Closely following the notices

of the death of Dr. John Ordronaux '50, the press announced the long list of legatees named in the will. Doctor Ordronaux was connected with many institutions in many communities during his life, and his will, drawn with typical care, remembers these, with painstaking consideration of what he conceived to be the needs of each. Dartmouth College is named to receive thirty thousand dollars. To those who knew his respect for the dignity of teaching, and the emphasis which he put on loyalty and continuity of service, the specifications concerning the bequest to the College hold an especial interest.

"I give and bequeath to the Trusses of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars, but in Trust only, as a Special Fund, and upon the express condition that, immediately upon its acceptance, they will proceed to establish with it a permanent Beneficiary Fund to be known and designated as the Good Samaritan Purse, the Principal of which shall be kept continually invested., and the Income arising therefrom be annually distributed either wholly, or in part, according to the judgment of the Trustees, among such of the Professors in its Academic Department, as shall have continuously served therein for the space of Forty Years. And, in the distribution of these annual subsidies, I also direct that preference be given to the superior claims of those Professors who are either broken in health, or who shall have received in the aggregate amount of their Salaries, the least sum total in compensation for their services."

It is, moreover, a particularly pleasant thing that an old friend should have so generously remembered the community, as well as the College itself, as was done in these two clauses.

"I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Mary Hitchcock Hospital at Hanover, N. H., the sum of Six Thousand Dollars for the endowment of a Free Bed in that Institution. And I direct that in its beneficial use, preference be given to the sick call of a Professor, a Tutor, or indigent student in the College."

"I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, to invest and to keep invested as a Sustentation Fund, towards the support of St. Thomas Church at Hanover. New Hampshire."

Inquiry has been made as to the status of the BI-MONTHLY, - whether it is ah alumni organ solely, or whether the faculty or administration dictates its policy.

In 1905 the Association of Secretaries, at its first meeting, spent the major part of its discussion upon the demand for an alumni periodical, and unanimously adopted this resolution:

"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 were so favorable that report was made to the President of the Association of Secretaries and to the President of the College that the proposed magazine was entirely practicable. The Association of Secreta- ries had declared that the time had come for the magazine but had assumed no financial responsibility, pending the canvass of the classes to be made by the secretaries. It seemed best, however, to begin publication at once, when the returns were received. It was therefore decided to begin publication with the new college year,-October, 1905.

The College administration agreed, under the circumstances, as a matter of accommodation to guarantee the financial status of the venture, and with the Association of Secretaries to share the responsibility of assisting it to selfsupport. This was done. The Secretary of the Association was appointed Managing Editor in behalf of the alumni. Thus the venture started, and soon attained to self-support, at which time the administration of the College withdrew from participation in the affairs of the magazine.

It has seemed wise to the secretaries to publish the Bi-Monthly at the College. The original editorial management has been endorsed and continued- Three new editors have been added, and endorsed,—two of them happening to be members of the faculty of the College. The Bi-Monthly, however, is an alumni magazine. Its editors hold their positions under authority of the alumni. The incidental connection of the editors with the faculty or the administration is not important, except in-so-far as they may be able occasionally to have access more freely to accurate information which the alumni desire- The center of interest will without doubt remain in the College.—its administration, faculty, alumni, and undergraduates. Of these things editorial boards from the alumni, appointed by the alumni, will write so long as they remain of interest to Dartmouth men.

The Bi-Monthly is an alumni magazine,and from the alumni alone it derives its authority.

The""Association of New England Colleges voted at its meeting on December 6, 1907, "to send to the various colleges represented in the Association the following expression of opinion:— that an exaggerated amount of attention is now given to intercollegiate athletic contests in most of the New England colleges, and that to diminish this exaggeration the most effective measure would be a large reduction in the number of intercollegiate contests."

This resolution seems to have been framed on the reverse of the military principle which decrees that ball cartridges shall not be in all the guns of a body of executioners, thus preserving to each the belief that he is non-participator in the disagreeable duty done. In the case of this vote the shots were all deadly, but the question is left as to the identity of the victim. The universal complacency with which all men cast beams out of the eyes of their brethren extends probably to collegiate delegates, and accounts perhaps for the concord with which the vote was passed, since it is to be assumed that few administrators could be found who would be willing to object to an attempt to correct seeming abuses at "most of the New England colleges." At any rate, the vote was carried, though the Associated Press interviews, shortly after, with faculty representatives found indorsement of the resolution only at Colby, Harvard, Tufts, Vermont, and Williams. Granted that this list is presumably not complete, it does not appear that a unanimous sentiment for'"large re-duction" is yet aroused in the New England colleges, whatever may be.

