COLLEGE NOTES

Under the direction of Captain Clarke Tobin '10, thirty-five candidates reported for spring football practice. The practice was held for a week on the Campus but later removed to the Oval where the gridiron was in first class condition. Only light work was indulged in, the time being given to starting of the line men, forward passing, developing of the onside kick and the formations which attend it. Brusse '09 and Bankart '09 assisted in the coaching.

The senior class are this year setting a precedent in the wearing of their gowns until noon every day. As last year, the gowns are worn all day Sunday, while the march to Sunday vespers has also been continued.

Professor Craven Laycock of the English department officiated as a judge in the annual debate between Bates College and Clark University.

E. W. Hiestand '10 has been elected business manager of the Jack-o - Lantern, the new comic sheet, in place of J. H. Randerson '11.

The freshman class has accepted the new plan of electing the business manager for their class Aegis. Candidates for the position hand their names to the manager of the 1911 Aegis and work for him on a competitive basis. The most efficient man is elected by the departing board and thus automatically becomes manager of the succeeding board.

The Marathon craze has struck Dartmouth, as evidenced in the effort to hold a ten-mile cross country run in Hanover sometime early in June. The race is being promoted by Captain Walker of the track team, and "some twenty or thirty entries are expected. The run will probably extend to Lebanon and return, with a lap or two around the Oval track.

Every Tuesday and Friday evening the classes are holding "sings" on the Campus. The custom was started last year and has proved a good one. The Seniors meet at the Fence, the Juniors on the steps of Dartmouth, the Sophomores on the steps of Webster, and the Freshmen at the Gymnasium.

Fourteen Worcester Academy men now in College have formed a club for the promotion of interest in Dartmouth in their school. The following are the officers: President, W. H. Deering '10; vice president, R. V. Chase '11; secretary and treasurer, A. H. Lord '10.

A. D. Pease '11 has been elected leader of the Dartmouth College Band for next year.

Professor Charles W. Morse in conjunction with Dr. Ambrose W. Vernon has issued a new hymnal entitled, "Songs for the Chapel, Arranged for Male Voices,for Use in Colleges, Academies, Schools, and Societies." The volume contains two hundred and fifty-six tunes and twenty-four chants and occasional pieces. Eleven of these are composed by Professor Morse.

"The Old Mill," by J. T. Fleisher '09 of the Dartmouth Camera Club, was successful in winning the second individual cup in the exhibit of the Intercollegiate Photographic Association. First honors were won by Pennsylvania.

W. M. Ross 'O9 has been appointed graduate secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association for the coming year, to succeed A. K. Skinner '03, who expects to study at Yale for a year. President Tucker, Rev. F. L. Janeway of the College Church, and Doctor Shearer of the history department were the advisory committee making the appointment.

. After referring the matter to a committee of the faculty and the Palaeopitus and acting on the recommendation of that committee, the DARTMOUTH board has elected Clifford S. Lyon '10 as editor-in-chief. In addition, T. L. Parker '11 was elected "managing editor, A. S. Dunning '11 local and alumni editor, and J. R. Everett '10 was re-elected athletic editor.