At the first annual meeting of the secretaries

At the first annual meeting of the secretaries of the classes and various alumni organizations, held at the College on January 21, 1905, one of the most important subjects which came up for discussion was the establishment of a magazine which should represent the opinion of graduates in reference to College affairs, and also afford the means of setting forth informally, from time to time, the policy of the Administration of the College. The following resolution was adopted at this meeting:

"RESOLVED, that it is the sentiment of this meeting that the time has come when there is a call for an alumni publication, and that an outline of the nature of such publication be submitted to the secretaries of the classes by the Secretary to the President that a canvass of the classes be taken by the secretaries to see how much support such a publication would receive, the results to be submitted to the Secretary to the President at an early date."

The returns from the canvass called for in this resolution have been so favorable that the general secretary of the meeting has reported to the President that it is entirely practicable to publish a graduates' magazine. After consulting with the President of the Association of Secretaries, Henry W. Stevens, Esq., of the class of '75, it has seemed best to begin at once upon the proposed scheme, The first number of the magazine is, therefore, sent out under the formal title of "The Dartmouth Bi-Monthly, A Magazine for Graduates of Dartmouth College," under the editorial management of Mr. Ernest M. Hopkins, general secretary of the association of the alumni and class secretaries, in cooperation with the secretaries. Since the meeting of the secretaries,' Mr. Hopkins has been appointed, by the Trustees, Secretary to the College. In the proposed editorial management, Mr. Hopkins will be able to represent in his two-fold capacity the views of the alumni and of the Administration of the College.

It may reasonably be expected, judging from the experience of other institutions, that the publication of this magazine will be of great value. The various questions intimately connected with the growth of the College ought to be discussed openly by the alumni, with a view to the better understanding of them, and with a view to the effect of such discussion upon the administration. It is also desirable that the opportunity should be had for the informal presentation of these questions as representing the policy of the Trustees and Faculty. The publication of this magazine is to be Considered as an effort to realize in the most intelligent way the unity of the College.

Dartmouth men everywhere are earnest in their desires that the College efficiency shall be at a maximum. College life is difficult to analyze, but it is certain that the institution which has the most perfect cooperation between the two great components of the existence of a college - the alumni and the administration—will afford, other things being equal, the greatest advantages to its constituency. Cooperation means something more than the blind zeal which leads the alumnus to back his college against all comers, simply on general principles. It means something more than pedantry on the part of the instructor; something more than, opportunism on the part of the administrative officer. It necessitates knowledge of affairs as they are, by all concerned, and requires thought and effort, that the possibilities of the present may be realized and that the development of the future may be sustained. Many a man through the force of circumstances draws all the inspiration for his enthusiam for his college from the life of his undergraduate days, and feeds his loyalty wholly upon a sentimental reverence for the past. Many an administration in our colleges, through lack of contact with the alumni body, has failed to achieve desired results. The aim of this magazine is to do what it can in the work of cooperation. Its publication has been called for and encouraged by the secretaries of the classes and the alumni associations and clubs. The plan has the endorsement and the promise of assistance from the administration of the College. The project has been made possible by the assurance of support from loyal graduates. The Bi-MonThly will make every effort to do what it can in maintaining the interest of alumni, officers, and friends of Dartmouth in each other and in the College. The more that it succeeds in this the more will it fulfill its mission.

The strength of a college lies so largely in the loyalty of its alumni that it has become one of the more important duties of administration to open, to the widest extent, the lines of communication to and from the graduates. This can best be done through the classes and the alumni bodies. The work of the alumni associations is invaluable, but it can never remove the necessity of class organizations, for it is only through the latter that the whole constituency of the College can be reached. This form of organization has been so loose among Dartmouth alumni, in some cases lapsing altogether and in others having little utility, that it has become imperative that it be strengthened in every possible way.

Early in December, President Tucker sent out a note to the secretaries, stating the wish of the administration to make the fullest use of class and alumni organizations. Mention was made of the desire to inform Dartmouth men everywhere of the policies and the needs of the College, and to open the channels through which the alumni could bring outside sentiment home to the College. The response was encouraging, and the meeting was most successful. Announcement of the date and plans for the second meeting will be made in the next issue. Attention is called now, however, to the work of the secretaries. They are dependent, after all their own efforts, upon the responses made to their calls, by the alumni whom they represent. They have been given and have accepted the burden of large responsibility. Help should be given them whenever it is possible to give it.