The truth in the resolution might well be conceded by all and still there would be a wide variance in interpretation. Schedules have been too long, - absurdly so in some cases,—and the faculty committees on athletics have. as at Dartmouth, gradually accomplished a cutting-down of these which would have appeared drastic, if done all at once. But where is to be the end! Is the cut to be an arbitrary one, to some set number of games! Is the country college, whose diversion is so much more limited to athletics than its competitor of Cambridge or Medford, to be restrained with so severe a hand! And if so, will the "diminished exaggeration" be" offset by the so-to-be-desired increase of en-thusiasm in the classroom!

Harvard and Williams have placed themselves squarely on record as in accord with this resolution. Yet in their cases there is reason to believe that wide difference exists as to what would constitute "large reduction." Other colleges are taking longer for action, and the situation will probably remain not greatly different from now, until the vital question shall be reached in time. The great underlying source of dissatisfaction, untouched and undiscussed in the main, is not the exaggerated amount of attention given to athletics, but the insufficient amount given to the college curriculums. If the latter were corrected, as it ought to be and must be, there would be little concern about the former. Yet discussions and legislation go on, all starting from the great unproved premise that the lack of the one is due to the exaggeration of the other.

Late winter and early spring in Hanover offer some distinct disadvantages. Large masses of melting snow cause, on walks and campus, accumulations of vast chill puddles through which the student, with eye intently fixed on the elusive star of learning, thoughtlessly plunges. Result, cold feet. Now. when belligerent young manhood suffers' from unduly reduced temperature of the propellers, there is quite likely to be trouble in the conning tower,—strange congestions of superheated steam, giddifying gases and varied vapors- It is at such times that the undergraduate comes to the sudden realization that he is a much abused and maltreated individual, and proceeds to give pointers on the conduct of universe or university with impartial certainty and caustic comment. He tries to telephone his marks to father: they are so small that he can't see them: sudden discovery that the telephone booth is dark. Howl! That high-browed hierarchy; the faculty, wants him to study his lessons. During the calm, reflective hours of vacation time, he has approved the general theory of the thing. But in the turmoil of the term, he perceives that his naturally spontaneous and irrepressible love of scholarship is being forced, prodded, punched, pushed, and otherwise unworthily compelled. Forthwith he evolves the theory that there should be no compulsion in matters of the mind. Each new acquisition to be gained should be triumphantly crowned with a brimming ice-cream soda to make it attractive. Howl! And so on, ad infinitum. To many, such sentiments as these may appear of serious import. They are not. They are quite to be preferred to an epidemic of pneumonia, sore throat, influenza, or plain, undiluted snuffles. In each case the origin is the same,— nothing but cold feet.

At the same time it is perfectly pertinent to inquire whether or not the instructor is in any wise responsible for the general attitude of the student toward his work. Has the instructor fulfilled his function when, having acquired high scholarship in his chosen field, he presents the results of that scholarship to his students, provides them material for investigation, and sets a definite standard for them to attain. Is it his duty to furnish stimulation other than that which the assumed necessity for maintaining a minimum mark affords? The question cannot be answered without careful investigation of the whole trend of modern higher education in the United States. Superficially viewed, however, the situation today seems to present a curious contradiction: on the one hand college faculties more highly trained in specific branches of knowledge than were the faculties of a generation or two since; on the other hand, large bodies of students who are animated far less than were their grandfathers with an actual desire for learning. Fifty years ago, we are told, a man went to college primarily to study. Today he goes to college primarily for a host of undefinable things among which study forms but a dim background. What is the modern faculty to do about it? Who can tell?

The—new catalogue, for 1907-1908, has been issued and put into circulation. It is a volume of 349 pages, solidly packed with information about the College and Associated Schools. The notices in regard to the examinations for the College are in part new.

"The. June examination will be held in the Tuck Building in Hanover, and at the Institute of Technology (Rogers Building) in Boston, on June 16, 17, 18, 19. Two hours will be allowed for each examination unless otherwise specified.

Applicants for admission who are unable to be present at either of the above places are advised to take the examinations of the College Entrance examination Board which will be held June 15-20, 1908. All applications for these examinations must be addressed to the Secretary of the College Entrance Examination Board, Postoffice Sub-Station 84, New York, N. Y., and must be made upon a blank form to be obtained from the Secretary of the Board upon application, and applications tions must be made on or before May 25, 1908. A list of the places at which examinations are to be held will be Published about March 1, 1908.

After June, 1908, no June examinations will be offered by Dartmouth College, but the examinations conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board will be accepted in place of the June examinations.

"The September examination will be held in Hanover only, on September 17, 18, 19, 21, 22. in the Tuck Building.

"Anyone intending to take the Dartmouth College examinations must register for such examinations on a form which may be obtained from the Dean.

"Candidates intending to take the Dartmouth College examinations in Boston should send their names to the Dean of the College before June Ist. A fee of five dollars (payable at the opening of the examination) is charged for admission to these examinations: this fee will be credited towards the first semester's tuition for those who enter Dartmouth College."

