ANNOUNCEMENT OF PLANS FOR INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT NICHOLS

By vote of the trustees the plans for the inauguration of Doctor Nichols as president of Dartmouth College were left to a committee, consisting of F.S. Streeter, Esq., C. F. Mathewson, Esq., Mr. H. H. Hilton, and the Reverend President Francis Brown, with the secretary of the College acting as secretary of the committee. Committees of the faculty will be asked to take charge of the necessary details connected with the occasion.

The date chosen for the event is October the fourteenth.

The details of the program cannot be completed at once, but in brief the exercises will be : for the morning, - a formal academic procession, a chapel service in Rollins Chapel ; and the induction and formal installation exercises in Webster Hall; in the late afternoon, possibly, some brief exercises ; in the evening, a dinner will be served at College Hall, to be followed by speaking.

This statement is made to the alumni preliminary to the more definite announcements which will be made from time to time as the details of the exercises are finally determined.

It is hoped that arrangements can be made with the railroads by which Passage on night trains between Boston and New York and Hanover will be possible and comfortable both ways.

Dartmouth men should note the date, and plan to be present October the fourteenth.

The Commencement of 1909 was in point of numbers and enthusiasm one of the best in the history of the College. The reunions were worked out to the smallest details with greatest care, and the success of these, together with weather surpassingly fine and numbers greater than ever before, gave zest to all events of the program.

In particular, the class of 1899 set a high standard for subsequent reunions, and not only made their own gatherings enjoyable in large degree, but added to the enjoyment of all with whom they came in contact. The special train service, arranged by a member of the class committee, Mr. Warren C. Kendall, was a convenience much appreciated, also.

The attendance of the representatives of the two oldest classes, Rev. J. M. Rockwood '37, and Sylvester Dana '39, was a feature of the week which gratified all.

On Friday afternoon, June 18, the class, in cap and gown, marched to the time-honored exercises of the Sing-Out. At five o'clock, led by the class marshal, Mr. Edward D. Rich, the class entered the chapel for the service, at which the acting-president, Professor Lord, presided, with Professor Morse at the organ. The program, in charge of the class chorister, Mr. John A. Swenson, was:

PROCESSIONAL HYMN : 360

For the beauty of the earth . Kocher

PRELUDE Andante Cantabile . . Widor

ANTHEM Seek ye the Lord . . Foster

The Choir, Solo by J. Arthur Swenson '09

RESPONSIVE READING

Psalm ciii, Selection number thirty-nine GLORIA PATRI . . . . . Tallis

Choir and Congregation

SCRIPTURE LESSON

Luke xii, Verses 32-40

Amesbury . . . . . . Arnold

" Come, let us anew our journey pursue "

The Choir, Solo by Harold S. Winship '10

PRAYER

HYMN number 369 to tune " St. Agnes," Verses 1, 2, 3, 6

BENEDICTION

PROCESSIONAL HYMN : 191

Onward, Christian Soldiers . Sullivan

PONTIFICAL MARCH . . . Gounod

Following the exercises of the Sing-Out, its simple ceremony of initiation was held by the Palaeopitus, at the Old Pine, According to the new constitution of the society, the membership of this student advisory body has been cut to eleven members, to secure greater working efficiency. The men elected and initiated were:

Maurice C. Blake, Francis A. Brady, James R. Everett, Charles J. Fay, John T. Farwell, Henry R. Harrison, Walter H. Norton, Earl R. Palmer, Warren C. Shaw, Wayne D. Steward, Clarke W. Tobin.

The exercises of the Wet-Down took place in the usual manner, with marching and cheering, at quarter past seven in the evening. Immediately after this exercise the presentation of the Senior Fence to the junior class took place. Speaking for the Seniors, Mr. F. A. Carroll in appropriate words recalled the traditions, observance of which was enjoined by the .annual bequeathal of the old fence. Mr. W. C. Shaw replied for the Juniors, and in their behalf accepted the fence and the responsibilities which it typified in a speech of exceeding grace.

Like those which have gone before, the Senior Dinner was the occasion of good cheer, fine sentiment, and the expression of enthusiastic loyalty to the College.