As a matter of interest to the large body of the alumni who have had no report, and as a matter of record, a brief review of the last Commencement, the one hundred and thirtysixth, is given. The program was:

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

PRIZE SPEAKING

8.00 p. M. Speaking in the College Church for the class of 1866, prizes, and Barge gold medal.

SUNDAY, JUNE 25

BACCALAUREATE

10.30 A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon by the President of the College.

5.00 p. M. Unveiling of Memorial Window, at Rollins Chapel, commemorating the Presidency of the Rev. Samuel Colcord Bartlett, D.D., LL.D.

8.00 P. M. Address before the Young Men's Christian Association by the Reverend Samuel Colcord Bartlett of Tottori, Japan.

MONDAY, JUNE 26

CLASS DAY

2.30 p. M. Class Day Exercises.

8.00 p. M. Concert by the Glee and Mandolin Clubs.

10.00 P. M. Promenade Concert in College Yard.

TUESDAY, JUNE 27

ALUMNI DAY

9.00 A. M. Meeting the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

10.30 A. M. Public meeting of the Alumni Association ; Address by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, LL.D., of the University of California.

2.00 p. M. Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association. Statement by the President of the College to the Alumni on the work and plans of the College.

5.00 P. M. Reunion of the Greek Letter Fraternities.

7.45 P. M. Dramatic Club.

9.30 to 11 P. M. President's Reception in College Hall.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28

COMMENCEMENT

9.00 A. M. Prayers in Rollins Chapel.

9.30 A. M. Procession formed in College Yard for Commencement Exercises in College Church, including the conferring of degrees in course and honorary degrees.

12.00 M. Lunch in College Hall. Thomas R. Proctor, Esq., '79, Vice-President of the Alumni Association, presided, and alumni and friends of the College spoke.

900 P. M. Commencement Ball.

The Sing-Out and Wet-Down occurred in usual manner on June 16. Additional events have been added to this day in the last few years that make it of greater importance and dignity. Immediately after the WetDown, W. E. Chamberlain '05, in behalf of the Senior class, presented to College Hall a marble drinking fountain which was accepted for the College by C. A. Russ '06. The fountain is of delicate, cream-colored Tennessee marble, which harmonizes well with the color scheme of the Hall. It is five and a half feet high, and about three feet wide at the basin. Directly above the basin a lion's head is carved in heavy relief, the work of Sculptor T. J. McAuliffe.

A year ago last June, in the evening of the Sing-Out, the President and Trustees of the College gave a dinner to the Senior class, in College Hall, Following the custom then instituted, the second annual dinner was given in the evening, after the other exercises. The tables were beautifully decorated by the ladies of the faculty, and the old silver punch-bowl, given by Governor Wentworth to Eleazar Wheelock, was on the head table. The speakers were, President Tucker, A. S. Batchellor, '72, Prof. F. H. Dixon, Melvin O. Adams, Esq., '71) and members of the class.

One of the pleasantest exercises of the week was the unveiling, Sunday afternoon, of the window memorial to President Bartlett. Its design was suggested by the text and some descriptive passages of the baccalaureate sermon of 1889. The text, "The path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day," set in a narrow ring of deep blue glass surrounds the picture. Starting in a rather somber, central foreground a rugged path runs directly away, in perspective, under conventional elms and cypresses, through the tops of which glimpses of the glowing sunrise shine brilliantly. In the middle distance the path passes around a broad sheet of water which dimly but distinctly reflects the sunrise colors of the sky. Thence the path can be seen, winding far away over the great hills which are spread out in the background, vanishing on their distant outlines into the brilliant morning sky. Over all, in the heavens, are the purple and red cloud effects of an exquisite sunrise. A plain brass tablet on the wall below marks the purpose of the window. This window was designed in the Tiffany Studios and is presented by the four children of President Bartlett, Edwin J., William A., and Samuel C. Bartlett and Alice Bartlett Stimson. It is placed as a rose window in the south transept of Rollins Chapel.

