THE President of the College has recently returned from an extended

trip to the alumni associations, covering several thousand miles of travel and including meetings at most of the alumni centers. In other columns the BiMONTHLY publishes the President's summary of his trip. The secretaries have sent reports of the respective meetings, which are published herein. Not only are the alumni active in their own fields but they are increasingly interested in what is being done by Dartmouth men elsewhere. No college can obtain its maximum efficiency without the hearty support of the graduates, and it needs only a casual reader of the daily papers during the winter months to observe how thoroughly the administrations and the alumni of the respective colleges understand this. It is an unusual day when we do not read that the men of this or that college, gathered here or there, enjoyed the most enthusiastic meeting in their history. We Dartmouth men aire having good alumni meetings, but are they as good as they might be ? Are they as well attended as they should be? If not, what is the reason? In general it may be said that the purpose of alumni meetings is to keep graduates in touch with the college of the present as well as to revive memories of the past, and that all the associations are endeavoring to combine the two in proper proportions. In regard to attendance, the situation is much better in the West than in the East. In New England too much is taken for granted by many of the men There seems to be an impression among Dartmouth men that the Dartmouth contingent is large enough and strong enough so that individuals have no responsibilities as such. A man who figures ratios, and sees a hundred men gathered in Chicago, queries what the number ought to be at the Boston dinner. The officers cannot carry a meeting through to its greatest success without the cooperation of the alumni, and the sense of individual responsibility is lacking to greatest extent in Boston, always with marked exceptions. Not to go to great detail, Amherst bad three hundred and four at its Boston dinner, and three hundred and twenty-five at its New York dinner. These figures merit consideration from Dartmouth men who are unwilling to acknowledge greater enthusiasm at any point to any other group of college men.

There is considerable misunderstanding concerning the cancellation of the Williams basketball game by Dartmouth, and numerous reports have been sent to the newspapers which misrepresent the real feeling at both colleges. The facts are that with epidemics gaining a strong foothold in many Dartmouth had been kept free from disease by constant watchfulness and the exercise of the proverbial "ounce of prevention" every now and then. On the Sunday and Monday before the game was to have been played the newspapers printed long accounts'of the course of an epidemic of scarlet fever at Williams.

It seemed to the chairman of the faculty committee on athletics that to send our basketball team to Williams under the circumstances would be taking an unjustifiable risk of bringing back contagion to Dartmouth. Professor Bartlett therefore telegraphed to the faculty committee at Williams, asking if a postponement of the game would not be wise. The answer to the effect that conditions there were not as had been represented, but that decision in the matter would be left to Dartmouth. The faculty committee at Dartmouth then notified the management of the basketball team that the game could not be played February twentieth. Brown later took the same action concerning her game at Williams February twenty-third. Considerable feeling has been aroused by the impression which has with some reason gained ground that Williams would try to claim the game as a forfeit. An editorial, here reprinted, from the Williams Record of February twenty-first indicates, however, that the sentiment at Williams is not at all of this sort.

"That so important a basketball game as the one scheduled for yesterday should, on account of the scarlet fever, have been cancelled by Dartmouth, was unfortunate and, from the knowledge of facts at Williams, not called for. From the knowledge of facts at Dartmouth, however, it was entirely justified. After the extraordinary reports in last Sunday's papers it was only natural that there should have been some apprehension at Hanover. Although Dartmouth, when seeking verification, was explained the real condition of affairs, the fact that the Williams authorities would not say 'all right,' but left decision on coming to Williamstown to Dartmouth, naturally made Dartmouth still more chary about permitting its basketball men to come to Lasell gymnasium.

"The person who sent out exaggerated bulletins to the Sunday newspapers was no friend of the college. We must admit, though, that the cancellation of the Dartmouth game was a fact that spoke louder than mere rumor. If, as was generally agreed, there was no need of closing college for the sake of those who had been on the campus during two weeks of the so-called epidemic, any half-way action that might keep frightened away those who needed to be here but two hours seems to have been unnecessary. Such a veiled admission that there was danger here was not calculated to help the restoration of confidence which the situation of the 'epidemic' demanded."