Secretary Hopkins presided as toastmaster, and introduced his remarks by the reading of messages from President Tucker and President-elect Nichols. After briefly outlining the purpose of the dinner, he called upon the class president, D. E. Watson, as the first speaker. Mr. Watson talked on the subject of the Dartmouth democracy,tracing its leading characteristics. Professor Bartlett spoke effectively on the fundamental equation in the winning of success,—achievement, acquisition, and power. He was followed by Jess Hawley, who brought out one of the finest touches of the evening in his review of the impressions a man coming from a western collegiate institution receives of Dartmouth byway of contrast. Melvin Or Adams was the next speaker. He pictured the joys in service and the responsibility for the policy of the College devolving upon each and every alumnus. He expressed his joy that the search for a captain for the. "good ship Dartmouth" had been so successful, and he bespoke his confidence in things to be. Prof. J. K. Lord followed with a review of the essentials of a successful life. He felt that the keynote of college existence,co-operation and loyalty, should rule in after life as well. Mr.-Joseph A. DeBoer '84 was the last of the evening's speakers, and his enthusiasm was contagious. He began with a most delicious "old grad's" reverie, recalling numerous reminiscences of campus life twenty-five years ago. From his viewpoint, the best that college can offer a man is the opportunity for the formation of friendships. Through these he attains the greatest success, happiness. Friendship, gained through service, and employed in service, was the keynote of the speaker's message.

The dinner closed with the singing of the Dartmouth Song and a rousing "Wah-hoo-wah."

On Saturday evening, June 26, the prize speaking contests tuok place in Dartmouth Hall, before a large and attentive audience. The grade of the speaking was of the same nigh sort that, has distinguished recent events of the kind.

So close was each of the competitions that the judges had much difficulty in reaching a decision in either case, "but finally Judge Graff, the spokesman of these officials, announced the following men as winners:

1866 Prizes—First, Warren Choate Shaw 'lO, of Lowell, Mass. Subject, "Guardians of the Coast."

Second prize, Burt Randall Cooper '11, of North wood, N. H. Subject, "Is the Monroe Doctrine Justifiable?"

Barge Gold Medal— Won by Ralph Lauris Theller '09, of Cambridge, Mass. Subject, "The Competitive Regime."

The judges who officiated—Judge H. V. Graff, United States Congressman, of Chicago, Illinois; Judge Peaslee of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, of Manchester, N. H.; and N. P. Brown, Dartmouth '99, of Everett, Mass.

On Sunday morning the baccalaureate sermon was delivered before an audience that early exhausted the seating capac-George Herbert Palmer, LL.D., of Harvard, delivered the address. He chose the second verse of the second chapter of Deuteronomy as his text. "And the Lord spake unto me saying, 'Ye have encompassed this mountain long enough; turn ye now towards the northward.' " The general trend of Doctor Palmer's remarks was as follows : As I have been summoned here to address you men about to leave college life, I choose this text taken from the old story of the children of Israel. And a wonderful story, is it not? Here we have a squalid, irresponsible people, yet a people not without dreams of a larger life to find its climax in a kingdom of God on earth. Many years have they spent in solitude and retirement with this end ever in view. Every event overflows and is more than itself. Does not this old story have an applicable significance with regard to your present condition ? These people of God have been through years of discipline, yet thstt discipline in no way released them from the severities to come after they had crossed the Jordan. The Hebrews were not a fighting people, but necessity forced them to be such.

The transition from academic life to the life of the world usually occasions a severe jolt in a college man's career. It is often made the subject of banter, but this is a mistake. As a prodigious epoch in life., no college man can take it too seriously. It is something to be contemplated with the most profound emotion.

I shall not try to show you the difficulties you will meet in this transition, but rather direct your attention to some of the deficiencies of college life in preparing you for the life ot the world. These are for the most part due to the peculiar circumstances and conditions of academic life. Real life must be lived as a whole, not taken piecemeal. But college life is not lived as a whole, but in incompleteness, further, it is abstract,— a life spent in the study of principles drawn apart from their connection with the general truth as a whole, in order that you may more completely understand and analyze them. It is these abstractions that give the unreality to college life, and constitute the deficiencies of that life as measured by the standard of-world life. It is here my purpose to point out to you some of these abstractions of college life.

The first and most potent abstraction of college life is the fact that you here address yourselves exclusively to the acquisition of knowledge. Within a short time you will be required to address yourselves almost totally to practice. For four years your work has been thinking. The world now demands of you, doing. Many business men discredit a college man's ability because they claim "he knows it all, but can't do anything." Not all business men are of'this attitude. Many realize that the student just out of college is in the transition period and that if he takes that epoch in the right way, he will soon be more efficient to do than the man who hasn't taken time to "know it all." The test of the college man comes in the first 'five years of labor and learning to do and apply his knowledge. The question is: "Can I save my soul during the first five years?' Not until work and the application of his knowledge have become an instinct, can the young man be said to have recovered from the disadvantage of this first abstraction. To draw back from this task is unrighteousness. Do no become a recluse. A recluse is one who devotes himself exclusively to the life of intellect. The result of such a life of inaction is to enfeeble the intellect. The other extreme, however, is equally undesirable. Let me urge upon you men to avoid the mechanical life of nonintelligent hustle. Take leisure to commune with the great eternal principles of life.

