COLLEGE NOTES

Prof. J. K. Lord represented Darmouth at the fifty-first annual meeting of college presidents, held in Cambridge early in December.

At a county conference of school boards, held in Lebanon November 12, Prof. C. D. Adams gave an address on "Responsibility of School Boards for Improvement of Professional Standards among Teachers," and Professor Worthen spoke on "The Duty of the School Board , Member toward Progressive School Legislation."

Judge David N. Cross '41, of Manchester, has been elected an honorary member of the Freshman class.

A new hockey rink has been built in the southeast corner of the Alumn Oval.

Captain John B. Glaze of the football t earn assisted his brother, Ralph Glaze '06, in coaching English High, at the conclusion of the Dartmouth season.

A football mass meeting was held in College Hall, Thursday evening, November 9, in anticipation of the Harvard game. Gen. Frank S. Streeter '74 represented the alumni, and Captain Glaze read a letter of encouragement from President Tucker. Other speakers were Professor Worthen, who represented the faculty, and Professor Bowler, Coach O'Connor, and Manager Clark, who spoke for the team. The meeting closed with the singing of the Dartmouth Song.

Reed Hall has recently been repainted.

Kimball Union Academy alumni who are now students in Dartmouth or any of its associated schools have organized a club, with H. C. Storrs '07 of Hanover president, S. B. Irish 'OB of Northfield, Vt., vice president; H. V. Smith '10 of Pittsford, Vt., secretary, and R. G. Baldwin '10 of West Lebanon, treasurer.

The Rev. A. W. Vernon, D. D., of Yale, formerly pastor of the College Church, preached here November 10.

Prof. Julius Arthur Brown '02, New Hampshire's first Rhodes Scholar, addressed the Christian Association Saturday evening, November 2, on "Student Life at Oxford."

The Rev. Dr. J. M. Thomas, of East Orange, N. J., who has occupied the College pulpit, has been elected president of Middlebury College, to succeed President Ezra Brainerd, who will re. tire in June.

Col. Charles J. ("Buffalo") Jones, of Fredonia, Arizona, addressed the College in College Hall, November 9, on "A Lifetime with Wild Animals.'' Colonel Jones was for many years United States game warden of the Yellowstone Park, and guide of President Roosevelt.

At a recent meeting of the Deutscher Verein, the following officers were chosen: President, W. J. L. Dreyfus '09, Brooklyn; vice president, A. R. Chandler 'OB, Norwich, Conn. ; secretary and treasurer, W. A. Sidley '08, Lawrence.

T. W. Worthen '07 now holds the golf championship of the Hanover Country Club.

Work is progressing on President Tucker's new house on Occom Ridge.

About six thousand pieces of mail matter are handled daily at the Hanover postoffice.

Porter M. Smith '08 of Chicago has been chosen a member of Palaeopitus, to succeed C. P. Skillin '09, of Oak Park, Ill., resigned.

Undergraduates interested in classical study and research have organized a club with the following officers: President, L. R. Dean '09, Charlotte, Vt. ; vice president, M. C. Blake '10, Canandaigua, N. Y. ; secretary and treasurer, R. W. Hazen '08, Bethlehem; executive committee, consisting of the officers and A R. Chandler 'OB, Norwich, Conn., and G. C. Davies '10, Vergennes, Vt.

S. B. Smith '10, of Troy, N. Y., successfully defended his title as College tennis champion by defeating F. H. Harris '10, of Boston.

An electric arc light has been placed at each end of the Fayerweather quadrangle.

At an oyster supper, November 8, in the College Church, the entertainment consisted of selections in the Yorkshire dialect by Prof. Craven Laycock '96, a solo by Prof. E. O. Eckelmann, and selections in the negro dialect by Dr. H. H. Home.

R. L. Theller '09 of Cambridge, president of the Dartmouth Debating Union, has been elected chairman of the triangular debating league composed of Dartmouth, Brown, and Williams.

Hon. Frank S. Streeter '74 of Concord spent a week in Hanover early in November.

Dr. H. H. Home lectured at the Springfield Training School, November 5, on "Jesus, the Great Teacher."

The championship banner of the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association, won by Dartmouth in the meet at Worcester, last May, has arrived in Hanover, and is now hung in the trophy room in College Hall.

Six hundred students assembled in Bissell Hall, November 23, to listen to returns from the Harvard-Yale game. Through the aggressiveness of the Dartmouth, the College had direct communication with the Stadium, and enjoyed a detailed story of the game.

Secretary A. K. Skinner '03, Presi dent R. L. Carns '08, H. E. Meleney '09, and C. W. Pearson 'O9 represented the Christian Association at the international convention of the Y. M. C. A., in Washington, November 22-26.

Candidates for the hockey team are practicing faithfully under the leadership of Captain W. C. Foote '09 of Newton Center, Mass. The team will play several practice games during the Christmas recess, and its first league game will be against Princeton, January 3, in New York.

The College football team—seventeen players, manager, trainer, and coaches — witnessed the Harvard-Yale game as guests of the Dartmouth Athletic Council.

The third smoker of the academic year was an excellent concert by Nevers' Orchestra of Concord, November 30. The frequent and enthusiastic applause proved that Nevers' Orchestra is extremely popular at Dartmouth.

