Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-06
SONS OF DARTMOUTH
Or. Tucker, President Of the College,
Guest-speaker Cannon One
of the Orators.

Loyal sons of Dartmouth College to the
number of about seventy-fve gathered
around the banquet board at the Raleigh
Hotel last evening, the occasion being the
thirty-first annual reunion and dinner OF
the Dartmouth Alumni Association OF
Washington. DR.. w. ]. Tucker. president
Of the college. was in attendance. MT.
Horace s. Cummings. retiring president OF
the association, acted as the master Of cere-
monies. and President Tucker. Speaker
Cannon of the House of Representatives,
Mr.. William E. Chandler OF the Spanish
treaty claims commission, Representatives
Martin Of South Dakota. Representative
Charles Q. Tirrell OF Massachusetts, Rep
resentative David ]. Foster Of Vermont and
others responded to toasts.
The announcement OF the result OF the
election of officers of the associate was
made last evening to the guests Hhe new
officers are: President, Charles 8. Clark,
80: vice presidents, Redfield Proctor OIL
Henry E. Burriham, 49,. Charles Q. TireH,
IS; Samuel w. Mccall. IA, and David }.
Foster. so; secretary and treasurer, Henry
P. Blair, 80; choristers James w. Cheney,
20; historian, David NJ. Hildreth, 81; exec
utive committee, E. G. Kimball. 81: A. A.
Fisher, 'SS; w. J. Wallis, "a; B. F. Adams,
81; w. H. Woolverton O3.
After the guests had dora full justice to
the dinner. DR.. Tucker was introduced by
Toastmaster Cummings. Loyalty to Alma
Mater was the theme of the president. he
spoke of the growth OF Dartmouth and OF
the progress and advancement which are be-
ing made. The strength of the college. 1t
was explained, lies with the body OF men
who received their education from the in
stftution, and who are scattered all over
the hand.
Foot Ball Abolition Agitation.
Representative Tirrell, who followed, dis
cussed the foot ball addition agitation, nain-
taining that the sport did more for college
spirit and the esprit de corps of the insti-
tuition than did any one other thing. To
abolish 1t, the speaker maintained, would be
to remove source of strength.
Representative Foster, as an a1umnus,
discussed the fame of Dartmouth, while
Representative Martin referred to the col
lege from the standpoint of one who was
not IN the charmed circle"
"Out in the rich west we find here and
there a man from Nadine, here and there a
man from Massachusetts,. here and there a
New York man. The men are coming from
Drtmouth, from Brown, from Harvard,
from Yale and from the other splendid in
situations In the east to the splendid west.
and have given us Of your culture" said
Speaker Cannon. 1T is the march of the
Americana used to call It the Anglo Saxon
civilization to the triumph of the world"
During his address Mr.. Cannon remarked:
II suppose If wooden Injun-you call it
Indian In the east-had been elected Speak
er of the House he would have been invited
to join you
You are the first Speaker we have ever
invited some one explained. The Dart
mouth yell, then given for Uncle Joe"
tended to further contradict his assump-
ton.
Mr. William E. Chandler related some
early college experiences. Other speakers
The guests We're: Dr. w. J. Tucker,
Speaker Cannon, Representative E. w.
Martin of South Dakota Ralph w. Lee H.
Fl. Darneille and Fred D. Owen. The MEM
bers of the association present were:
Samuel r. Bond, Josiah II. Hobbs, Horace
S. Cummings, Henry f. Burnham United
States senator, New Hampshire; Charles
@. Tirrell. member of Congress, Massa-
chusetts; James w. Cheney, Lucian S. Til
ton, David j. Foster, member of Congress,
Vermont; F. Fremont-Smith, Charles s.
Sloane, Philip Walker, DIR. e. G.. Kimball,
Charles S. Clark, Arthur P. Greeley, Walter
P. Patterson, Stephen n. Ryder, David M
Hildreth, Aleyne A. Fisher Walter A.
Johnston, Henry P. Blair, Albin B. yeazey,
George 2. Wood, Arthur B. Ilsley, w. III.
Merrill, William J. Wallis, Benjamin f.
Adams, Jeremiah o. Simpson, Clarence c.
Walker, Paul G. Redington Theodore B.
Egbert, o. A. Mechlin, Carroll Paul, w. H.,
Woolverton, Edward H. Egbert William
E. Chandler, Spanish treaty claims COM
mission; Jacob H. Gallinger, United States
senator, New Hampshire; Frank D. Curriec
representative in Congress, New Hamp-
shire, and Wendell P Stafford, associate
justice, Supreme Court, District OF Column
hia.