The second abstraction to which I would draw your attention is the freedom of most college men from the problem of self-support. Financial problems are not, as a rule, the main source of a college man's trouble. Still, gentlemen, it is a fact that there exist but two justifiable grounds compatible with self-respect, on which a man can take money from another, and those grounds are love and service rendered. During your college careers you receive mostly from one who loves you, but the world pays only on the second basis, service rendered. The problem of money gettihg is deserving of honor. Seek out the needs of this world and prepare yourselves to fill them. Money for its own sake is not a laudable ambition.

The third abstraction of college is the severance from family life, an essential to full existence. This artificial state of life leads to skepticism and negative or destructive criticism. It is the college man who is most adept in tearing to pieces bv criticisms the fabric of society. The parting of sex from sex, as is done in the colleges of the East, interferes with the divine arrangement, and breeds artificiality of thought. No duty lies before the college man so imperative and sacred as the choice of a life partner. It will be your greatest glory and, I trust, attraction, to rediscover woman,— the woman you knew as mother or as sister, but whom your condition has for the present rendered but an artificial attraction. Choose on the basis, not of attraction, but of permanent comradeship. Mutual life, the life of mutual sacrifice, is the only life worth living. But there are two extremes here to be avoided. One man in selfishness foregoes family life altogether, while the other is swallowed up within its narrow limits.

The fourth abstraction of college life is the fact that there life centers in self. Popularity-seeking is an indication Or this. The right attitude is work for others, not for self. It is a man's business to make the world better. College life assists us in analyzing the world; real life should teach us to better that world. We thereby become co-workers with God,— not servants, "for the servant knoweth not that which his master doeth."

At the regular Commencement vesper service held in Rollins Chapel Sunday evening, Acting-President Lord addressed a large gathering of graduates and alumni, and in a clear-cut way brought out the superior value to the college graduate of the moral over the intellectual side of his training. Professor Lord said in part:

"On receiving his degree at Commencement, a student learns that it is accompanied with 'all the immunities, privileges, and honors that every where pertain to that degree.' This expression has now an entirely different meaning from that which it carried in the Middle Ages, when the Church, which controlled education, used it to confer those advantages for the individual, which were included under the phrase 'the benefit of clergy.' What was once formal has now become vital. The immunities are not now relief from com- mon duties, but rather an inability to plead the cause of unfitness. The privileges are not the chance to receive favors but to give them, and the honors are not conferred by external authority but are dependent on personal acquisition. They come under the idea of service which was defined in the vesper service of a year ago as 'sharing' by which one regards himself as a trustee and not as an owner of what he has.

"I believe that most graduates seek college with the ideal of service more or less distinctly defined, but after graduation there is with them a tendency to substitute for the ideal which appears unpracticable a standard that is available. This arises from their own acknowledged weakness and also from the pressure of tradition and custom which tends to force them into conformity with the life about them. It is into the unceasing struggle between a standard and an ideal, between the leveling influence of the group and the uplifting influence of the individual, that the graduate is irresistibly drawn, and in it he finds the worth of his training. A trained mind and an awakened conscience are the result of a proper college course, equally necessary in the direction of life, for, while an over-developed conscience leads to fanaticism and bigotry, a mind lacking conscience is narrow and hard. This college has never wavered in the belief that its graduates will find their true power in the moral force that has been developed in equal measure with intellectual power."

In bringing his talk to a close Mr. Lord said: "It is therefore in the realm of morals rather than of intellect that the college graduate finds the fulfillment of the powers that come with his degree. His mental training ought to be an ever increasing asset, but it is on the moral side, to which his training gives additional force in the power of perception and discrimination, that he may show the highest results. What better immunity can be his than the desire to be free from that selfishness that shuts him off from helpful services to his time? What greater privilege can be conferred upon him than the illustration of the truth that the measure of his attainments is their usefulness to others? And what greater honor can he have than, with clearness of logic, with open-eyed perception of obligation, and with sympathetic insight into the needs of his fellows, to aid in the correction of error and the establishment of right?"

The class of 1909 Monday afternoon held its Class Day exercises. The impressive and tradition-hallowed forms of farewell-taking were observed by a gay throng of spectators, whose gala-day attire stood out in striking contrast to the sombre academic gowns of the marching Seniors.