The Aegis board has offered five prizes for the best "grinds."

Mr. Charles L. Carpenter '87, Thayer School '89, gave a public lecture in the Tuck Building, December 4, on "The Panama Canal." Mr. Carpenter is in charge of building the Gatun dam and locks.

Several improvements have been made in the gymnasium in anticipation of the basketball season.

The Haverhill Club of Dartmouth has organized, with G. E. Allen '10 president and J. Harding '08 secretary.

The qualifying examinations for the Rhodes Scholarship for New Hampshire will be held January 21 and 22. Prof. C. D. Adams is secretary of the state Rhodes Scholarship board.

Manager J. A. Clark of the football team addressed the students in College Hall Saturday! evening, November 2, concerning special railroad rates for the Harvard game.

The musical clubs gave their first concert of the season, November I, in Lyme. They have since entertained large audiences in Laconia, Winches, ter, Mass., and Newton, Mass.

The Williston Club, composed of graduates of Williston Seminary, has been organized in College with the following officers: President, H. E. McAllaster '08, Winnetka, Ill.; vice president, J. H. Dingle '10, Omar, Del.; secretary, J. M. Smyth '09, Whitinsville, Mass.; treasurer, L. C. Grau, D. M. S. '11, Boston. The club has presented the Seminary with a photogravure of the College Campus, framed in oak.

The editorial board of the DartmouthMagazine is constituted as follows: Editor-in-chief, Gordon Blanchard '08, Brookline, Mass. ; assistants, Lawrence Adler '08, New York City; Elbert M. Moffatt '08, St. Joseph, Mich.; Emmett H. Naylor '09, Evanston, Ill.; Ralph Lauris Theller '09, Cambridge; Roswell T. Pearl '09, Boston; business manager, John S. Everett '08, South Framingham, Mass.

The new mail delivery system has been in operation since November first. There are two deliveries daily, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Mr. M. Cutter '03, Tuck School '04, lectured before a large body of students and members of the faculty in the Tuck lecture hall, October 28, on "Industrial Conditions in Central America.'' Mr. Cutter is general manager of the Guatemala division of the United Fruit Company.

Mr. A. W. Staub, traveling secretary of the Student Volunteer movement, recently addressed the Christian Association.

At a meeting of the New England History Teachers' Association held recently in Boston, Prof. H. D. Foster was elected president, succeeding in this office Prof. C. H. Haskins of Harvard.

H. E. MacAllaster '08, editor-inchief, represented the Dartmouth at the annual meeting of New England Intercollegiate Press Association, in Boston. December 6.

Prof. J. S. Reeves' new book, "The Foreign Policy of the United States: Administrations of Tyler and Polk," has just been published by Johns Hopkins University. The book consists of the Albert Shaw memorial lectures given at Johns Hopkins last winter.

Professors Worthen and Proctor, and Instructor Moore attended the fifth annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teachers in New England, held at Harvard, December 7. Professor Worthen, a member of the council, discussed the "Report of the Committee on Pattern Examinations."

The fourth smoker of the year, December 7, was a pleasing lecture by Prof. Paul M. Pearson, of the department of oratory and rhetoric in Swarthmore. Professor Pearson's subject, "The Leaven of Life," dealt with typical American humor, and included selections from our famous modern humorists.

The Rev. W. G. Puddefoot, secretary of the American Home Missionary society, preached in the College Church Sunday, December 8.

For the final debating trials to be held early in January, in which two teams of three men, and two alternates, will be chosen to represent the College against Williams and Brown, two money prizes of twelve and eight dollars respectively will be offered to competing candidates.

The annual game of fooball between the Sophomores and the Freshmen, November 2, resulted in a decisive victory for the former, 24 to 0. The same afternoon, the Thayer School defeated the Tuckl School 6 to 0.

The evening of the Harvard game, November 16, was Dartmouth Night at the Hollis Street theatre. The Dartmouth football players as guests and about a thousand other undergraduates were present.

The College Club has recently entertained the Senior and the Junior classes, the Sophomore class, and the Freshman class, at a series of three informal receptions in College Hall. Music for all three functions was furnished by the College Orchestra, and refreshments were served.

The forty-two undergraduates and the members of the faculty who remained in Hanover on the day of the Harvard game received returns in the gymnasium.

The Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Hall, of the Union Theological Seminary, preached in the College Church, December 1.

Prof. H. D. Foster will read a paper on "The Model for a Puritan State," at the fourth annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, to be held at the University of Wisconsin, December 27.31.

The Christian Association will conduct two courses of Bible study next term, one for Seniors and Juniors on the "Social Significance of the Teachings of Jesus," by Prof. J. W. Jenks of Cornell, and one for Sophomores and Freshmen on "The Life of Jesus," by Prof. E. C. Moore of Harvard.

Mr. J. F. Drake '02, Tuck School '03, of Springfield, Mass., gave a public lecture in the Tuck Building December 16 on the work of the Springfield board of trade.

The College has recently purchased a collection of very valuable pamphlets, which were owned by the late Salmon P. Chase 1826, chief justice of the United States supreme court, and secretary of the treasury under Lincoln. The pamphlets are bound in thirty-eight volumes and cover a wide range of subjects, including law, politics, and biography. They will be of great value in the study of American history.