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The Rev. A. C. McGiffert, D.D., professor of church history at Union Theological Seminary, preached in the College Church Sunday morning, March 11.

Hon. Chas. A. Prouty '75, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, gave a very interesting and instructive smoke talk on "The Freight Rate" in College Hall, Saturday evening, March 3.

The basketball team has unanimously elected George William Grebenstein '07, of Cambridge, Mass., captain for next year. Grebenstein plays a brilliant game, at forward, and under his leadership the prestige gained by this year's team will probably be maintained.

A movement is on foot to erect a tablet a few rods north of the Connecticut river bridge and opposite Webster avenue, to mark the spot where stood the tree from which John Ledyard, in the early days of the College, constructed his canoe in which he paddled down the river to civilization.

The Sophomores defeated the Freshmen in the annual basketball series between those classes. The score of the rubber game was 14 to 9.

George H. Howard '07 of Craftsbury, Vt., has been chosen editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth for next year, and Amos Dodge '07 of Concord, business manager.

The Orpheus Club gave its annual mid-winter concert in College Hall Monday evening, April 2, under the direction of Prof. C. H. Morse. The club was assisted by Mrs. Blanche H. Kilduff, and Mr. George Leon Moore of Brooklyn.

The Sophomores defeated the Freshmen in the annual interclass debate in Dartmouth Hall Tuesday evening, April 3. The Gallinger ship subsidy bill was the topic discussed.

The annual contests for the Smith and Rollins prizes were held in Dartmouth Hall Wednesday evening, March 28. The first Rollins prize was awarded to James Barrett Brown '07 of Everett, Mass., the second to Harold Winslow Joyce '08, of Dedham, Mass., and the third to James Milton O'Neill '07, of Canandaigua, N. Y. The first Smith prize was awarded to Michael Stephen O'Brien '06, of Lawrence, Mass., and the second to Clyde Douglass Souter, '06, of Kearny, N. J.