The class in marching order made its first pause in front of Dartmouth Hall, where D. E. Watson, president of the class, delivered an address of welcome. This was followed, by an eloquent address to the President, in which E. P. Kelley, the orator, paid a deep tribute to President Tacker and his influence on Dartmouth's growth. The class oration was then delivered by F. A. Carroll, the class orator. His subject was: "The College Man and the Public Conscience." He dealt with the place and demand for the college man in public life. The address to the Chapel was then given by W. M. Ross, following which the class, under the direction of Marshal Rich, marched to the Bema. Here E. H. Naylor and F. L. Reed delivered the class prophecy and class history, respectively, both of which were clever and witty, and productive of much laughter. R. T. Pearl read the class poem, an exceptionlly good production. The ceremony then continued, after a march to the old pine stump, with the class ode, tne production of C. W. Cartland, which was sung by the class. The address to the Old Pine was given by J. C. Varney. The old traditional smoke-out, with the final breaking of the pipes on the old stump, concluded the exercises of the afternoon.

The marching of the day was under the direction of E. D. Rich, the class marshal, and S. C. Hazelton, the assistant marshal. J. A. Swenson acted'in the capacity of class chorister. The Salem Cadet Band furnished the music connected with the ceremonies. After the ceremonies at the old stump the procession returned to the senior fence where it disbanded.

The performance of the student operetta, "The King of U-Kan," given Monday night in Webster Hall, was fully up to the anticipations of the large audience that filled the auditorium. The numerous difficulties a play of such complexity must of necessity meet were at once evident, and the successful production of the opera in spite of these deserves great commendation. The applause which the cast constantly evoked seemed to indicate that the audience fully appreciated the excellence of its production. The book was by R. G. Reynolds and C. O. Libbey, and the music was by W. H. Golde—all these being of the class of 1910.

The production showed evidence of slightly more confidence and smoothness than did that of Prom Week. This was especially noticeable in the leading roles. The actual conducting of the performance was under the direction of H. R. Wellman '07, who during his college course made an enviable record in dramatic and musical lines.

The roles of F. A. Carroll '09, W. S: Carlisle '11, and R. G. Reynolds '10 all evidenced a thorough understanding of the nature and possibilities of their parts, and were acted with a near approach to perfection.

S. Pishon '10 did unusually well in the leading female role, making a charmingly petite Dorothy Steele. The dancing and general stage presence of A. P. Donovan '11 in the role of Princess Melachrino constituted one of the most applauded features of the show. J. R. Childs '09, in the role of a grafter, and J. E. Warren '10 as a grind, were in laughter provoking mood, and added much fun to the production. F. H. Morawski '09 was at his best, and made a big hit with the song, "Tony, the Pop Corn Man," and also in the role Oomugaloa, that of a novel species of monkey.

The song hits of the play were numerous and popular. The cleverly arranged score of the play forms another fine addition to Dartmouth's already large supplv of good original music of this sort.

The Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa held its annual meeting Tuesday morning, and made one very important alteration in the methods of election to the society. Hitherto, men have been eligible only after having graduated with an average rank of 85 per cent. Hereafter, those men attaining an average rank of 88 per cent for the first three and a half years of their course will be eligible for election in the middle of senior year. The requirements for election at the end of the senior year will be the same as heretofore.

j. A. DeBoer '84, was elected president of the association; Prof. G. D. Lord '84, vice president; Prof. J. M. Poor '97, secretary; and Prof. C. A. Holden '95, treasurer.

The initiates were: A. S. Bedell, W. I. Bull, H. H. Burbank, C. W. Cartland, L. R. Dean, W. J. L. Dreyfus, C. E. Dunbar, A. L. Graves, S. B. Hooker, E. P. Norris, G. W. Oliphant, R. T. Pearl, C. W. Pearson, P. M. Rose, H. W. Stucklen, A. G. Weinz, and J. W. Worthen.

The most important feature of Alumni Day was the public address, Tuesday forenoon, of Dr. Charles L. Dana '72, of New York City. His subject was: "An Alienist's View of the Romans." The address was intensely interesting and of a novel type. Doctor Dana's viewpoint was fundamentally that of the medial man. He felt that a study of the Roman civilization revealed certain neurotic tendencies, evident in the temperament of the best class of their population, which were 'in turn both fundamentally responsible for the ultimate decline of the empire and also discernible in modern civilization as elements tending to produce decay. The Romans had no specific term for the malady we term nervousness; but two terms, pietas and religio, used respectively to describe emotion and superstitious apprehension, undoubtedly had reference to the mental state in question.

Doctor Dana then took into consideration the most prominent periods and characters of Roman development and civilization, and delineated the facts concerning such which indicate the existence among the Romans of nervous tendencies and elements of decadence.