President Wheeler of the University of California gave the address before the Alumni Association, Tuesday morning. His subject was "The Abundant Life." He said in part:

"Abundance of goods cannot assure either to a people or to an individual that quality of existence which we are justified in associating with the notion of richness, fulness, abundance of life. . A man lives abundantly according as he opens his life to the opportunities of the world he lives in, opens it both to receive and to give, both to be and to do ; according as he makes his personality, being what, it is, count for the most possible, time, place, and environment being what they are.

"Nothing should be permitted within the College to prevent the frank association of men of all grades, conditions, and antecedents. From this point of view the dormitory is better than the chapter house. The danger of the latter is the insidious encouragement of a snobbish exclusiveness — a thing utterly hostile to the spirit and intent of the American college."

Concerning athletics, he said: "It is at present bending with dangerous rapidity toward the conferment of its physical, if not its spiritual blessings, upon a few chosen specialists."

"Life is nourished of life, and it will remain in the future as it has been in the past that the simpler, larger life and the culture of the sounder health will proceed by use of the products of life. The greatest education is the giving of life, and the greatest teacher was one who came that ye might have life and have it more abundantly."

Certain changes were made in the graduating exercises of Wednesday morning, to add to their effectiveness. The candidates for degrees in course were presented by the Dean, and after the conferring of the degress, the diplomas were presented by a committee of the Faculty, — Professors Burton, Dixon, Hull, and Horne. The Commencement addresses were spoken by the six men ranking highest among the candidates for the Bachelor's degree. The speakers and subjects were:

1 Salutatory, with Address: The Present Day Estimate of Cervantes WINFIELD SUPPLY BARNEY, Washington, N. H.

2 Teleology and Mechanism JOHN HINSDALE NEELY, Evanston, Ill.

3 Two Devils EDMUND EZRA DAY, Worcester, Mass.

4 The Place of John Knox in History PERCY CHANDLER LADD, Greenfield, Mass.

5 The Essence of Israelitish Prophecy ROBERT CRAWFORD FALCONER, Hamilton, Ohio

6 Valedictory, with Address: The Laboratory vs. Nature CHESTER NEWELL MOORE, Worcester, Mass.

For the-presentation of honorary degress, a special committee was appointed - Professors J. K. Lord, Richardson, and Bartlett - who presented the recipients in turn to the President. The names of those who received the degrees, with the words of President Tucker in conferring them, are herewith given.

JOHN McLANE

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMP" SHIRE

It is the custom of the Trustees of Dartmouth College to invite the Governor of the State of New Hampshire, who is by virtue of his office a member of the Board, to a more intimate and permanent relation to the College. In recognition of this honored custom, and yet more in recognition of those qualities of integrity, judgment, and efficiency which made you so worthy of your public position, I confer upon your Excellency - John McLane, the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

ROBERT NELSON CHAMBERLIN

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

I confer upon your Honor, Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, adequate in your knowledge of the law, clear in your application of it, and sure in your decisions, I confer upon you, Robert Nelson Chamberlin, the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

GEORGE KUHN CLARK

OF THE SUFFOLK BAR

I confer upon you, George Kuhn Clark, lawyer, historical scholar, and writer, the honorary degree of Master of Arts, welcoming you to a place among the many members of your family in their, and our, academic fellowship.

EDWIN WHITNEY BISHOP

PASTOR OF THE SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CONCORD, N. H.

Edwin Whitney Bishop, graduate of Williams and of Hartford Theological Seminary, Fellow at the University of Berlin,whose scholarship enhances your power in the pulpit, and whose judgment, courage, and authority give you the place of leadership in the church, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. v

CHARLES ALLEN DINSMORE

PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH, WATERBURY, CONN.

Charles Allen Dinsmore, 1884, pastor, preacher, author, worthy of special recognition for those studies beyond the range of your immediate work which have given us so clear and just an interpretation of Dante, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.