It takes considerable time to establish any important work, and the task of bringing the claims of the alumni scholarship fund before all the graduates and getting their consideration of the project is no exception to the rule. Work is being done, however, and the results, so far as they go, are very satisfactory. A few more than two hundred of the alumni have answered the committee's call. Nearly all of these responses are the results of the activity of the Boston committee, which is covering its field with great thoroughness, and of the personal work of the chairman of the general committee, Mr. Hilton. The task before the committee is to find away to bring the question before every Dartmouth man for a definite decision. The senior class has considered the plan, and has taken definite steps to bring the question straight before its members before graduation. The precedent is important. The vote was:

Whereas; The class of 1907 of Dartmouth College recognizes the benefits of the plan for the maintenance of an alumni fund by annual subscriptions from the alumni of the College, and

Whereas: The class, upon the threshold of becoming alumni, accepts the responsibilities upon all loyal graduates of the College. Therefore, be it

Resolved: That the class welcomes the opportunity of setting a precedent for future senior classes in this matter, and be it further

Resolved; That the president of the class appoint a committee of five whose duty it shall be to secure subscriptions from all members of the class for such sums as may be practicable to be paid to the alumni fund within one year from graduation.

The association of the secretaries of classes and of alumni organizations has had its third annual meeting. The purpose of these meetings is to keep the secretaries informed about the College, and through annual conference to appropriate the best ideas of the respective individuals for the increased efficiency of all. The meetings have been profitable and interesting, and definite steps were taken at the last meeting to encourage an even greater representation than has been had heretofore. It was definitely noted that in the opinion of the association classes ought to be represented and that the expenses of delegates ought to be met from the class treasuries. The College will continue to extend its hospitality to representatives during the conference as it has done in the past. It was the general sentiment also that where secretaries live so far away that it is not practicable for them to attend, substitutes should be chosen to represent the classes at these meetings, and preferably these delegates should not be resident in Hanover. The question is slightly different for the alumni associations, but it is hoped to increase the representation from these also.

Professor Dixon, of the Department of Economics, was a speaker at the Michigan Union banquet in December. He was arguing for the club house which is projected for the university. He stated that in his effort to get at the real college sentiment at Dartmouth concerning the College Club he had asked the editor of the Dartmouth for an opinion about College Hall and its work, and had received the following letter. The letter is of so much interest to Dartmouth men that the BIMONTHLY publishes it herewith :

My DEAR PROFESSOR DIXON :

I have the pleasure to submit in response to your request as to what, in the undergraduate mind, constitute the chief benefits of the College Club, the following answer. I interviewed the twelve, in my opinion, most representative men in the senior class and find that the four benefits below enumerated are generally thought to result from the influence of the College Club.

First, the College Club by furnishing .a common and equal meeting place for men of all fraternities and for men of no fraternities has mollified fraternity spirit, intensified college spirit, and made cliques virtually impossible. Twice to my knowledge cliquish class societies have been formed, and in both cases the undergraduate attitude was so hostile toward them that they were immediately disbanded.

Second, the College Club serves as a great fraternity for the non-fraternity men. On any Wednesday night, the night that fraternity meetings are held, you will find a large majority of the non-fraternity men at the Commons.

Third, the College Club, by its Saturday night concerts, smoke-talks, and other entertainments, holds a large number of men in Hanover who would otherwise, as in the past, visit adjoining towns. It is, in my judgment, due largely to this influence that intemperance and other dissipations have become so rare in the last few years.

Fourth, the College Club fulfills an all important function in the life of the College. It has become practically the main office for all undergraduate activities such as song-practice, mass-meetings, board meetings and the like.

Signed,

Editor of the Dartmouth

It is not too early to call the attention of teachers, or of those having to do with preparatory schools, to the conference of teachers of secondary schools held annually at Dartmouth College. The conference this year will be given to discussions of the problems of teaching the sciences, Chemistry and Physics, and will come May 16, 17 and 18.

The election of John R. McLane of the Senior Class, as Rhodes Scholar to Oxford from New Hampshire is one which gives the greatest satisfaction to all who know Mr. McLane and all who are solicitous for the best interests of the College. It would be difficult to find a man who more perfectly combines the different qualities sought by Mr. Rhodes in the provisions of his bequest, and this is high praise for a man.

The BI - MONTHLY is very fortunate in being able to give in its columns the glimpse of life at Cambridge which one gets from Professor Hull's article. Professor Hull speaks with knowledge of conditions at Cambridge, having spent the last year in study there,