JUNIORS HOLD SMOKER

The first junior smoker ever given in Dartmouth College was held in the Commons Friday evening, March 11. The class of 1911 turned out in a body to support their arrangement committee, and all but half a dozen of the class were present. The Juniors created this new precedent with an enthusiasm that will tax future classes to rival.

J. M. Irwin, president of the junior class, briefly announced the history of the arrangements of the smoker, and introduced" the glee club quartet; composed of R. D. Meredith '10, R. W. Sherwin '11, J. F. Ingersoll '11, and C. A. Pfau '13. They rendered popular selections which were enthusiastically received and repeatedly encored.

Professor Dixon, the junior class officer, was the first speaker. In discussing the cut system he said that the results of the first semester's trials of this new scheme had been hardly a success. Among the Juniors, forty-three men had lost hours by overcuts. He urged that the students should not criticize any action of the faculty until they knew the details of the case. In speaking of the last semester, Professor Dixon said: "Only four Sophomores and eight Freshmen were separated from College, and of these, two Sophomores have been reinstated." He concluded by asking the men to discriminate in distributing their time between studies and college activities.

A.C. Keough '11, in one of his humorous monologues, amused the audience by a reading entitled "The Dude's Soliloquy." After many encores he told some lively anecdotes and jokes. Professor Keyes then gave his chalk-talk, with which in his undergraduate days he used to give entertainment. He kept the whole class laughing by filling in with humorous sketches, lines and dots which members of the class made on the chart. The one which appealed the most was a sketch called the "Saturday Evening Post."

Next came a banjo solo by F. P. Goodrich '11. The class called upon him for many encores, to which he responded with many popular selections.

Secretary Hopkins addressed the class on "Idealism." He urged every man to form an ideal, treasure it, and try to live up to it. He expressed particularly his satisfaction at seeing "the class of 1911 learning how to be Seniors."

The last number on the program was a selection by a quintet from the mandolin club, composed of: J. T. Leach '11, E. S. Poole '11, E. F. Chase '11, J. O. Norris '11, and J. M. Irwin '11. The meeting concluded with the Dartmouth Song and a wah-hoo-wah for the class of 1911.