CHARLES LOOMIS DANA

PHYSICIAN IN NEW YORK CITY

Charles Loomis Dana, 1872, physician, authority in the most intricate problems of your profession, keen and sure of insight, fearless in research, quick in sympathy, benefactor of your kind, I confer upon you in acknowledgment of your services the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

SETH CHASE GORDON

PHYSICIAN IN PORTLAND, MAINE

I confer upon you, Seth Chase Gordon, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, in recognition of your brilliant record as surgeon in the United States Army through the Civil War, of your long and honored career as medical instructor, and of the fifty years of practice in your profession.

CHARLES RANSOM MILLER

EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES

Upon you, Charles Ransom Miller, 1872, editor and publicist, wise interpreter of current events, exponent of the ethics of political and social life, influential for public honesty and the public order, I confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER

PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

In repeating, President Wheeler, the degree through which your high academic services both in scholarship and administration have already been recognized, as well as your still more public services, we do not presume to increase your honor. We do propose to restore to you the rights of your inheritance. You are a descendant of the Founder of this College. Born a Dartmouth man, you in some way, which you have not explained to our satisfaction, escaped the fold. I now bring you back, and recover you to your ancestral rights, by conferring upon you the degree of Doctor of Laws, the only degree befitting your condition, which, however, I confer in the terms of the degree of graduation, granting to you that is, all the, privileges, immunities, and honors, which may pertain to a Dartmouth degree.

CHARLES ANDREW WILLARD

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES

(Conferred in absentia)

I further announce the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, conferred in absentia upon Charles Andrew Willard, 1874, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, whose services in that capacity are an honor to the College and to the Nation.

Announcement was made at the Alumni Dinner of the gift of $50,000 by Stephen Moody Crosby, of the class of 1849, toward the building of Webster Hall. Mr. Crosby signified his intention some time ago of helping in a substantial way in the erection of Webster Hall, through a bequest. Believing, however, that the money would be more effective if given at this time, lie proposed to the Trustees to place the money in their hands for immediate use, subject to an annuity to himself during his life.

The Trustees accepted the proposition of Mr. Crosby and adopted resolutions expressing their gratitude for his generous gift, and the timeliness of its bestowal.

Mr. Crosby is a member of a family which has been closely identified with Dartmouth College. His father, Nathan Crosby, 1820, was a well known judge in Lowell. His uncle, Alpheus Crosby, 1827, was professor of Latin and Greek at Dartmouth for many years, and was editor of many well known text books in Greek. Another uncle, Dr. Dixi Crosby, graduate of the Medical School in 1824, was for a long time professor of Surgery and practically the head of the School. Still another uncle, Thomas R. Crosby, 1841, was for several years instructor in Natural History in the College.

Mr. Crosby, after graduating from Dartmouth went into the practice of law; later he became a manufacturer at Haydenville, Mass. He served through the Civil War and was brevetted a Lieutenant Colonel for services as paymaster. More recently he has been in the banking business and was president of the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company.

The College began its one hundred and thirty-sixth year, September twenty-first. In accordance with the custorn of the last few years, the President addressed the students immediately after the chapel exercise of the first morning. Announcement was also made in regard to registration, of the changes in the faculty, and of appointments to other positions.

The number of students in residence this year is divided as follows:

Graduate Stndents 20 Seniors 169 Juniors 192 Sophomores 243 Freshmen 303 Total in Academic Department 927

The distribution by states of the Freshman class is:

Massachusetts 152 New Hampshire 76 New York 18 Illinois 17 Vermont 13 Maine 10 Ohio 4 Pennsylvania 3 Colorado 3 Missouri 3 Rhode Island 2 Dist. of Columbia 2 New Jersey 1 Michigan 1 Nebraska 1 Indiana 1 Minnesota 1 South Dakota 1 Tennessee 1 California 1 Texas 1

The enrollment in the Medical School is 59, in the Thayer School 28, and in the Tuck School 23. Of these, 59 have not been counted in any way in the registration of the academic department. The total enrollment, therefore, of the College and Associated Schools is 986.

The Academic Faculty will consist, the present year, of sixty members, of which number those who are Professors, Assistant Professors, or Instructors under appointment for a full term of service, constitute the voting faculty. Professors Hull and Langley will be absent upon their sabbatical years. Professor Emery returns,as does also Mr. Stewart (German), Mr. L,. B. Richardson (Chemistry), and Mr. Keyes, who after two years study abroad introduces courses in Modern Art.

