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The Oberlin Alumni Magazine
Volume XII, No. 8
May 1916.

BOSTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

The Oberlin Alumni Association of New England held its annual banquet at the Westminster Hotel, Boston, on April 3d.  An auspicious night, an unusual attendance and a delightful social arrangement made this an occasion pleasant to remember.

In the receiving line were President and Mrs. Houser, Vice-Presidents Miss Emma Gillis, and Mr. John Hall, presenting Dr. and Mrs. Bridgman, Professor Hutchins, and Mr. Bohn.

A large reception committee made all welcome.

Technology and Harvard men, as ushers, added much to the evening's pleasure by their genial courtesy.

The banquet hall was spread with tables seating four couples, the places being determined by numbers secured with the tickets.  So skillfully was this arrangement made by Miss Alice Barber that groups of friends found themselves around tables in the center of which were baskets of crimson roses and golden daisies, placed by the artistic hand of Mrs. Mabel Burr Dyer.

In disappointment over the absence of President King our committee made loud call for Professor Hutchins, whose presence was greeted by prolonged cheers, and whose address was so full of inspiration that we are left wondering if his place is in the College or on the alumni field.

Dr. Bridgman took us through scenes in his African field and set us to a consideration of the rewards in character and opportunity of a work like his.

Mr. Bohn gave us the good word from Oberlin, read a witty poem and left us with the near feeling of a last year's graduate.  Encouraging reports were given by Secretary-Treasurer Edward Clark.

Officers for the ensuing year:
President, Mr. Ralph H. Houser.
Vice Presidents, Miss Emma Gillis, Mr. Donald King.
Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Edward Clark.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Iretta Hight Retan.

Enthusiastic singing of Oberlin songs closed the most successful annual gathering of recent years.

Iretta H. Retan, Sec'y.
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1.
Here's the Boston Globe article that tells us that Alma, Fred, Anne Starr, and Eunice Miller attended this gathering: It gives names of attendees, but not much about the activities.

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Meanwhile, Eva attended a gathering in Philadelphia a few days before:
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The Oberlin Alumni Association of New England held its annual banquet at the Westminster Hotel, Boston, on April 3d.
As I noted for the other article about this gathering, the Hotel Westminster was where the Hancock Tower is now.

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Technology and Harvard men, as ushers, added much to the evening's pleasure by their genial courtesy.
​Technology was MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), which in my mother's day (the early 1940s) was called Tech.

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So skillfully was this arrangement made by Miss Alice Barber that groups of friends found themselves around tables in the center of which were baskets of crimson roses and golden daisies, placed by the artistic hand of Mrs. Mabel Burr Dyer.
Crimson roses and golden daisies.  I checked, and sure enough, Oberlin's colors are red and gold.

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Dr. Bridgman took us through scenes in his African field and set us to a consideration of the rewards in character and opportunity of a work like his.
I hope Fred got a chance to compare notes with Dr. Bridgman, though of course Africa is big enough so they could have had completely different experiences there.

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Mr. Bohn gave us the good word from Oberlin, read a witty poem and left us with the near feeling of a last year's graduate.
Mr. Bohn was also at Eva's gathering in Philadelphia.

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Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Iretta Hight Retan.
Of course I googled Mrs. Retan, and she turned out to be interesting.  She taught in Hawaii for four years around 1890 before returning home.  After she died, her daughters wrote (https://www.ksbe.edu/assets/archives/Finding-Aid-Hight.pdf):
Arriving in the States she was married to Fred Retan after their eight-year engagement, and their home in a Boston suburb became a center for visits by faculty and friends of Kamehameha Schools—visits that notably enlivened our childhood.
It's fun for me to read this, because my own childhood was enlivened by visits from seemingly random Sri Lankans.  Of course the one I remembered best was Diana, who brought a big bag of Hershey's Kisses for us kids. 
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