COLLEGE NOTES
Spring football practice was held for two weeks after College opened, under Ex-Captain Tobin.
An Illinois Club was organized among the undergraduates on March 29 The following officers were elected: L L. Parker '11 of Chicago, president; E. M. Steward '10 of Chicago, vice president; and F. C. Orton '13 of Lincoln, secretary and treasurer. A social committee was appointed consisting of E. P. Albert '10, J. M. Irwin '11, G. M. Morris '11, C. F. Shepard '12, and A. R. Urion, Jr., '13.
Dartmouth was represented in the annual convention of the Intercollegiate Civic League at New York and Washington, April 5 and 6, by H. M. Bicknell, C. S. Lyon, G. M. Morris, E. S. Pratt, E. Stafford, J. L. Willard, L. M. Williams, and H. A. Wolff.
The dramatic club made a trip to Keene, N. H., on March 29, where a production of "A. Gold Mine" was given.
The elections of the Sophomores, for class officers and members of the Aegis Board were held just before vacation and resulted as follows: All the last semester officers were re-elected: H. W. Smith, president; E. W. Gammons, vice president; E. B. Luitwieler, treasurer; and C. B. White, secretary. The following men were elected to the Aegis Board: H. L. Armes, D. G. Augur, H. G. Mosier, C. G. Newcomb, C. E. Snow, and H. K. Urion. H. G. Mosier was elected editor-in-chief, and H. E. McElwain, business manager, the elections being made by the board.
R. W. Barstow 'll resigned his position as president of the Christian Association for next year to accept a position as instructor in a school in Eastern Turkey. H. S. Trask 'll was elected to fill the vacancy.
The following subjects have been approved by the faculty committee for the Commencement Day speakers. The order in which they are given below will not be „the arrangement on Commencement Day: "Reforms Demanded in Public School Education," W. C. H. Moe; "The Appeal of the City," M. C. Teall; "The Appeal of the Greek Drama," C. S. Lyon; "The Problem of the Unemployed," W. A. Phelps; "The Second Chamber on Trial," W, C. Shaw; "Horace : Glorifier of the Commonplace," N. S. Foss.
A census of the college students is being taken under the direction of the department of sociology. Much valuable statistical information is expected to be obtained.
The gun club has arranged meets with Harvard's trap team on Soldiers Field, May 7, and with the Manchester Gun Club later in the month. J. S. Flanning, of the DuPont Powder Company is coaching the team.
During the spring seven speakers have been secured by the D. C. A. to talk on various topics of interest relating to Y. M. C. A. matters. The list of the men and the dates on which they will speak follows: April 24, Dr. J. PI. McCurdy, Physical Director of the Springfield Training School, Springfield, Mass.; May 1, Frank C. Myers, Princeton '09 and" Student Y. M. C. A. Secretary for New York State; May 8, A. E. Roberts, International Secretary for ' County Work, New York City; May IS, C. T. Wang of Yale, Secretary of the Chinese Government Students in this country; May 22, Walter T. Diack, General Secretary of 57th street branch of the New York Y. M. C. A.; May 29, Ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg, Mass., and June 5, Judge John H. Light of South Norwalk, Conn.
Several fraternities have made real estate deals during the last month. Kappa Sigma has secured a lot on Webster Avenue next the Phi Delta Theta house. Sigma Alpha Epsilon has bought the house occupied by Prof. C. F. Richardson on School Street, and the residence of the late Dr. William T. Smith has been secured by Phi Kappa Psi.