The following appointments to Instructorships were made at the Commencement meeting of the Trustees: In English, Mr. Ernest B. Watson, of the class of 1902, the first recipient of the Barge Prize Medal for Oratory, for the past three years Instructor in 'Robert College, Constantinople.

In History, Mr. William K. Boyd, Trinity College, North Carolina, and Columbia University, in place of Dr. Shipman, resigned to accept a Preceptorship at Princeton.

In French,. Mr. Elmer E. Greenwood, Harvard, as substitute for Professor Langley during his absence.

Mr. Warren M. Persons, of the University of Wisconsin, has been secured for the position in Banking and Exchange, in place of Professor Young, who returns to Wisconsin.

Mr. William R. Gray, of the class of 1904, has been appointed Instructor in Accounting and Auditing.

Assistant Professor Holden has been sb far relieved of his work in Mathematics in the College that he will assist > Professor Fletcher in place of Professor Mann, who resigned to accept a government position in the Irrigation Service.

Dr. George S. Graham, of the class of 1905, will act, during the second semester, as assistant to Dr. Kingsford, the Dartmouth Bacteriologist.

Mr. John W. Bowler, who has served as Physical Director during his course of study in the Medical School, now becomes permanently identified with the College through his election as Assistant Professor of Hygiene and Physical Culture.

The office of Secretary of the College has been created, the Secretary to have charge of the general correspondence, of official announcements and publications, with the exception of the catalogue, which remains in the Dean's Office, and of the formal social functions of the College. Mr. Ernest M. Hopkins was elected Secretary.

Mr. Robert M. Davis, of the class of 1903, returns as Secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association. Mr. Davis will also do partial work as an Instructor in the English Department.

The Commons will be in charge the present year of Mr. Arthur P. Fairfield, of the class of 1900 ; and Mr. Lillard, of the last class, will be Secretary of the College Club.

The vacancy among the alumni members of the Board of Trustees, caused by the resignation of Major E. D. Redington, of Chicago, after two terms of service, has been filled by the nomination of the alumni and election by the Board of Mr. Henry H. Hilton, of Chicago, of the class of 1890. Mr. Hilton is a member of the publishing firm of Ginn and Company. He has always been an active and efficient worker for the College. As a member of the Central Committe for the New Buildings Fund he was given the large task of covering the field in the West, and he has been remarkably successful in the results he has achieved.

The retirement of Dr. Fairbanks, after thirty-five years of service, and the death of Dr. Davis, caused two vacancies among the life members of the Board. These have been filled by the election of Professor Francis Brown, of Union Theological Seminary, of the class of 1870, and the election of the Honorable Samuel D. Powers, of Boston, of the class of 1874.

Dr. Brown is one of the foremost representatives of scholarship, as distinct from professional activity, among the alumni. Taking the first rank in his class in College he showed the same scholarly gifts in his theological course and won the fellowship that gave him two years of foreign study. Since his return he has been connected with the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in one position and another, and now is Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages. His scholarship has been fruitful in publications in the Department of Assyriology, and of various works having to do with the religious movements of the time, and especially in the revision of Gesenius's Hebrew Lexicon of the Old Testament, in connection with other scholars in this country and in England. He is a preacher of extraordinary richness of thought and power of expression. His prominence as a preacher and a scholar has been recognized in this country and abroad, as indicated by the degrees which have been conferred upon him. He has received the degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton, of D.D. from Dartmouth, Yale, and the University of Glasgow, Scotland, of LL.D. from Dartmouth, and of D. Litt. from Oxford, England.

Mr. Powers is well known to the alumni through his loyalty to the College, as well as through his achievements in public life. He was nominated almost unanimously for Congress in 1900, and represented the Eleventh Massachusetts District in the Fifty-seventh Congress, and the Twelfth Massachusetts District in the Fifty-eighth Congress, there having been a re-districting while he was serving in Congress which made a change in the district which he represented. He retired voluntarily from Congress, against the earnest protest of his district, on March 4, 1905, to devote himself exclusively to the practise of law. While in the National House he served upon the Committees on Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Elections. He was one of the sub-committee of five appointed from the Judiciary Committee to frame the bill for the regulation of Trusts, in the Fifty-seventh Congress, and he was one of the managers appointed by the speaker to conduct the impeachment trial of Judge Swayne before the Senate in the Fifty-eighth Congress,

The Standing Committees of the Trustees have been appointed as follows for the current year:

Finance—Messrs. Kimball, Chase, Mathewson, Streeter, Adams.