The speaker then applied his premises to modern civilization and drew numerous conclusions of interest. Some ot the neurotic tendencies which he found we shared in common with the ancients, suggestive of racial illness, were as follows Rapid increase of wealth, urbanization of population, indulgence in shows, intermixture of races, decrease of birth rate, divorce, alcoholism, tuberculosis, and many others. We possessed such additional elements as feed to yellow journalism, baseball games, tea, coffee, tobacco, etc. On the other hand, Doctor Dana believes that moderns have some advantages, such as a better knowledge of the game ot the strenuous life, educational systems, sanitation, higher moral standards, keener sensibilities, athletics, physical training, etc., which tend to somewhat counteract the decadent tendencies of the ancient world.

The Alumni Association of the College held its annual business session, at 2.30 p. m., on Tuesday in A Dartmouth. The only business of importance transacted after the acceptance of the committee reports was the election of officers for the coming year. The following were chosen:

President, Hon. Horace Russell '65, of New York City; vice-presidents, S. H. Hudson '85, of Boston, and J. B. Reynolds '90, of Washington, D. C.; secretary, R. M. Barton '04; treasurer, P. R. Bugbee '90; statistical secretary, John M. Comstock '77.

Executive Committee: Isaac F. Paul '7B (chairman), Horace G. Pender '97 (secretary), Thomas W. D. Worthen '72. Edwin F. Jones '80, William M. Hatch 'B6, Sherman E. Burroughs '94, Earl L. Herman '04.

Committee on Alumni Trustee: Edwin C. Crawford '74 (chairman), Edward C. Stimson '76, Charles R. Webster '82, Nelson A. McClary '84, Tallmadge Hamilton '96.

Committee on Athletics: Edward K. Hall '92 (chairman), Clarence G. McDavitt '00, Irving J. French '01.

Three-year members of Committee on the Tucker Fund: Henry H. Hilton '9O, Morton C. Tuttle. '97, and James P. Richardson '99.

In a five inning game played on Alumni Oval, the college team showed the way to a picked team of alumni stars with the score of 4-2. Over 700 people followed the Salem Cadet Band in parade to the field. The alumni line-up contained many ex-stars of old college teams, and was a good playing aggregation, During the last few innings several of the very old-timers were sent to bat, and showed their prowess by each getting a hit.

The evening was given over to class reunions and banquets, and the fraternities kept open house to alumni members.

On Wednesday morning the first event was the chapel service, led by Professor J. K. Lord. Immediately after this the academic procession began forming, under the immediate direction of the chief marshal, Professor Laycock, and his assistants.

The marching started shortly after 9.30 a. m., when the Seniors, led by the Salem Cadet Band, and under the direction of the class marshal, E. D. Rich, proceeded to the entrance to Webster Hall, to form an escort for the procession. The arrangement of the procession was as follows:

The Acting President of the College and the Governor of the State, the senior trustee, Judge Chase, and the president of the alumni, Chief Justice Parsons, the Trustees and guests of the College, the Governor's Staff, the faculty, the classes in order of graduation. This line passed between the split files of the graduating class and entered the hall.

The exercises in Webster Hall began at ten o'clock, and were most impressive. The program was as follows:

I Hymn of Thanksgiving Old Netherlands

II Prayer

III Singing of Milton's paraphrase of Psalm CXXXVI; tune

"Nuremberg"

IV Commencement Addresses

1 Current Misconceptions of Socialism Harold Hitchins Burbank, Calais, Maine

2 * * The Naturalization of the Philippines Arthur Leslie Graves, Wells River, Vt.

3 * The Greek and the Roman Conception of Immortality Charles Wallina;ford Cartland,Dover, N.H.

Music

4 The Growth of American Painting Russell Cowles, Des Moines, la.

5 American Diplomacy in China Joseph Washburn Worthen, Hanover, N.H.

6 The Place of Oratory in an Age of Journalism

Ralph Lauris Theller, Cambridge, Mass.

Music

V Conferring of Bachelor's Degrees

VI Conferring of Master's Degrees

VII Conferring of Honorary Degrees

VIII Singing of Doxology

IX Benediction

At the close of the exercises in Webster Hall the procession formed as before and marched to College Hall, where dinner was served to more than seven hundred. The speaking was presided over by the retiring president of the alumni, Chief Justice Frank N. Parsons of the class of '74. The speakers were: President Tucker, Governor Quinby, Hon. Stephen M. Crosby '49, Prof. C. F. Richardson '71, the Rev. Luther T. Townsend '59. Prof. George H. Palmer lof Harvard University, Charles F. Mathewson, Esq., '82, James P. Richardson, Esq., '99 Ralph L. Theller of the graduating class, and-Mr. Joseph A. Deßoer '84.