling.

Respectfully submitted,