Instruction and Equipment—Messrs. Richardson, Eastman, Brown, Mathewson, Hilton.

Buildings and Improvements—Messrs. Streeter, Kimball, Adams, Mathewson, Powers.

Degrees—Messrs. Mathewson, Eastman, Brown.

Relation of College to State—Messrs. Streeter, Kimball, Richardson.

Relation of College to Alumni—Messrs. Adams, Mathewson, Hilton.

Legal Matters—Messrs. Chase, Streeter, Powers.

The President of the College is a member exofficio of the Committee on Finance, on Instruction and Equipment, on Buildings and Improvements, and on Degrees.

Wheeler Hall, the new dormitory, stands upon the lot formerly occupied by Professor Emerson, just north of the Chapel. The illustration in this magazine is accurate in its description of the exterior of the Hall, but as it is a reproduction of the architect's water-color it does not show the trees, which soften the effect and assist in making this dormitory one of the most effective buildings in Hanover. The building is 132 ft. long, 58 ft. wide, and three stories and a half high, with the long dimension running approximately east and west, It faces the south. It is built of brick, laid in Flemish bond, with black headers laid at random. The base course and sills are of granite, and the lintels are of limestone. The cornice is of wood of old colonial design. The roof is shingled. There are sixty-three rooms in the building, sixteen on the first floor, seventeen on each of the next two, and thirteen on the fourth. On each of the first three floors there are four double rooms, with separate bedrooms, with fireplaces and private toilets ; four alcove rooms with fireplaces, for two men each ; two large alcove rooms with private toilets, for two men each ; two single rooms with alcoves and private toilets ; four or five single rooms with small alcoves. The fourth floor has eight single rooms ; four large double corner rooms, with alcoves ; and one large double room with alcoves and private toilet. The first three floors have two toilet rooms each besides the private toilets. There are four shower baths on each of these floors also. The fourth floor has one toilet room, with two showers. The basement is large, well lighted and dry, and is used for storage. The dormitory has been named Wheeler Hall, in honor of Mr. John Brooks Wheeler, during his life a citizen of the neighboring town of Orford, who at the time of greatest discouragement, almost of despair, in connection with the lawsuit which opened the Dartmouth College case, sent one thousand dollars to the Trustees of the College, for the prosecution of their claims. Except for this timely aid it might have been impossible to carry on the suit. After this long interval of time the College has been able to recognize Mr. Wheeler's honorable and generous deed, and to permanently identify his name with that of the College to which he gave such seasonable assistance.

During the summer the Chemical Laboratory on the first floor of Culver Hall, in which there had been little change since the erection of the building in 1871, has been completely reconstructed and re-equipped in accordance with plans prepared by the Department of Chemistry. The changes were made possible by the kindness of Mr. Adolph Lewisohn, of New York, a friend of Judge William N. Cohen, 1879. The north wall of the lecture room has been moved forward a few feet, the gallery has been removed, the seats have been turned to face the west and raised so that the entrance is on the mezzanine floor, by the door that formerly led into the gallery. Below the raised seats, on the side towards the main hallway, are a spectroscope room, a dark room, and a lavatory. The northwest corner of the floor is occupied by a storeroom 25 ft. by 40 ft., for which space was made by cutting out three small rooms on the main floor and three on the mezzanine floor which were of no particular service. Exhibits can conveniently be taken to the lecture room by a door not far from the lecture table. An elevator runs from the basement through the storeroom to the laboratories on the second floor. This room connects also with a reagent and supply room which was obtained by cutting off the main hall just back of the first flight of stairs. Back of the reagent room is the office of the instructors, the only room on the floor with unaltered walls. The office and the reagent room open into the spacious laboratory, 40 ft. by 60 ft., made by cutting out all the partitions on the east side of the building. The whole construction of this room is modern, pleasing and serviceable. Six large hoods around the wall give promise of improved ventilation. Eighty-four tables with double lockers make it possible to assign places to one hundred and sixty-eight students. The table tops are of oak, paraffined; the reagent shelves are topped with glass plates ; the tables are provided with gas and water cocks, suction pumps, reducing valves and locks, all of brass. The building is heated by steam and a telephone system is installed.