The general summary of students is as follows:

Dartmouth College 1131 Tuck School 44 Thayer School 52 Medical School 58 Total (deducting for names inserted twice) 1219 Summer School (session of 1907) 86

DISTRIBUTION BY STATES Massachusetts 534 New Hampshire 247 New York 99 Vermont 73 Illinois 70 Maine 46 Connecticut 21 Ohio 21 Colorado 11 New Jersey 11 Iowa 10 Minnesota 9 Rhode Island 9 Dist. of Columbia 8 California 7 Pennsylvania 7 Kentucky 5 Michigan 5 Indiana 4 Nebraska 4 North Dakota 3 Washington 3 Idaho 2 Maryland 2 South Dakota 2 Canada 1 Delaware 1 Florida 1 Kansas 1 Missouri 1 West Virginia 1

Every alumnus should consider the claims of the Tucker Fund—the alumni fund for scholarships and instruction—information about which has been sent abroad among Dartmouth men. The first year five hundred men, contributing in amounts of from one hundred dollars to one dollar, gave five thousand. The aim of the Fund for the current year is two-fold; it wishes largely to increase the number of subscribers and the amount subscribed. The beginning of work was necessarily delayed until recently. The time is short until the end of the year,—June 30. Every Dartmouth man is desired as an auxiliary to the committee, to see that his name is on the list and that his class is well represented.

The faculty of the University of Wisconsin, troubled as all facilities have been by misunderstandings and misrepresentations of its policy, not long since passed a series of resolutions, of which one reads, "that the faculty's purposes in the matter of athletics are to be interpreted by its resolutions and not by individual expressions or proposals."

It is doubtless to avoid misunder-standings of vexing sort that the Williams trustees and the faculty, at such length and with so much detail in report and resolve, have announced an athletic policy.

With no disparagement of the action taken and with great respect for the object sought, one is led to reflect nevertheless that a good deal of stir can be made by an impressive looking pronunciamento. Papers, daily and weekly, all over the country have taken up this declaration and hailed it as an innovation in college policy, and learned men have greeted it as long-sought and unprecedented relief from inordinate athleticism, when in truth it is following rather than leading the tendencies in college athletics of the present day.

Without reprinting the somewhat lengthy report, the resolution reads:

"Resolved, that the president and trustees of Williams College express their hearty approval of the vote of the faculty recommending the decreasing of the number of intercollegiate contests, and as a step in that direction they would suggest to the faculty the advisability of providing that in no calendar year after January 1, 1909, Shall any athletic contest be permitted with any institution more than two hundred miles from Williamstown, and that except in case of a tie, there shall be no more than two contests in any one sport with any other one institution."

The announcement of the football schedule for next year gives pleasure in the appearance of games with Williams and Princeton again on the list. The season will call for maximum effort, and the final two games-Princeton and Harvard-will demand all the football brains that are available, to assist the regular coaching force. It is a matter for the Council to settle, but. it seems to outsiders that an increase from two regular coaches to three, at least, and more if possible, is a necessity. The squad ought not to have to be cut until accurate appraisement can be made of all the material and after the cut the third and fourth eleven candidates ought to have the benefit of constant and skilled coaching. For this more than two coaches are necessary.

In these palmy days of the suffragette, it is a grievous thing to perceive the undergraduates of so advanced and enlightened an institution as Columbia denying equal rights to a member of the fair sex; but such seems undeniably the case. It so happens that Columbia and Cornell are wont to engage in annual debate. This year it came to pass that a co-ed succeeded in winning a place on the Cornell team. The result was an unexpected and somewhat heated argument that threatens to rob the contest proper of most of its bloom. Columbia flatly refused to debate with a woman; Cornell, quite as flatly, refused to debate without one. The invoking of the letter of the general intercollegiate agreement, whose non-prophetic framers had omitted all mention of female kind, proved Cornell to be within her rights; and, for the first time, Columbia will enter the field against a mixed team. Her representatives face a dubious and gloomy proposition: if they win, they will surely be accused of ungallantry; if they lose, they will stand adjudged mollycoddles before the force of feminine logic. Yet the situation is not so hopeless as it may at first appear. We have at least one poetic outburst which points the advantage of argumentum cum femina. It will be remembered that upon one occasion, the venerable Father William was interrogated by his son as to the source of the maxillary power that enabled him to consume a goose from swimming apparatus to beak. Whereupon,

"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life."

The meeting of the Secretaries' Association has become a more and more important occasion each year, and this year attained to a point of interest not reached before. It is evident that some are still restrained from coming by the failures of their classes to authorize attendance with traveling expenses paid from the class treasuries. The College extends its hospitality to the men while they are here. The Association last year recommended to the classes that action be taken, authorizing the secretaries to attend these meetings at the expense of their respective classes. is one of the ties through which the relations of the College and the alumni.are being made closer. Satisfactory as the representation was this year, it can be still greater, and should be.