The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-01
DARTMOUTH GRADUATES
IN FAMILY PAR j
Annual Banquet and Reunion of ~ N
Alumni Was Held in Barre Last
Eyening-Prof. Keyes Rep
resented the College.

A plea for the old cultural college as
contrasted with the college devoted Who'll
Iy TO the material and scientific side Of
life was brought from Dartmouth college
by Prof. Homer Eaton Keyes to the
Dartmouth alumni of Vermont at their
annual meeting and banquet held in, Ho-
tel Barre in this city last night. Pro-
fessor keyes came in place of Pres. Err
nest NJ Hopkins, who was called to New
York
The state of Vermont was represented
at the banquet by Lieut.. Gov. Mason s.
Stone, a graduate of the University of
Vermont in the class of 1888, and State
Commissioner of Education NJ. b, Hille-
gas of the University of Rochester, class
Of 1897.
The banquet, which was one of the
most enjoyable held by the association,
was attended by nearly 80 graduates and
invited guests. 1t was more or less in
the nature of a Dartmouth family party
and after the serving of the banquet and
the formal part of the program they
talked and visited until nearly midnight,
much as reunited relatives compare notes
after a considerable lapse of time.
The toastmaster was the retiring presi-
dent of the association, Fl. d, Ryder of
Bellows Falls The speakers included
Lieutenant Governor Stone and Commits
sioner Hillegas John w. Gordon of
Barre read an original poem having for
its theme the l50th anniversary of the
founding of the college, which is to be
celebrated this year.
In his remarks Professor Keyes re-
ferred to the part which Dartmouth men
have played in the war. He said that of
less than 5000 living alumni and under
graduates 2,40O were in the service,
which was better record than Dart
mouth had in the Civil war, and Dart
mouths record in that war was one of
the highest in the country. He said that
the Dartmouth flag carries IS stars for
men who fell in this war.
Referring to the purpose of Dartmouth
college, Professor keyes emphasized the
value of the old idea Of a college and he
said that it was the purpose of the insti-
tuition at Hanover to return to the cul-
tural basis for study in spite of the ma
terial demands of the present era. He
said that the administration of Dart
mouth is shaping the course of the insti-
tuition so that the college viii be devoted
to that end He said that the demands
of the war had reduced the student body
to only 600 students but already the col
lege is beginning to build toward its for
mer size. He thought that the limit of
students should be l,500, so that the best
training could be maintained.
At this point in the meeting, f. l..
Laird as chairman of the committee on
nominations brought in the following
list: President, Justice W. II. Taylor of
Hardwiek; secretary, A. B. Lane of
Barre; treasurer, V, A. Doty of Mont
pelier; and the officers were duly elected.
Then ensued a series of informal re-
marks which was participated in by
w. G, Belknap of Bellows Falls, Charles
A. Edgerton OF Northfeld, Fred l.. Laird
of Montpelier, Senator Harry B. Amey
of Island Pond and David s. Conant of
St. Johnsbury. During the banquet
Dartmouth songs were sung, furnishing
one of the most enjoyable features of
the get-together.
Those attending the banquet included:
II. d. Ryder, '76, Bellows Falls; II. p.
Hinman, 10, Barre; Homer Eaton Keyes,
90, Hanover, n. H.; David S. Conant,
~, St. Johnsbury; Harry B. Amey, 81,
Island Pond; John W. Gordon, 'S3, Barre;
V, A. Doty, '92, Montpelier; R. G. Rey-
nolds, 10, Lyndonville; George A. Reed,
'03 Montpelier: A. B. Lane, '0l, Barre;
G. J. Seager '06, South Barre; Fred L.
Laird, 's4, Montpelier; Robert S. Noble,
a. Bethel; J. D. McLam, II, Ryegate;
i. J. Rogers, '09, Cabot; Joseph w.
BlakeIy, 'Os, Montpelier; Waldo T. Da-
Wis, OF, Bethel; C. +. Moulton, 80, Mont
pelier; Charles A, Edgerton, 70, North
field; W. c. Belknap, ~, Bellows Falls;
w. H. Taylor, SO, Hardwick; J. F. Hig-
gins, 0l, Barre; Mason S. Stone, Univer-
sity of Vermont, 'S3; NJ. B. Hillegas, Uni
versity of Rochester, '97.