COLLEGE NOTES

Mr. Philip W. Ayers, state forester, gave several addresses and held several conferences here early in March.

The dramatic club filled engagements during the Easter recess, as follows: April 4, at Winchester, Mass.; April 5, in Dorchester; April 8, at Hyde Park, Mass.; April 10, in Cleveland; April 12, in Chicago; and April 15, at Oak Park, Ill.

Mr. C. L. Chester gave an illustrated Scmoke talk on "The Isthmian Canal," March 9, in College Hall. As Mr. Chester has traveled extensively in South and Central America, his address was both interesting and profitable.

The dramatic and glee clubs gave their annual winter entertainments early in March.

Prof. Louis N. Wilson of Clark University spoke on "The Russian Peasant," in the Tuck Building, March 27, under the auspices of the Scientific Association.

Rev. A. W. Vernon has preached at Yale and at Princeton recently. Rev. E. L. Gulick of Hanover and Rev. J. M. Thomas of East Orange, N. J., have occupied the College pulpit.

The Press Club recently entertained Mr. Fred Walker, managing editor of the Boston Journal.

The Junior Prom committee has made the following tentative arrangement of attractions for Junior Week: Wednesday afternoon, baseball game with Brown; Wednesday evening, comic opera; Thursday evening, dramatic club show; Friday afternoon, baseball game with Wesleyan; Friday evening, Junior Promenade.

Prof. C. D. Adams and Prof. J. V. Hazen have again been chosen members of the village school board. Prof. E. J. Bartlett is moderator.

Mr. Orrel A. Parker gave an interesting smoke talk in Dartmouth Hall Saturday evening, March 23, on "Porto Rico and Its People." The illustrations, which were all made from Mr. Parker's own photographs, were particularly fine.

The Orpheus Club, under the leadership of Prof. C. H. Morse, and assisted by several Boston soloists, gave a pleasing concert in College Hall Thursday evening, March 28.

The Freshmen won the annual basketball series from the Sophomores.

Rev. A. W. Jenks '84, of Trinity College, Toronto, and Rev. W. P. Ladd '90, of the Berkeley Divinity School, were among the speakers in a series of Lenten services at St. Thomas' Church.

A mass meeting in the interests of baseball and track athletics was held in College Hall, March 20. Graduate Manager Lillard, Manager Wallace, and Captains Skillin and Jennings spoke.

At the annual precinct meeting, March 26, Prof. John K. Lord was elected moderator, and Prof. J. V. Hazen to succeed himself as commissioner.

R. C. Falconer '05, now at Union Theological Seminary, spoke at Bartlett Hall early in March.

The "D. H. T." has been awarded by the Athletic Council to the following members of the hockey team: J. F. Crocker, Jr., '08, C. T. Pierce '07, W. C. Foote '08, J. L. Richardson '08, C. S. Brett '09, A. F. Doe '09, E. H. Erhard '09, S. W. Leighton '09, R. H. Marston '09.

Town officers for the year 1907-8 include the following: Auditor, Prof. J. V. Hazen; library trustee, Prof. Robert Fletcher; agent to prosecute violations of liquor law, A. P. Fairfield '00.

The Harvard and Dartmouth glee clubs gave a joint concert in Jordan Hall, Boston, Wednesday evening, April 3.

The Hon. Horace Russell of. New York City has given to the College Library a set of the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," seven volumes and an atlas; also a copy of Loubet's "Medalic History of America."

The Christian Association gave an informal reception to student members of the College Church in Bartlett Hall Sunday evening, March 10. President Tucker, Prof. C. D. Adams, W. H. Lillard '05, and J. H. Dunlap '05 made brief remarks.

The Rev. M. T. Morrill, who left the assistant pastorate of the College Church last September, is secretary of the board of missions of the Christian church, with residence in Dayton, Ohio.

H. E. McAllaster 'OB of Winnetka, Ill., has been chosen editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth for next year.

The basketball "D" has been voted to the following men: G. W. Greben-stein '07, H. R. Lane '07, T. P. Mor-rissey '08, B. Lang '09, G. H. Schild-miller '09, F. A. Brady ' 10, J. H. Dingle '10.

The chess team defeated Amherst at Amherst, March 7, by the score of 5 to 0.

The Smith and Rollins prize speaking contests were held in Dartmouth Hall Wednesday evening, March 27. The winners of the Rollins prizes were: First, Ralph L. Theller '09, Cambridge; second, J. A. Clark 'OB, Evanston, Ill.; third, W. W. Shaw '10, Lowell. The first Smith prize went to J. B. Brown '07, Everett, and the second to G. H. Howard '07, Craftsbury.Vt.

W. H. Lillard '05, graduate manager of athletics, will succeed Dr. J. C. O'Connor '02 as football coach at Phillips Andover Academy, and will also join the academy faculty as instructor in English.

T. W. Worthen '07 is president of the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

The ninth and last smoker of the season was a concert by Nevers' Second Regiment Orchestra of Concord. The solo work of A F. Nevers, cornetist, was the feature of the concert.

The faculty have decided that the number of speakers at Commencement be retained at six, as in the past few years, that two of this number be the ranking men of the class (first two), and that the remaining four be chosen by the Committee on Commencement from those having commencement rank, (85 per cent or more).

The track team will participate in two dual meets this spring—with Harvard in Cambridge, May 4, and with Am. herst at Hanover, May 11. The New England Intercollegiate meet comes May 18.

In the two-mile relay race, at the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival, in Philadelphia, April 27, Dartmouth finished a close second to Columbia, Yale was third, and Pennsylvania fourth; time, 8 min. 11 4-5 sec. The Dartmouth team was composed of Capt. Jennings '07, Prichard '07, Evans '08, and Shipley '08. In the 120-hurdles, Shaw 'OB of Dartmouth defeated Hubbard of Amherst and and McCullough of Pennsylvania, in 15 2-5 sec., which equals the Dartmouth record.