The BI-MONTHLY publishes in this issue an article descriptive of the work of the Medical Director of the College. This is a distinctive work,.and one in the progress of which the College is justly proud. The results speak for themselves. The appointment of Mr. John W. Bowler, who has served as Physical Director during his course of study in the Medical School, as Assistant Professor of Hygiene and Physical Culture, fittingly supplements the remarkable work of Dr. Kingsford, and insures to Dartmouth students the opportunities for developing their bodies, as well as their minds, under the guidance of an authority. The emphasis is not upon athletic achievement, but upon healthful development. The man with no athletic ability is given every opportunity for physical development. The man with athletic aspirations or ability is examined before he is allowed to try for a team, to say nothing of being allowed to participate in a contest, and is watched constantly while training. No man is allowed in any practice or contest unless he is physically fit to stand the strain. The importance of this policy of precaution cannot be overestimated. The putting of this authority into the hands of Professor Bowler'by the College will occasion widespread satisfaction among the alumni, as it already has among those upon the ground. The College recognizes the force of mens sana in corpore sano, and to this end is not only making every possible effort to prevent sickness, but is moreover intent on improving health.

The opening of a new dormitory of the attractiveness and utility of Wheeler Hall, followed almost immediately by the vote of the Trustees to proceed with the building of another hall, emphasizes Dartmouth's determination to hold to the advantages of being a dormitory college. This is a decision the importance of which, perhaps, is not at once apparent to those who have not given the question consideration, but it probably is the best assurance that could be . given of the permanency of the Dartmouth spirit. President Wheeler, of the University of California, summarized the advantages of the dormitory system, rightly administered, in. his commencement address, — "Nothing should be permitted within the College to prevent the frank association of men of all grades, conditions, and antecedents." Fraternity houses are good, but the undergraduates are in agreement with the Administration that these houses should only provide for a small minority of the fraternities' members, and that no house should ever contain a dining-room. This belief has been embodied in a regulation of the Trustees, and so is guaranteed to the future. The fraternities remain, important to many and vital to some, but they remain as incidental to the College rather than organizations to which the College is simply accessory. The leaders in this putting on record of present sentiment have been fraternity men, anxious for the College and for their fraternities that the advantages of fraternity life should be retained, but that possible abuses should be restricted. But the uninformed man may ask in regard to private dormitories, for it is known that capital is ready for investment this way, once the door is opened. The answer again is that the College wishes to hold its command of the situation. No college probably interferes less with the men in its dormitories than does Dartmouth, but it is essential that control should exist. It is not desirable, for instance, that any one class in the College should entirely localize itself; it is undesirable that any one set, rich or poor, sporting or studious, should make headquarters in one building; and it is essential that in matters of sanitation or public safety, the College should have authority. The belief of the Administration is strong that it is much simpler to retain rights in its own buildings than to acquire or guard them in properties of foreign control. The policy is to keep pace with the growth of the College; to provide rooms of different grades of rental in the same buildings rather than to offer the opportunity for the segregation of wealth or lack of wealth in separate buildings; and to interfere as little as may be with life in the dormitories so long as the men live as gentlemen. Sixty per cent of the undergraduates are now in dormitories, more than six hundred men, and this proportion is to be raised. Dartmouth is exceedingly fortunate in not having let the advantages of being a dormitory college slip and in the determination of the Trustees to hold these advantages for the future.

President Tucker received the following cable message, Thursday evening, October 26, recalling in a happy way the laying of the cornerstone of Dartmouth Hall and the visit of the Earl of Dartmouth just a year before:

"PRESIDENT TUCKER "Dartmouth College "Anniversary congratulations "Dartmouth"

The alumni columns of this issue have been given to the Associations and Clubs. The December number will give the personals sent in by the class secretaries, and items concerning the classes. Keep your secretary informed!

WHEELER HALL